METRO-LAND
BRITISH EMPIRE EXHIBITION NUMBER
Published on 3. August 2015
122 pages
978-1-904915-47-8 (ISBN)
Description
Metro-land was published annually from 1915 until 1932 featuring evocative descriptions and photographs of historic villages and rural vistas of the areas served by the Metropolitan Railway This 1924 edition was published just as the property and leisure boom was under way and also had the extra purpose of promoting The British Empire Exhibition of 1924 at Wembley,
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Oliver Green is a museum and heritage professional working as a curator, writer, lecturer and manager.
Content
- Intro
- Title Page
- Contents
- Introduction
- An Introduction to Metro-Land
- An Invitation
- British Empire Exhibition Section
- Country Homes in Metro-land Section
- Foreword
- How to Get About London Section
- Amersham & Chesham Bois
- Aylesbury
- Chalfont & Latimer
- Chesham
- Chorley Wood & Chenies
- Eastcote
- Great Missenden
- Harrow-on-the-Hill
- Hillingdon
- Ickenham
- Moor Park & Sandy Lodge
- Northwood
- Northwick Park & Kenton
- Pinner
- Preston Road
- Rickmansworth
- Ruislip
- Uxbridge
- Wembley Park
- Wendover
- Char-a-banc Tours
- Country Apartments
- Educational Facilities
- Golf Links
- Hotels, Etc., List of
- Local Data
- Map of Line, Sketch
- Maps, Topographical
- Season Ticket Rates
- Theatres, List of
- At Chenies
- At Chorley Wood
- At Ellesborough, near Wendover
- At Eastcote
- At Great Missenden
- At Ickenham
- At Latimer
- At Rickmansworth
- The Club House, Moor Park
- The Falls, Chesswater House Rickmansworth
- Abbey Road Building Society
- Buckingham Arms Hotel
- Cecil Park and Grange Estates, Pinner
- Cedars Estate
- Chalk Hill Estate
- Chorley Wood Common Estate
- Cook, Thos. & Son
- "Cosmos" Electric Utensils
- Costin, F. & C.
- County Fire Office
- Eastcote End Park Estate
- Eastman & Son, Ltd.
- Glebe, Etc., Estates
- Guardian Assurance Co.
- Hewlitt, H. J.
- Kingsbury Garden Village
- Kingsbury Hill Estate
- Madame Tussaud's
- Metropolitan Carriage, Wagon & Finance Co.
- Moor Park Estate
- Northwick Estate
- Park Lane Estate
- Pratt, J. A., & Co., Ltd.
- Waring & Gillow, Ltd.
- Wembley Park Estate
- Map
- About the Author
- Copyright
