Stella & Rose's Books

Contents

• List of Figures
• List of Tables
• Summary
• Acknowledgements
• Introduction 1
• 1.1 Locations and Circumstances of fieldwork
• 1.2 Associated archaeological excavations
• 1.3 Organisation of this report
• 1.4 Graphical and textual conventions used in this report
• The Development of the Railways 2
• 2.1 The early passenger railways
• 2.2 London's local railways
• 2.3 The railways in the 20th century
• 2.4 Railway infrastructure
• Shoreditch below ground: 3
• 3.1 Weavers and tenements:Shoreditch before the railway
• 3.2 Demolition of tenements prior to constructions of the Shoreditch railway terminus
• 3.3 The Shoreditch railway terminus
• 3.4 Railway expansion: tenement demolition and the first goods yards
• 3.5 Expanding the railways: the goods yards of the 1840's.
• 3.6 Redevelopment on King Street
• 3.7 Nos 2-3 St John Street and 105 Brick Lane
• 3.8 The Bishopsgate goods station
• 3.9 Conclusion
• The Development of the Great Eastern Railway and its associated structures: 4
• 4.1 Before the railway
• 4.2 Shoreditch station: the Eastern Counties Railway terminus
• 4.3 The Braithwaite viaduct: east of Brick Lane
• 4.4 West of Brick Lane: the approach to Shoreditch station
• 4.5 The construction and development of Bishopsgate goods station
• 4.6 The survey: Bishopsgate goods station
• 4.7 The impact of the Railway on Shoreditch
• 4.8 The Bishopsgate stampede, and racial tension in Brick Lane
• The Origins and development of the East London Line 5
• 5.1 The origins of the East London Line: the Thames Tunnel
• 5.2 The opening of the East London Railway
• 5.3 The East London Line and its stations
• 5.4 Conclusion
• Dalston and the North London Railway:6
• 6.1 Dalston - a village outside the city
• 6.2 The construction of the North London Railway
• 6.3 Excavation at Lee Street
• 6.4 The Railways Arrive
• 6.5 The expansion of Dalston
• 6.6 Dalston after the Second World War
• Conclusions and future research: 7
• 7.1 Railways and the East End
• 7.2 Re-imagining railways
• Glossary
• French and German summaries
• Bibligraphy
• Index