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by Iain Sinclair


  Fuller, Buckminster, 157, 194

  Fuller, Peter, 528

  Fulton, Hamish, 148

  Furze Hill House, Reigate, 323

  ‘The Future of London’ (Ford Madox Ford), 205–6

  Gade, River, 180, 182

  The Gaia Hypothesis (Lovelock), 115

  Gaiman, Neil, 106–7, 108

  garden centres, 135–6

  Garnault, Michael, 99

  Garner, Roy, 498

  Gascoyne, David, 432–4

  Gaze, Mike, 114

  George III, 93

  George VI, 115, 357

  George and Dragon, Westerham, 391

  Gerz,Jochen, 103, 116–8

  Get Carter (film), 272

  Gilbert, Bob, 83

  Gilbert, Bruce, 217, 474

  Gill, Eric, 281–2, 326–7, 413

  Gilpin, William, 319

  Gimpo, 30–3, 35, 58

  Glastonbury, 249, 250

  Godard, Jean-Luc, 453

  Golden Grove (pub), 278–9

  The Golden Valley (Palmer), 421

  Golders Green, 104–5

  golf courses, 370–2

  Good, Dr James, 231

  The Good Listener (Belton), 276–7

  Goodman Price Demolition Ltd, 343

  Gordon, Elizabeth, 144

  Gormley, Antony, 549

  Grace, Michael Paul, 154

  Grace, W.G., 154

  Graham, W.S., 445

  Grand Junction Canal Company, 182

  Grand Union Canal, 180, 181–5, 187, 190, 212, 218, 220, 221–2, 227, 228

  Grant, Angela, 92

  Grant, Hugh, 485

  Grant, Russell, 193

  Gravesend, 473

  Grays, 46, 473, 476, 479–80

  Great Bookham Common, 325

  Great Expectations (Dickens), 456

  Great Foster’s Hotel, 272

  Great Missenden, 188

  Great Wood, Epsom, 344

  Greater London Plan 1944 (Abercrombie), 85

  green belts, 83–6

  The Green London Way (Gilbert), 83, 368

  Green Path, 229, 232, 237, 239, 241

  Greene, Graham, 188, 264

  Greenhithe, 463, 473, 490

  Greenwich Observatory, 29, 36–7

  Gregory, Philippa, 88–90, 97

  Griffith, George, 264

  Griffiths, Bill, 221–7, 246, 525

  Grogan, Emmett, 263

  A Guide to Glastonbury’s Temple of the Stars (Maltwood), 249

  Guillaume, Emile, 105

  The Gun (pub), 546–7

  Gurney, Ivor, 443, 445

  Gwynn, Nell, 332

  The Ha-Ha (Dawson), 171

  Hacking, Ian, 146, 164, 203

  Hackney, 8, 20, 33, 418–9, 525–7

  Hackney Cut, 55

  Hackney Marshes, 52, 56

  Haggerston, 8, 10

  Hall, Jerry, 450

  Hallam, Arthur, 532

  Halstead, 424

  Hamilton, the Honourable Charles, 319, 321, 322, 323

  Hamilton, Sir Ian, 395

  Hanbury, Samuel, 345

  Hanbury, Sir Thomas, 100, 312

  Hanbury Institute, Genoa, 383

  Hancox, Joy, 211

  Handbook to the Environs of London (Thome), 96

  Hannibal (Harris), 521

  Harefield, 191

  Harefield Hospital, 190, 191–200, 202–3

  Harefield Park, 195, 196, 204

  Harmondsworth, 232, 233, 237

  Harold, King of England, 21, 520

  Harold Hill, 521

  Harold Wood, 518, 519, 520

  Harperbury Hospital, 154, 163, 165, 168

  Harris, Thomas, 521

  Hart, Kit, 413

  Harvey, William, 212, 254, 255

  Hatfield House, 87, 93

  Havelock, General Henry, 451

  Havering-atte-Bower, 522

  Hawksmoor (Ackroyd), 142

  Hawksmoor, Nicholas, 83, 100, 158–61

  Haydon, Benjamin, 356

  Hayward, William Curtis, 434, 437, 442–6

  Heart of Harefield (Shepherd), 196

  Heathrow Airport, 228, 233–8

  Heeps, Richard, 246

  Heighs, Michael, 438

  Heller, Otto, 193

  Hellyer, Arthur, 461

  Henry VIII, 412

  Herne Hill, 384

  Heron Hospitality Centre, 58

  Hertford Union Canal, 48

  Herzog, Werner, 412, 535

  Hessayonjoan, 97–9, 136

  Hewitt, Bryan, 99, 102

  Hiaasen, Carl, 380

  High Beach, Epping Forest, 39, 532, 533

  High-Rise (Ballard), 265

  A High Way to Heaven (Chippindale), 382–3

  Hill, Christopher, 306, 307

  Hill, Geoffrey, 439

  Hine, George Thomas, 346, 349, 351

  The History of Heathrow (Sherwood), 233–4, 235

  Hobbs Cross, 522–3, 524

  Holloway, Jane, 288

  Holloway, Thomas, 270, 287–8

  Holloway Sanatorium, 272, 287–8

  Holy Cross and St Lawrence Church, Waltham Abbey, 19, 21–3, 103, 536

  Home, Stewart, 34

  Hooke Hill, 139

  Hope Inn, Stanwellmoor, 239–40

  Hope Moncrieff, A.R., 97–8, 523

  Hopkins, Ben, 202, 203

  Hopkins, Harry, 461, 466

  Horovitz, Michael, 121

  Horton Hospital, Epsom, 338, 341, 342, 345–6, 349, 351, 352, 436–7

  Horton Kirby, 431

  Hosein brothers, 521

  Howard, Ebenezer, 343, 84–5

  Howard, Luke, 369

  Howe, Viscount, 153

  Huicks, Dr, 93

  Hulton, Sir Edward, 326

  Hunt, Holman, 327

  Hurburgh, Peter, 313, 314

  Huston, John, 266

  Huxley, Aldous, 301–2, 349

  ibis hotel, Thurrock, 510, 547

  Ikea, Lakeside, 512

  An Illustrated Encyclopaedia of Traditional Symbols (Cooper), 145

  Illustrations and Account of the Temple Church (Clarkson), 209

  Ingress Abbey, 490, 491

  Ingress Park, 473

  It Never Gets Dark All Night (Hayward), 434, 441–4, 446

  Iver Heath, 218

  Jackson, Kevin, 222, 246–8, 249, 252, 253–4, 255, 258, 270, 272–3, 277, 278–9, 283, 410, 426, 432, 435, 436–7, 446, 447–8, 448–9, 451, 519, 520, 525, 527, 528, 535–7, 541

  Jackson, Nigel, 92

  Jagger, Mick, 448, 450–1, 466

  Jain Estate, 138

  James I, 88, 89, 90

  Jarvis, Martin, 71

  Jefferies, Richard, 349

  Jenner, Edward, 460

  Jennings, Elizabeth, 444

  Jennings, Humphrey, 279

  Jervoise, Samuel Clarke, 153

  John Giles and Biven, 175–6

  Johnson, Lydia, 347

  Johnson, Randolph, 314

  Jones, David, 434, 443, 444, 446

  Jones, Sarah, 168

  Jones, Steve, 371

  Jones, Tom, 251, 302

  Jones, Vinnie, 50

  ‘Journey Out of Essex’ (Clare), 534

  A Journey Through Ruins (Wright), 345

  Joyce Green Hospital, Dartford, 452, 456–7, 458–66, 491

  Keating, Tom, 401

  Keats, John, 329

  Kees, Weldon, 528

  Keiller, Patrick, 304–5, 479, 482–3

  Kelvedon Hatch, Essex, 330

  Kent, Duke of, 450

  Kenyatta, Jomo, 266

  Kerouac, Jack, 324

  Kerr, Darren, 501

  Kersh, Gerald, 207, 542–3, 545

  Kidman, Nicole, 152

  Kiff, Ken, 122

  King’s Arbour, 234–5

  The Kingston Zodiac (Caine), 249

  Knaphill, 342

  Knights Templar, 485–6, 516–7

  Kops, Bernard, 206–7


  Korda, Alexander, 215

  Korda, Zoltan, 266

  Kosmon (cult), 433

  Kray, Charlie, 498

  Kray, Reg, 348–9, 498

  Kray, Ronnie, 347–9, 498

  Kubrick, Stanley, 152

  Kuhne, Eric, 470

  La Disparition (Perec), 262

  Lajetée (Marker), 427–8

  La Tête contre les murs (Franju), 163–4

  Laing, John, 155

  Laing, R.D., 14, 148, 156

  Lakeside, Thurrock, 11, 46, 481, 512

  Lamb, Charles and Mary, 95

  Lambert, Percy, 300

  Lambrianou, Tony, 526

  Lamont, Norman, 275

  Langley Park, 218

  Lavery, Sir John, 401

  Lawrence, T.E., 528

  ‘Le Scale del Paradiso’, 385, 388

  Lea Valley, 26, 38–44, 59–77, 86

  Lea Valley Developments (LVD), 72

  Leatherhead, 325–6

  Leatherhead Common, 325

  Leavesden Hospital, Abbots Langley, 172, 175–80, 212

  Lee, Robert, 486

  Lee Enfield rifle, 68

  Lee Navigation, 47, 52, 54, 55, 60, 66, 69, 545–6

  Lee Navigation path, 45, 47

  Lee Valley Regional Park, 39, 48, 127

  Lee Valley Regional Park Authority, 38–9, 42, 62, 64, 75, 96

  Lee Valley Trading Estate, 60

  Leeson, Nick, 372

  Lennonjohn, 251, 302

  Levellers, 306

  Lewer, David, 209

  Lewis, Dr Jim, 40, 42

  Lewis, Monk, 321

  Lichtenstein, Rachel, 132–3, 202, 338–40, 348, 472, 531–2

  Life for Ruth (film), 193

  Light of the World (Hunt), 327

  Lightermans Quay, Grays, 481

  Limehouse Cut, 48

  Linnell, John, 399–400, 407–8, 414, 419, 421

  Liquid City (Atkins), 473

  Lister, Raymond, 323, 414

  Littlebrook Power Station, 490

  Locke King, Hugh, 300–1

  Lodwick, John, 528

  Loh, Daniel, 371–2

  London, City of, 71

  London Colney Aerodrome, 154

  London Executive Aviation, 524

  London Eye, 6, 18, 549

  London Golf Club, 371–2

  The London Loop (Sharp), 83, 368

  London Stone, 241

  London: The Biography (Ackroyd), 208

  London Waste Ltd, Edmonton, 61, 63, 63–4, 74, 545

  London’s Lea Valley (Lewis), 40

  The Lonely Tower (Palmer), 323

  Long, Richard, 118, 148

  Long Grove Hospital, Epsom, 338, 339, 341, 341–2, 343, 347–8, 349

  Long Grove Light Railway, Epsom, 353

  Long Reach Smallpox Hospital, 463–4

  Losey, Joseph, 355, 421

  Lovecraft, H.P., 515

  Lovelock, James, 115

  Lowell, Robert, 528

  Lucie-Smith, Edward, 444

  Lullingstone, 426–7

  Lutyens, Sir Edwin, 253

  M25

  driving around, 13–14

  excessive use of, 82–3

  Junction 9, 327, 328, 330

  Junction 15, 233

  Junction 30, 496

  length, 7, 32

  opening (1986), 3–6

  purpose, 10–12

  ‘M25 Three’, 313–4

  McClean, Lennie, 50

  McDowell, Malcolm, 194

  McFayden, Jock, 8, 48, 59, 490

  McGoohan, Patrick, 193

  McGrath, Raymond, 281

  Machen, Arthur, 188–9

  McKay, Muriel, 521

  McKean, Dave, 107

  McKenzie, Kelvin, 371

  MacSweeney, Barry, 227

  McVitie, Jack ‘the Hat’, 55, 496

  Mad Travelers (Hacking), 146

  Madness and Civilization (Foucault), 163

  The Magic Mountain (Mann), 468

  Maier, Michael, 211

  malaria, as treatment for the insane, 350–1

  Maltwood, Katharine, 249–50

  A Man for All Seasons (film), 266

  Mann, Thomas, 468

  Manning, Mark, 58

  The Manor Hospital, Epsom, 338, 342, 349

  Mar Dyke, 495, 515

  Marconi Wireless Telegraph Company, 41

  Mardyke Path, 513

  Marker, Chris, 427

  Markfield Recreation Ground, South Tottenham, 545

  Marks, Ginger, 496

  Marsh Lane, Dartford, 463–4

  Marshal, William, Earl of Pembroke, 209

  Marshgate Recreation Ground, 53

  Marx, Karl, 397

  Mason, John, 153

  Matthews, Emma, 490

  Maxwell, Robert, 391

  Mayor Treloar’s College, 125

  Meacher, Michael, 62–3

  Medvedev, Zhores, 115

  Mee, Arthur, 405–6, 406, 428

  Meenfield Wood, 423

  Mendelsohn, Erich, 278

  Meredith, George, 329

  meridian line, 37, 126–7

  Merstham, 370, 371–2, 373–4

  Message, Reuben, 463

  Metropolitan Asylums Board, 460

  Metropolitan Water Board, 95

  Meux, Sir Henry, 89

  Meux, Lady Valerie, 99

  Middlesex Filter Beds, 54, 56

  Mile End New Town, 493

  Mill Hill, 103, 104, 105–6, 113

  Millennium Dome, 3, 6, 17, 29, 34, 81, 200, 265, 469, 541, 546, 547, 549–51

  Millennium Eve, 17–26, 541–51

  Mills, Sir John, 193

  Milton, John, 188

  Mitchell, Adrian, 444

  Mitchell, Frank, 496

  Mitchell, Margaret, 528

  Monbiot, George, 349

  Monck, George, Duke of Albemarle, 89

  Monet, Claude, 397, 398

  Montagu, Venetia, 398

  Moorcock, Michael, 25, 208, 214–5, 542

  Moore, Alan, 107, 246, 522

  Morant’s Court Farm, 407

  Morecambe, Eric, 190, 193

  Morton, Andrew, 185–6

  Moseley, Billy, 55

  Mosquito Chamber, 330–1

  Mother London (Moorcock), 208

  Mottram, Professor Eric, 225, 226

  Mouth & Foot Painting Artists’ Gallery, Selborne 120

  multi-storey car parks, 169–70

  Museo Bicknell, Bordighera, 383

  My Manor (Richardson), 357

  Myddelton, Sir Hugh, 93–4, 96

  Myddelton House, 14, 91, 96–7, 100, 101, 102

  Myers, William Joseph, 153

  Myriorama, 162

  Nairn, Ian, 489

  Napsbury Hospital, 163, 166, 179

  Nathan, Sir Frederick, 41

  National Association for Mental Health, 351

  National Institute for Medical Research Mill Hill, 103, 106, 113–5, 118, 519, 544

  National Trust, 318

  Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne (White), 119

  Near Underriver (Palmer), 422

  Nemon, Oscar, 393

  Neumann, Eric, 204

  New Eltham, 82

  New Labour

  Ballard on, 267

  countryside policy, 86

  mental health policy, 179, 352

  New River, 93–6

  Newman, Kim, 486

  Newman, Nanette, 194

  Newmarket, 346

  Nicholson, William, 396

  Nicholson’s Gin Distillery, 49

  Nicklaus, Jack, 371

  Nieuwkoop, Pieter 114

  Night and the City (Kersh), 207

  The Nine Lives of Tomas Katz (film), 201–2, 203

  Noak Hill, 519, 522

  Nonsuch Palace, 439

  North Circular Road, 60

  North Downs, 369

  Northern Sewage Outflow, 48, 49

  Northfleet, 473

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nbsp; Noye, Kenneth, 12–13, 372, 497, 507

  Nuttall, Jeff, 225

  Oakley, Chris, 148

  O’Connell, Sanjida, 380

  Octagon (property developers), 288, 290, 291

  Oddie, Bill, 500

  Offa, 409

  Old Ford Lock, 51

  Olson, Charles, 157

  O’Mahoney, Bernard, 498–9, 499, 500–2, 503, 503–5, 506–8

  The Origins and History of Consciousness (Neumann), 204

  Otford, 404, 408–9, 410, 411

  Our Mutual Friend (Dickens), 183–4

  Ove Arup and Partners, 253

  Packer, Kerry, 371

  Painshill Park, 318–24

  Painting as a Pastime (Churchill), 401

  Paleologou, Effie, 104, 106, 116, 201, 511

  Palmer, Samuel, vii, 309, 320, 322–3, 376, 399–400, 401, 404–5, 407–8, 410, 414–5, 416–22, 425, 468

  Paracelsus, 255

  Parker, Ian, 274

  Parker Bowles, Andrew, 102

  Pasolini, Pier Paolo, 412

  Passingford Bridge, 519, 523

  Passingford Mill, 523

  Paxman, Jeremy, vii

  Payne, Stewart, 70

  Peake, Mervyn, 287

  Pearson, John, 348

  Pedder, Beth, 71–75

  Penton Mound, Islington, 94

  Pepler, G.L., 85

  Pepys, Samuel, 332

  Perec, Georges, 262

  Persia, Shah of, 491

  Petit, Chris, 5, 6, 50, 66, 71, 143–4, 367, 468, 470, 472–3, 474, 476

  Peugeot 505s, illegal export to Zambia, 505–6

  Pevsner, Sir Nikolaus, 521

  Pfizer, Walton Oaks, 367–8

  pheasants, killed on roads, 379–80

  Pickett’s Lock, 63–6

  Pilgrims Way, 367, 368, 369, 375, 378, 380–1, 387, 403, 408

  Pinochet, General Augusto, 274–7

  Pinter, Harold, 443

  Piper, John, 91

  Pitt-Rivers, General Augustus, 529

  Planter and Visiting Agent in Ceylon (Arthur Sinclair), 387

  Plath, Sylvia, 170–1

  Plessy Thorn Electronics, 524

  The Poetics of Space (Bachelard), 515

  Pollution

  Enfield Lock, 70–74

  London Waste Ltd, Edmonton, 61, 63, 63–4, 74

  Ponders End, 40–41, 66, 542, 544

  Pope, Alexander, 319, 322

  Pope, Sir Thomas, 93

  Porters Park, Shenley, 153–4, 158

  Potter, Jennifer, 322

  Potters Bar, 138, 139, 140–4, 171

  Powell, Enoch, 351

  Powell, Michael, 4

  Power, Anne, 343

  Prehistoric London: Its Mounds and Circles (Gordon), 144

  Prescott Channel, 51

  Procter, John, 439

  Proctor & Gamble factory, Thurrock, 484

  The Profession of Violence (Pearson), 348

  The Prospect (Palmer), 323

  Prosser, George Frederick, 319, 320

  Pugin, E.W. 287

  Purfleet, 10, 46, 201, 463, 487–9, 491, 493

  Quantum Cloud (Gormley), 549

  Quebec House, Westerham, 392, 394–5

  Queen Elizabeth II Bridge, Dartford, 5, 6, 11, 31–2, 46, 252, 453, 455, 463, 464, 467, 473, 480, 491–2, 496, 510

  racehorses, 360

  The Raging Moon (film), 194

 

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