From the London encyclopaedia; a map showing the growth of London, with the following key:

  • Roman London
  • Elizabeth I - 1556
  • George III - 1760
  • Victoria (Coronation) - 1836
  • Victoria (Jubilee) - 1886
  • George VI - 1936
  • Greater London - 1965

There is no agency (certainly little mention even of builders, carpenters, masons). It’s an internalised colonial and imperial view.