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London did not lead England into coal: coal spread outwards from the Newcastle coalfield, and London was one of the last places to take it up.

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  1. Anton Howes

    Historian of innovation

    Far from being the laboratory that brought coal into the home, then, London was actually a laggard — all the more so given it had been buying coal from Newcastle for centuries.

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