Episode 9 - Victorian Suburbia

Show Notes   In this episode we continue our look at the outcomes of Simon’s dissertation research as we discuss the changing shape of suburban development between the 1890s and the 1930s. Today we discus the origins of suburbia in the Victorian era as we discus the start of commuter railways and the birth of the commuter as a part of British urban life.   Part of the research for this episode stems from Simon dissertation, submitted in pursuit of his MA in Railway Studies from the University of York, so an acknowledgement of the support from Dr David Turner and Dr Kevin Tenant in writing that dissertation is due.   Follow our Twitter: www.twitter.com/railstonowhere Follow Simon at: www.twitter.com/reddragontweets   Support the Podcast through our Patreon and get bonus episodes, behind the scenes content and more: www.patreon.com/railstonowhere   Thanks to our wonderful Patreons who help make Rails to Nowhere happen and especial thanks to our £10 patreon ValkyrieLeamons.   Bibliography   Abernethy, Simon T. ‘Opening up the Suburbs: Workmen’s Trains in London 1860-1914’. Urban History 42, no. 1 (2014): 70–88. Amos, Dave. ‘How Do Cities Grow?’, 2018. https://youtu.be/HO0BZqQ42Ic. Bagwell, Philip, and Peter Lyth. Transport in Britain 1750 - 2000: From Canal Lock to Gridlock. London: Hambledon & London, 2002. Board Of Trade. ‘Light Railways Act: Walthamstow & District Light Railway Order 1903’, 1903. MT 58/181. National Archive. Borley, H. V. Chronology of London Railways. Railway & Canal Historical Society, n.d. Catford, Nick. ‘Lea Bridge’. Disused Stations, 2017. http://www.disused-stations.org.uk/l/lea_bridge/index.shtml. Connor, J. E. London Suburban Railways: Liverpool Street to Chingford. Midhurst: Middleton Press, 2003. Daimond, J. A People’s History of Walthamstow. Stroud: The History Press, 2018. Diamond, James. A People’s History of Walthamstow. Stroud: The History Press, 2018. GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth. ‘Greenwich District through Time | Population Statistics | Total Population’. A Vision of Britain Through Time, 2018. http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10171880/cube/TOT_POP. GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth. ‘Kingston upon Thames District through Time | Population Statistics | Total Population’. A Vision of Britain Through Time, 2018. http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10057360/cube/TOT_POP. GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth. ‘Waltham Forest District through Time | Population Statistics | Total Population’. A Vision of Britain Through Time, 2018. http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10056720/cube/TOT_POP. GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth. ‘Waltham Forest District through Time | Population Statistics | Total Population’. A Vision of Britain Through time. Accessed 18 February 2022. http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10056720/cube/TOT_POP. Hawkes, Irene. A History of the Metropolitan Railway & Metro-Land. Manchester: Oxford Publishing Co, 2018. Heller, Michael. ‘Suburbia, Marketing and Stakeholders: Developing Ilford, Essex, 1880-1914’. Urban History 41, no. 1 (2014): 62–80. Hylton, Stuart. What The Railways Did For Us: The Making of Modern Britain. 2nd ed. Stroud: Amberley, 2016. Jackson, Alan. London’s Local Railways. 2nd ed. Harrow Weald: Capital Transport, 1999. Kellett, John R. The Impact of Railways on Victorian Cities. London: Routledge, 1969. Lewis, Jim. London’s Lea Valley: Britain’s Best Kept Secret. Chichester: Phillimore & Co. Ltd., 1995. London Borough of Waltham Forest. ‘The History of Walthamstow’. In The Victoria History of the Counties of England: A History of Essex, edited by W. R. Powell, 6:240–317. London: Victoria County History, 1979. Mander, David. Walthamstow Past. London: Historical Publications Ltd., 2001. Pole, Felix J. C., and James Milne. ‘The Economics of Passenger Traffic’. In Modern Railway Administration. Vol. 2, 85–164. London: The Gresham Publishing Company Ltd, 1925. Pond, C. C. The Walthamstow and Chingford Railway. 2nd ed. Walthamstow: Walthamstow Historical Society, 2003. Shaw-Taylor, Leigh, and Xuesheng You. ‘The Development of the Railway Network in Britain 1825-19111’. Accessed 2 February 2023. https://www.campop.geog.cam.ac.uk/research/projects/transport/onlineatlas/railways.pdf. Simmons, Jack. The Railway in Town and Country. 1830 - 1914. London: Faber & Faber, 2008.. Tweedie, William. The History of Walthamstow: It’s Past Present and Future. Walthamstow: William Tweedie, 1861. Webb, Simon. Commuters: The History of a British Way of Life. Barnsley: Pen & Sword History, 2016.