Simla, India's 'summer capital' Finish:10-pack Survey of London

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The Cathedral Church of the Holy and Undivided Trinity of Ely is known locally as the ship of the Fens because of its prominent shape

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The Alfred's Head Inn on the corner of Newington Causeway and London Road

Simla, India's 'summer capital' Finish:10-pack Survey of LondonSimla, India's 'summer capital', c1900s(?). Stereoscopic card showing the view from Lowrie's Hotel to the Viceregal Lodge on Observation Hill. In the second half of the 19th century the Himalayan hill station of Simla (Shimla) was the capital of the British Raj in the summer months when the heat of Delhi and Calcutta became too oppressive for Europeans.