Belgravia & Knightsbridge Through Time

by Brian Girling

Belgravia and Knightsbridge represent the wealthy face of modern London, but it was not always that way. Belgravia did not exist before the 1820s, its site a bleak expanse of open countryside. Knightsbridge was a straggling settlement along the main highway from the west. Proximity to London and the Royal Parks was the key. Grand mansions arose in Knightsbridge and on the 'Five Fields' a classical townscape took shape from the 1820s - they called...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1445601370
• ISBN13: 9781445601373
• Release Date: April 2011
• Publisher: Amberley Publishing
• Length: 96 Pages