London also has numerous commercial art galleries and plays a major role in the international art market. The British Library, one of the world's great reference resources, is located in London. The city is rich in other artistic and cultural activities. Its many theater companies reflect the ...
Prince Albert who died of typhoid in 1861. The unique memorial is 176 feet tall and took over ten years to complete. Next you tour Covent Garden and its unique stalls and shops. Covent Garden was once the location for a fruit-and-vegetable market in the central square but now is a popu...
Portobello Road Market, the Gate and Electric cinemas, as well as restaurants, boutiques, and Holland Park, are all within 15-minutes by foot from the hotel. The Laslett is one of the best boutique hotels in London Notting Hill. The exact address is Pembridge Gardens 8 London W2 4DU ...
They maintain the modest assemblage of lower-rise flat and maisonette blocks of this part of the street. Coroner’s Court Looking north, there’s a building that looks like ‘a sweet little Arts and Crafts house in red brick with stone mullioned windows, gables, and moulded chimneystack’. ...
I thought at first the motif was a pair of lemons, but when I got home and studied the photos, I decided they better resemble plums. Soft fruit at least. But why? On closer inspection, it's evident that there is a bird (a cock bird?) at the very top standing on something that ...
s Dairy Yard because they age and sell the finest cheese in England. But there are fruit/veg stalls, curry stands, bakeries, pate, olives, sandwiches, coffee, wine, beer, smoothies and on and on. If you are a huge foodie, check out this post onmore food halls. The market is open ...
You have to tread slowly and carefully once you enter the Aladdin’s cave where the Croydon Art Space hides in plain site at 41 Lower Addiscombe Road. This is partly to avoid sensory overload – the plain white walls of the three small rooms are covered in dozens of acrylics, oils, draw...
As will be seen, the houses were clustered around the Cheape or market. Many of their owners were members of the Hagin family, from which it has been conjectured Huggin lane received its name (but see Hagin Deulacres). Traces of the presence of Jews are found also in surrounding manors...
Islington at the time was known as a place where cows were kept with their milk being sold in the City, and Upper Street was also used as a route to Smithfield Market. There appear to be two houses attached to the west front of the church, facing Upper Street. It is not clear when...