London's Map, Explained

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00:00 Intro
02:22 Londinium
04:27 Influence of Geography
07:37 Ground News
09:36 Medieval London
11:20 Tower of London
12:15 London Bridge
14:51 Tudor Period
16:43 The Great Fire
20:50 Modern Development
25:12 The Blitz
27:06 The Silver Lining
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[@DanielsimsSteiner]

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[@matham625]

you get a lot wrong and you miss a lot (which is fair enough, especially as you are a yank) but stating "London was a hub of the slave trade" is a false and slanderous lie, propogated by Americans who wish to push the blame of slavery onto the British. (who stopped slavery) London was a Hub of world trade. what ever any of that trade was, it was trading in stocks and shares... THERE WAS NO SLAVERY IN BRITAIN ! saying "London was a hub of slavery" is like saying "Wall Street is a hub of sneaker manufacturing" no.. you can trade in shares in Nike and Addidas on wall street, but they dont make sports shoes there.

[@mikepembo8297]

@@matham625 It's the "tames" vs. "tems" that upset me :D

[@hopenield8234]

Great idea but a lot wrong. Including that the Monarch can’t enter the City of London without permission . J Draperr does great videos about London from their tour guide knowledge. Unlike you she does deep research on facts so she isn’t just promoting 100 year old myths that arose from the ceremony of the Pearl Sword which actually acknowledges the monarch’s sovereignty over the City. The City does have unusual levels of self governance but that doesn’t make it independent of the British Monarchy. There’s enough fake news on the internet without you promoting more. But your response to someone who pointed out you didn’t even pronounce Thames correctly (that being typical of you!) makes me think you have no interest in really getting things right. Just in getting more content out there. Shame. You have great ideas but it means I won’t be back. This myth arose

[@callmedatruth9479]

Could you do the map of fort Worth Texas please 🙏🏿 it's a lot of history there n I would love to see that

[@Archimedes115]

Map Men are under attack

[@TheHappinessOfThePursuit]

Cartocide

[@DanielsimsSteiner]

Ahaha I could never

[@LastElf42]

@@DanielsimsSteiner Yeah Jay's way too serious compared to this satirical nonsense (Please do a collab next time you're in the UK)

[@pavelow235]

I could binge on both all day long.

[@ManualPixarPresents]

I’ll mark the settlement on your map

[@livinglondonhistory]

This is amazing- it was a pleasure working with you on this Dan and showing you around London! Hope everyone enjoys the video 🙌

[@DanielsimsSteiner]

This video wouldn’t exist without you. Thank you!!

[@FuddButter]

I just ordered your book so it will remind me when I come to the UK next, to book a tour!

[@ben3000]

How do you think London will change once Islam has claimed the city?

[@WangoBango]

You are a good guide. Shame Dan's pronunciation of the river Thames is so bad.

[@simonosborne4711]

Instead of building the Monument 202 ft high and 202 ft from the origin of the fire, why not build it 0 ft high and on the spot itself? I've always wondered this.

[@Raaaahhhhbbbie]

“When the Industrial Revolution was picking up steam” was such a clever pun

[@chuppl]

The king isn’t allowed in my basement studio apartment either

[@DanielsimsSteiner]

Tell him

[@aidanwotherspoon905]

If we didn’t have the second amendment, the King of England could come barging into your house right now and start pushing you around. Do you want that? Huh? Do you want someone pushing you around?

[@14caz68]

😂

[@cajungoat]

It's treason then!

[@FunctionallyLiteratePerson]

But can the king have the hidden gold from the Japanese empire

[@skoodledoo]

23:15 It's London Overground, a National Rail service (with TfL branding) that runs through it, not the tube. I'm lucky enough to drive the trains through them every day. I still marvel at it every time I go through.

[@anthonylloyd6094]

Prior to London Overground, it was the East London Line , which was a tube line.

[@comicus01]

yeah, that was a small goof, given that it used to be part of the Underground. But! What sort of hurt my ears was the way he pronounced "Thames" when saying Thames Tunnel, He did it twice! But at least he was consistent. And I'm an American, so otherwise I sound like him.

[@jareth0205]

River Tayms? Ouch. River Tems!

[@nat_penrose]

I'm from the states and kinda taken aback at how much it even grates me, he just keeps saying it!!!

[@rustinrogers]

Yeah I was a bit shocked to keep hearing that!

[@L-mo]

/ðeːmz/ or "thaymz. would have been how the Thames was pronounced in Shakespearean times. That is preserved in Rhode Island, for example, where there is a street Thames that is pronounced as /ðeːmz/ or "thaymz." The pronunciation in Britain changed to "temz" (/tɛmz/) over the years but the memo never reached the US. As with so many pronunciation and spelling differences between US and UK English, the US versions are usually the more conservative (ie older) versions. (p.s. I'm a Londoner).

[@ZhougLover]

I reckon it's a manipulative troll to get people to comment

[@EDScool12345]

It's all arbitrary.

[@EmpressLizard81]

Favorite line from the video: "Paris is quite nice, only because the French didn't ruin it."😂 I love a witty Brit.😆

[@wandererkent]

An older, much snarkier, equally funny Jay Foreman

[@sambell309]

It's also funny because the French did destroy the medieval layout of Paris to replace it with wide straight streets and a radial grid

[@kanedaku]

He's not lying though 😀

[@rexfrancorum]

@@sambell309 I love Medieval architecture but i must say Paris is better now since Haufmann's work on the city. Street are wider and cleaner. Paris remains one of the most beautiful city in the world (well it was before the 2000's at least). But i think London is one of the most beautiful city too.

[@chrischarman8707]

I’ve worked in London for 30 years; as a history grad you coexist and witness 2000 years of history every day as this video well illustrates

[@LinusBoman]

Brilliantly done. For your own sanity though, I would recommend adding the words "Thames" "Tames" and "Tems" to your blocked words list in your comment settings. 😂

[@gracewenzel]

are you having “coronated” flashbacks? 😉

[@ArtemisScribe]

It's always interesting to hear how visitors to the city pronounce Thames. It feels like such a simple word to me purely down to familiarity but the sheer breadth of different pronunciations I've heard over the years is kind of incredible. I didn't know there were so many ways to pronounce such a short word.

[@maikhildebrandt9921]

@@ArtemisScribe I think it comes down to it being not very intuitive. Starts with a "th" that doesn't get pronounced like one, which is quite uncommon I think. I'm sure there are other examples, but I can't think of any right now :D It then goes on with "ames" which looks like the very common words "names" and "games" and "same", all of which are pronounced differently to how Thames is pronounced. I never really had an issue with the pronunciation being from Germany, because we call that river the "Themse" (pronounced like in English but with an added E at the end), and TH often is pronounced T in German, so the correct pronunciation feels right to me. But I can see how a lot of people can get very confused by it because it doesn't follow the most obvious pronunciation rules.

[@ArtemisScribe]

@@maikhildebrandt9921 yeah it's kind of cool to figure out that actually the way we say it is a hangover of the more Germanic roots of the language rather than anything to do with how we pronounce things now

[@kevinquinn1993]

@@maikhildebrandt9921"Thyme" comes to mind as another example. Most Americans know the proper pronunciation of the Thames River in my experience. I remember learning it in my youth. I do try to be charitable when I hear mispronunciations of various words, but I must admit hearing that one mispronounced is very cringe-inducing! 😓

[@lmo7724]

When the KZbin algorithm gets it right, you get to watch something special like this.

[@socratesmiranda]

Dan, I'm from Brazil and from a very young age I was interested in the urban side of places, I have a collection of maps of the places I've visited and I've always loved the historical context involved and man... your channel is a gift, I believe for everyone who loves this subject Thank you very much! Hugs from Brazil❤️🇧🇷

[@DanielsimsSteiner]

Wow I’m so glad!! Thank you!

[@DanielFoulsham]

Though I was born in London, lived there for four years and ain't lived there for 20, it always fills me with a sense of pride seeing my city rise up out the horizon any trip down there. It will always have a place in my heart, with it's lumps and bumps and ugly bits, but also it's beauty, impeccable character and incomparable vibe that will stay with me where'er I go. You may take the boy out of London, but you can't take the London out the boy. Bless you namesake, proper and well researched piece, more power to ya!

[@SL89999]

Having lived in Clerkenwell near St John’s Gate & working on Fleet St for 10 years - my BEST ADVICE to NEW AND EXPERIENCED visitors to London - is to explore on foot, avoid main roads and get lost in the many narrow alley ways around London Wall, Temple, Blackfriars, Guildhall and Leadenhall in particular. It’s in these alleys you will discover some of the oldest & unique & near forgotten remnants of the city, which most tourists and residents miss. Enjoy!

[@bryansmith1920]

I'm a 70yr old born a man of Kent, moved up to London SE, became a Kentish man, from 6yrs old till, I moved, "upt noorf" @ 21yrs old, I had family all over London, the Platts, and Brownings, and of course the "Smifffs" Great City to grow up in, But yer can stuff it, when yah got kids to care for,

[@user-qc3yk2gd5p]

Thanks for an outstanding collaboration. You two complement each other so well. When I inherited my mother’s diaries, I discovered I had survived the 1940 blitz (barely born!). We lived under ‘bomber alley’ so were lucky to pull through.

[@glennac]

Daniel, stunning documentary. This is the kind of content that the History Channel or Discovery use to produce. And the cable networks wonder why no one is watching. 🙄 Thanks You❣️🙏🏼

[@producedbypodcast]

As a loyal follower of you, enthusiastic geography geek and primarily, Londoner, this is what I wanted to see! Awesome content as always, Dan 🙌🔥

[@DanielsimsSteiner]

This means the world!! I’m so glad 🙏🏻🙏🏻 thank you so much

[@borisvdr]

One of my favourite things to point out is the name of the church St Martin-in-the-Fields which is today at one corner of the very busy Trafalgar Square. When it was founded it really was "in the fields" between the City and Westminster

[@cleonawallace376]

As a londener myself who left back in 2001, and then lived in Rome where I worked for 6 years as a tour guide, I totally loved this! I'm reading a book set in 16th century london at the moment, and I realised that my mental map of where places like Blackfriars and Cripplegate were was totally gone. Thanks, and I will look up Jack when I next go back.

[@SamAronow]

"Wake up babe, Young Peter Sarsgaard has a new map video."

[@SamBrickell]

"Wake up babe, this joke is officially completely played out."

[@jasonhildebrand1574]

More like a young Stewart Hicks

[@gibby8344]

I’m visiting London in about a month and after watching every video on your channel, I was really hoping this video would be posted. Thanks Daniel!

[@gnarboi]

Visiting London for the first time this week! Im from LA, too excited

[@driaan_louw]

This was such a treat - I've never wanted to visit London before this! So many cool things I wanna see for myself. Such a treat to be taken on a virtual tour with Jack. I'm also amazed at how you actually covered the city from start to today - you could make a whole video on just one of the ages! The story, the maps, the cinematography...chefs kiss. Love you dude!

[@joshuafloro9352]

Love these videos man! Keep up the great work!

[@pophamfresh]

These are some of my favorite videos on KZbin! Beautifully edited with great execution of graphics! Keep up the great work Daniel!!

[@bamarol311]

these are legitimately my favorite videos on the internet. I hope this channel blows up and we get every city on the map!

[@dominicromeo]

Thank you Daniel. Again, a highly interesting video. Nice shots, perfect editing!

[@GeorgeP-uj8xc]

I love the quality and length of these videos. Few youtubers are doing it this well.

[@jimhearsonwriter]

Jack's great - been on all his tours, and love both the detail he goes into plus his delivery. It's clearly stayed in my head too, as when some friends came down to London recently, I was spewing out facts that I'd learned from the tours!

[@markjbetteridge]

Your video's just keep getting better and better! This was a great 30min dip into the history of the City of London. I am looking forward to your next one!

[@gabrielaroca8366]

Amazing content! And such a great collaboration! Jack is an incredibly knowledgeable guide. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@DJVLDN]

The idea that the King can’t enter the City without asking for permission isn’t true. It’s a common misconception. What happens is that the monarch stops at the entrance of the City (Temple Bar, on Fleet Street) and there’s a ceremony with the Lord Mayor. People misunderstood that this was the monarch being stopped and then being let in by the Lord Mayor but it’s actually a ceremony where the Lord Mayor in a way pledges allegiance to the monarch. It’s the opposite of that people think, it establishes that the monarch rules over the City, not that the City is in some way independent.

[@Newportbanking]

Hmm that’s weird that someone who lives and works there says different

[@DEFarnes]

​​​@@Newportbanking"Never let facts ruin a good story" The trouble is the City is a very unique place because it has been unique since "Time Immemorial". Things that help perpetuate the myth include: The ceremony itself, although no permission is ever asked for or given. The fact that William the Conqueror essentially did a deal with the City to say "you can keep on doing what you are doing so long as you accept me as King". The Magna Carta says "the City of London shall have all its ancient liberties by land as well as by water". Nowhere or no one else has this clause. Also in the city of London, The Lord Mayor is the next important person after the Monarch, while in the rest of the country it would be the Monarch's consort and then Heir, the rest of the royal family and probably archbishops. As well as being a bit of a City Nerd I am sometimes a contractor to the Corporation of London.

[@DJVLDN]

⁠​⁠@@NewportbankingIt’s not weird when you think about it, he’s clearly a very passionate man and unfortunately someone who is passionate about a topic will sometimes believe and repeat myths that make the thing they love more interesting than it actually is. It’s like video game / film / book lore. Obsessive fans of a piece of content will learn everything there is to know about it and then go further by coming up with their own lore, backstories, interpretations, headcanons, etc and sometimes they like that lore so strongly that they repeat it as fact and the community just accepts it as fact. But it’s still just made up. This particular myth is very similar to idea of that the American who bought London Bridge thought he was buying Tower Bridge. It’s a fun story that tourists love to hear and tour guides love to tell. It’s not true but a lot of people really want it to be true. It’s a problem that this video seems to use a tour guide as its main source. Tour guides are generally more entertainers than historians.

[@elkippy]

@@DEFarnes apologies for the pedantry but I believe it's just "Magna Carta" rather than "the manga carta"

[@DEFarnes]

@@elkippy I'm all for Pedantry!

[@alex_davis_11]

As an ancient history nerd, I knew all about Londinum. I just love the way you explain it, and all your videos are always super enjoyable. Thank you!

[@tesla.coil66]

Love the style here, just discovered your channel and watched through all the map explained videos. So many fun details, can't wait for more, though I can see there's a huge amount of work involved in each.

[@kanedaku]

Great video, I loved it! I'm very proud to be a Londoner, and hearing stories from its history being told through a foreign viewpoint always brings a smile. You've got a sub! Yay!

[@xanderbastiaansen5579]

This is a great video, well done! Very interesting to watch!

[@POTThaesslich]

If all the comments are doing is criticising the pronunciation of a word I think you've done well on the content. And Jack is a real fountain of knowledge.

[@kanedaku]

_fontaine*_

[@bradnelson3595]

It was the horrible background music that stood out. But very interesting otherwise.

[@TheKyleRogers]

I live for these and annoy all my friends to watch them.

[@DanielsimsSteiner]

King 👑

[@engineering3138]

I was just looking for a video like this yesterday, and couldn’t find anything! This was great timing!

[@odanabunaga2505]

great video! Just picked up Jack's book and going to enjoy walking around the City even more now

[@topquarkbln]

This is the best history documentary I've seen in a long time. Thanks for sharing 👍👍👍❤️

[@martynmiller4247]

Most sincerly, I thank you for this amazing, wonderful video. So well edited, written, presented, constructed. Thank you, thank you. All best wishes for whatever you do in the future. Again, thank you.

[@SpiritmanProductions]

What a wonderful video. Thank you so much. 🙏

[@strafrag1]

Fabulous video, Daniel. Thanks to you and Jack. Bravo.

[@SimonWad]

From watching your excellent video here, I've just bought Jack Chesher's book. I'm lucky to be able to cycle through London regularly and extensively, and love to see remnants of cool history.

[@julierogers1155]

Loved this post. Just purchased the London walking book from your link.

[@planetkemp]

Professional work and great knowledge in here as well. Glad i subbed

[@andrewsnyders0411]

"When the industrial revolution was just picking up steam." I see what you did there, beautiful word play!

[@tomasvega5716]

Would be great to see Edinburgh explained, as most the older city is still here!

[@DanielsimsSteiner]

👀

[@justmeajah]

Ahahaha thinking the same 😂

[@AleaIactaEst83]

Absolutely fantastic video! Thank you

[@TheTigerKing881]

Just found your channel, took way too long. Love the content so far. Thank you for making my day better

[@carlyplummer725]

I follow Jack on social media, so that's how I've come to your channel. I can't wait to go back and watch your other videos (and future ones!). As an avid London and history lover, this was right up my alley, but the way you explained it and with the diagrams and drawings was brilliant! Well done, can't wait to see what cities you do next (come to Sydney!!! :D)

[@MichaelHowes]

Thank you for putting so much effort into your videos :)

[@mattlevault5140]

Amazing content. Well done!

[@sydney-lm4tb]

Another awesome video!! Thanks again Daniel

[@MCT72]

Great video. Fascinating pronunciation. Tudor, Thames and Tube are my favourites.

[@JP_TaVeryMuch]

Forgive me for sounding a little up myself but as an Englishman, I should like to congratulate you and thank you for this production. It is quite simply by far the very best view by any american of the "ol' country" that I've had the pleasure to come across since first I dipped into the land of You Tube in the first place. Bravo!

[@mrdickywaters]

enjoyed that nice one x

[@adamcboggs]

One of the best videos I’ve seen in London history. Thank you

[@timothyvenn4193]

Congratulations on this excellent piece of work, fascinating , well presented and entertaining. Stuff I really didn’t know about and I live 50 miles up the road in Colchester.

[@poida84]

love these kind of videos really fascinating learning the about the streets, architecture and history while also showcasing remnants of the past that still exist. be great if you could do something like this for Sydney, Australia.

[@cynthiawalker5620]

This was awesome! 👏 Thanks

[@paulseoighemcgee5772]

Excellent and engaging content , thanks .

[@magicknight8412]

Very interesting and great video. Born and bred Londoner and still always finding out new things about London.

[@jujutrini8412]

Well done. I enjoyed this immensely. 👏👏👏

[@ljtinney]

I can't tell you how much I look forward to these! Please come to Philadelphia to do one sometime.

[@adnamamedia]

Yes! love this city

[@williamthomas7640]

The production on this video is insane, super impressive

[@syd8159]

i love your work! i hope someday you explain san francisco's map. a lot is said about the city, but i will never stop loving it! such a unique place with amazing topography and i think you can do it justice

[@gravityisnotreal9867]

Congras! Great content! Please keep it up

[@RacoonsAreJustForbiddenCats]

Watched this under my work account not my personal one (this one). Great video…. Loved it. Subscribed.

[@mmhuq3]

Thank you for the very informative video.

[@calebslaton1079]

been loving your videos!! any ideas what cities are next??

[@TobiasChames28]

Amazing video!

[@IamFlaem1]

I absolutely love this channel! I've always been interested in history and urban areas so this channel is absolutely perfect for me Would love to see if a video about Manila. The old city in Intramuros has an interesting history I think.

[@mauritsv0]

what a compelling video, it was really interesting!

[@davedeilhsm]

Cracking video, really enjoyed it. Speaking as a Brit who likes to visit London and find this hidden corners and hot foot back to Kings Cross.

[@MaazAshrafi]

Loved this, more please!

[@charlesf.5414]

Amazing video. Earned yourself a subscriber!

[@Hakuu_A19]

Lived here all my life and only knew bits and pieces of this from school. Really cool to see the chronological history laid out so clearly

[@Jackdaw5]

I worked in central London for 30 years, and live nearby, so it's interesting to hear an outsider's view of the place. A very enjoyable video.

[@HelloIAmJo]

This popped up in my recommended. May the algorithm keep blessing you!

[@capybara2450]

This is why London is the best city in the world. There's countless cities with great history but in London you don't have to look for it. You're constantly stumbling across it, it's everywhere you look. You're always learning stuff there and the insane evolution of the city is humbling. I'll always be in awe of the place. I've never known a city where the history has such presence.

[@joshuabray1503]

I generally never comment on videos but wow thank you for the incredible work Daniel!

[@vsznry]

Awesome vid bud!

[@chasbodaniels1744]

Wonderfully done - narration, editing, guest contributors, editing, sound, research - the whole works! So impressive from a production perspective, but informative and entertaining as well. Well done sir!

[@chasbodaniels1744]

…. uh, er, and the editing is good too.

[@DanielsimsSteiner]

Ahh thank you so much!!

[@thehistoryofmoney2464]

10:49 Fascinating video! From a hydrological pov, a “bar” is an accumulation of sediment on the outside of a sharp bend in a river. Looking at the flow of the Thames from left to right, Temple Bar is right where I would expect a bar to accumulate flood stage sediment.

[@freppers2666]

That’s interesting. I wonder if it’s not called bar from the word barbican, meaning entrance to a fortified city/castle etc? All the gates in the city of York are called bars… Micklegate Bar, Bootham Bar, Walmgate Bar etc and they aren’t located next to the riverbank.

[@irenejohnston6802]

​York/Jorvik under Danish control. The Gate was the way and the Bar was the entrance​@@freppers2666

[@MaxPospelkov]

Awesome video! Thank you!

[@Woodshadow]

My wife and I visited London a few years ago. We got to the Tower of London really early and saw a church near by. We walked over and they invited us inside and told us we could look around and it was free. No one else there that morning except one guy who was there praying. very cool old church that I would recommend stopping in

[@spivvo]

This Londoner really enjoyed your video and learned a thing or two. 😊

[@TheStryder400]

Awesome - thanks for a great video

[@johnkeith2450]

Love your channel and look for it to grow much

[@abdullahfaisal9264]

Speechless about this content… keep it up

[@jetsons101]

When the Industrial Revolution was picking up steam (13:33) --- "Great play with words."

[@abigailkim1390]

I lived in the UK (Cambridge specifically) for 5 years before moving here in the United States, watching your video made me miss Great Britain, I did not realize that there is a "secret London". Thank you for making this video! This is truly special!

[@SeawardPuppy]

Very intriguing episode!

[@SOTPOD]

thanks for this!

[@lance1246]

Babe, wake up. Another Daniel Steiner video just dropped.

[@elaineporter182]

Great video. Thanks I wish I had seen this before I went last year

[@eddiehowe4232]

I just found your content, and I'm loving binging it. Your NY subway video was really interesting. Have you considered comparing systems around the world or even just major systems? I know Sydney has ferries and underground trains all mixed into one, and the London underground has so much history. Stab in the dark, but I'd love to see how you'd do a video on this as I feel the transport systems can really change how a city is used and, therefore, the hubs of culture.

[@georgiagreen5528]

amazing video!