Paddington: Past and Present, by William Robins 51123 [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/5/1/1/2/51123 ] [Files: 51123-0.txt; 51123-h.htm For those wishing to know: Paddington, a district to the north-west of central London, had a complex and somewhat dubious history of ownership and responsibilities. What William Robins moved to Paddington he was surprised that the Bishop of London owned almost all the land, profited from it a great deal, but didn't fund the church, the poor, or a minister - the three things he owned the land to do. The book is a detailed recounting of these wrongs and how the expense fell on the Paddington rate-payers instead. It exams lots of legal acts and documents, and gives some account of Paddington, upto 1853 when the book was published. All the best, David Windy England