Series 1 Episode 8: The Layers of London: Exploring the City’s Heritage with Professor Matthew Davies

Local History Matters

English - April 11, 2021 23:00 - 22 minutes - 30.9 MB
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This episode of Local History Matters explores the National Heritage Lottery Fund project Layers of London with Professor Matthew Davies, Executive Dean for the School of Social Sciences, History and Philosophy and a Professor of Urban History at Birkbeck, University of London. Layers of London hosts a wealth of digitised historic maps, photos and crowd-sourced histories provided by the public and key partners from across London. For all of the links mentioned in the podcast please see below:

Layers of London website: https://www.layersoflondon.org/

Layers of London YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKSICy8FIDCKV0uVifb0sqw/videos

Layers of London on Twitter: @LayersofLondon

Music credits: ID: 483875 - In a Heartbeat, Standard Licence.

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