1000 Years Of London History

Layers of London wants to map the history of London from the fourth dimension of the Romans correct through to the modern day. That is a lot of history. So it needs your help.

Layers of London is already working amongst a publish of partners, including the British Library, Historic England, The National Archives, London Metropolitan Archives as well as the Museum of London Archaeology. However it volition too live on crowd-sourcing content. Anyone who has an interesting historical storey to say most a house inwards London tin pivot their storey to the Layers of London map.

Layers of London is for at in ane trial inwards a beta stage of testing. Currently when you lot browse Layers of London you lot tin stance 2 historical maps of London on the map, the Morgan map (1682) as well as Roque map (1746). It is too possible to stance some historical aerial photos of London captured past times the RAF.

The historical notes are shown on the map using map markers. These historical notes tin live on filtered inwards 2 ways. You tin purpose the timeline to explore London's history past times appointment range. You tin too pick out to stance from a publish of curated as well as world themed 'collections'. These collections let you lot to browse London's history past times theme, plain of written report affair or from a item establishment or organization.

The timeline as well as themed 'collections' on Layers of London reminds me a picayune of History Pin. This crowd-sourced map of historical photos, videos, well recordings as well as memories has proved hugely successful some the world. If Layers of London tin too tap into this demand for local as well as personal history hence it could too give-up the ghost a successful portal of crowd-sourced history.