Village Books Posted February 7, 2022 Share Posted February 7, 2022 It is hard to imagine that the busy townscape of South London was once a great wood, stretching almost seven miles from Croydon to Deptford or that, scattered through the suburbs, from Dulwich to Norwood, a number of oak woodlands have survived since before the Norman Conquest.Join Village Books and Alleyn?s School Enterprises for an evening with Chris Sch?ler who will be discussing his book The Wood That Built London, a compelling narrative history that charts the fortune of the North Wood from the earliest times: it?s ecology, ownership, management, and its gradual encroachment by the expanding metropoli.?In this meticulously researched yet accessible work, historian C J Sch?ler brings to life a largely forgotten slice of the capital?s topography.? Geographical MagazineChris Sch?ler is the author of three illustrated histories of cartography: Mapping the World, Mapping the City and Mapping the Sea and Stars and co-author of the best-selling Traveller?s Atlas. Sch?ler has also written for The Independent, The Independent on Sunday, The Financial Times and New Statesman.Date: 23rd February 2022, 7.30pmLocation: LS Atrium, Alleyn's School, Townley Road, East Dulwich,SE22 8SUTickets:?10 Standard Ticket?8 Concessions?25 Book & Ticket. (Includes a copy of The Wood That Built London. Book RRP ?19.99)Ticket link: https://bit.ly/3siF36t Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/303146-new-author-event-the-wood-that-built-london-by-chris-schuler/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
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