The construction of the Metropolitan District Railway c.1866 John Bool The section covers the area

The section covers the area between Hyde Park in the North West

St Paul's is looming in the sky beside the moon

was in 1276 when its location moved to the High Street

Focussing on the less crowded spots in London

A waiter carries a tankard and bowl towards the gentlemen diners at their table

The construction of the Metropolitan District Railway c.1866 John Bool The section covers the areaThe interior of the completed Kensington Station showing the platforms, roof and track with a contractor's locomotive. The station was later renamed High Street Kensington. From a series of 64 photographs taken in the late 1860s by Henry Flather to document the construction of the railway from Paddington to Blackfriars via Kensington, Westminster and the new Victoria Embankment. Construction was by the 'cut and cover' method used to build the first