Saint James's [ Cities ]
… at the heart of London urban sociability. The renaissance of Court life in St James’s ‘shifted London’s population northwards and westwards, and smart developments appeared in St James’s’. 1 St James’s was the site where the ‘seasonal elite’ concentrated … the ornaments, and the ceilings, are delightful. ‘ 11 6 . George Rudé, Hanoverian London 1714-1808 (London: Secker and Warburg, 1971), p. 12. 7 . ‘St. James’s Square: General‘, Survey of London: Volumes 29 and 30, St James Westminster, Part …
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