All about Battersea
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The index ranges from a brewery and the names given to Battersea to the railway goods station and locomotive works, alongside an entry on street lighting. The account of rival steamboat companies describes hired men trying to draw passengers down their respective piers, sometimes growing so exasperated that they came to blows. The account reports that receivers of stolen property were said to live in the neighbourhood, and that sharpers were said to abound in every direction.
The description of Battersea Park notes goat moth larvae inhabiting poplars and willows, and says the park is considered famous for vast flocks of starlings before migration. The account of grave memorials records Mary Childs as a faithful servant in the family of George Scrivens of Clapham Common.
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- Henry S. Simmonds
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- 156
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- European History
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