Cross's New Plan Of London 1850 Publisher: J. Cross, 18, Holborn Hill, opposite Furnivals Inn. Date: January 1st. 1850 Size: 102cm x 63.5cm (40" x 25") Scale: 4½" : 1 statute mile Extent: Islington - East India Docks - Peckham - Hyde Park. 8 miles East to West & 5 miles...
Cannon Street(Map: D-10) - Street leading from St. Paul's-churchyard to the end of King William-street. It was formerly known as Candelwrithe Street and then Candlewick Street, due to the candlemakers who lived there. Its present name is a corruption of these former names(Weinreb et al...
This brick-lined pub, which dates back to the 1850s, may be on the small side but they’ve packed in an enormous selection of Irish whiskeys and poitin behind the bar as well as a contemporary cocktail menu, punch sharing bowls and local brews on tap. Dark and atmospheric, it’s ever...
…Barons Court… 9.10 atmospheric ruins in London – 7. London Wall, Noble Street * The calculation is based on the number of people that clicked on the post URL (it doesn’t include people who read the post on the main page). So it’s an indication rather than a decisive list! Cutt...
station at Euston opened as the final stop for trains from Birmingham (an earlier terminus as Chalk Farm was deemed too far out). It was followed by Paddington in 1838, Fenchurch Street – the first permanent terminus in the City – in 1841, Waterloo in 1848 and King’s Cross in 1850....
The Broad Street pump was close to the long dark line just to the right of centre of the map. Many of the street names have since changed. To show the number and spread of deaths on a street map of today, I have plotted the numbers on the map below. The dark blue star in the ...
In the 1840s, 1850s and 1860s, periods in exile included London from where he continued to work in the cause of unification. The plaque in Laystall Street might be interpreted as indicating that he lived in the house whilst in London, however there is a Blue Plaque on the house at 155...
London: printed for Robert Sayer opposite Fetter Lane Fleet Street, [n.d., but probably 1763-1767]. Exceptionally rare map of the Americas, complete with its engraved side-panels, with only two other copies located in institutions. Estimate: £10,000-15,000 This item offered for sale ...
Today the station building on the bridge has long gone and the main station building is down the side street on the right. This is just before the bridge on the country bound side of the tracks. It presumably dates from the 1850s when the line was rebuilt. Today if you go onto the ...
of what is now Greenwich Park, the hollow tree was apparently used as a prison for those caught illicitly on the grounds. They were secured behind a heavy wooden door fitted to the trunk (a park keeper’s lodge was built nearby in the 17th century; it was demolished in the 1850s). ...