Oakley Crescent, EC1V

Oakley Crescent is one of the streets of London in the EC1V postal area.

CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE LOCALITY

Jeff Owen Owen Street, EC1V Added: 20 Mar 2021 16:18 GMT	Owen’s School Owen Street is the site of Owen’s Boys’ School. The last school was built in 1881 and was demolished in the early 1990s to make way for the development which stand there today. It was a “Direct Grant” grammar school and was founded in 1613 by Dame Alice Owen. What is now “Owen’s Fields” was the playground between the old school and the new girls’ school (known then as “Dames Alice Owen’s School” or simply “DAOS”). The boys’ school had the top two floors of that building for their science labs. The school moved to Potters Bar in Hertfordshire in 1971 and is now one of the top State comprehensive schools in the country. The old building remained in use as an accountancy college and taxi-drivers’ “knowledge” school until it was demolished. The new building is now part of City and Islington College. Owen’s was a fine school. I should know because I attended there from 1961 to 1968. Reply
Scott Hatton Blackmoor Street, WC2B Added: 11 Sep 2020 19:47 GMT	Millions Of Rats In Busy London The Daily Mail on 14 April 1903 reported "MILLIONS OF RATS IN BUSY LONDON" A rat plague, unprecedented in the annals of London, has broken out on the north side of the Strand. The streets principally infested are Catherine street, Drury lane, Blackmore street, Clare Market and Russell street. Something akin to a reign of terror prevails among the inhabitants after nightfall. Women refuse to pass along Blackmore street and the lower parts of Stanhope street after dusk, for droves of rats perambulate the roadways and pavements, and may be seen running along the window ledges of the empty houses awaiting demolition by the County Council in the Strand to Holborn improvement scheme. The rats, indeed, have appeared in almost-incredible numbers. "There are millions of them," said one shopkeeper, and his statement was supported by other residents. The unwelcome visitors have been evicted from their old haunts by the County Council housebreakers, and are now busily in search of new homes. The Gaiety Restaurant has been the greatest sufferer. Rats have invaded the premises in such force that the managers have had to close the large dining room on the first floor and the grill rooms on the ground floor and in the basement. Those three spacious halls which have witnessed many as semblages of theatre-goers are now qui:e deserted. Behind the wainscot of the bandstand in the grillroom is a large mound of linen shreds. This represents 1728 serviettes carried theee by the rats. In the bar the removal of a panel disclosed the astonishing fact that the rats have dragged for a distance of seven or eight yards some thirty or forty beer and wine bottles and stacked them in such a fashion as to make comfortable sleeping places. Mr Williams. the manager of the restaurant, estimates that the rats have destroyed L200 worth of linen. Formerly the Gaiety Restaurant dined 2000 persons daily; no business whatever is now done in this direction. Reply
Bernard Miller Windsor Terrace, N1 Added: 12 Apr 2022 17:36 GMT	My mother and her sister were born at 9 Windsor Terrace My mother, Millie Haring (later Miller) and her sister Yetta Haring (later Freedman) were born here in 1922 and 1923. With their parents and older brother and sister, they lived in two rooms until they moved to Stoke Newington in 1929. She always said there were six rooms, six families, a shared sink on the first floor landing and a toilet in the backyard. Reply
Steven Shepherd Pitfield Street, N1 Added: 4 Feb 2021 14:20 GMT	Our House I and my three brothers were born at 178 Pitfield Street. All of my Mothers Family (ADAMS) Lived in the area. There was an area behind the house where the Hoxton Stall holders would keep the barrows. The house was classed as a slum but was a large house with a basement. The basement had 2 rooms that must have been unchanged for many years it contained a ’copper’ used to boil and clean clothes and bedlinen and a large ’range’ a cast iron coal/log fired oven. Coal was delivered through a ’coal hole’ in the street which dropped through to the basement. The front of the house used to be a shop but unused while we lived there. I have many more happy memories of the house too many to put here. Reply
MCNALLY Blackfriars Added: 17 May 2021 09:42 GMT	Blackfriars (1959 - 1965) I lived in Upper Ground from 1959 to 1964 I was 6 years old my parents Vince and Kitty run the Pub The Angel on the corner of Upper Ground and Bodies Bridge. I remember the ceiling of the cellar was very low and almost stretched the length of Bodies Bridge. The underground trains run directly underneath the pub. If you were down in the cellar when a train was coming it was quite frightening Reply
Tom Blackfriars Added: 21 May 2021 23:07 GMT	Blackfriars What is, or was, Bodies Bridge? Reply
Liverpool Street Added: 21 Apr 2021 16:21 GMT	Liverpool Street the Bishopsgate station has existed since 1840 as a passenger station, but does not appear in the site’s cartography. Evidently, the 1860 map is in fact much earlier than that date. Reply
Lena White Conduit Street, N1 Added: 18 Mar 2021 13:08 GMT	White Conduit Street, N1 My mum, Rosina Wade of the Wade and Hannam family in the area of Chapel Street and Parkfield Street, bought her first “costume” at S Cohen’s in White Conduit Street. Would have probably been about 1936 or thereabouts. She said that he was a small man but an expert tailor. I hope that Islington Council preserve the shop front as it’s a piece of history of the area. Mum used to get her high heel shoes from an Italian shoe shop in Chapel Street. She had size 2 feet and they would let her know when a new consignment of size 2 shoes were in. I think she was a very good customer. She worked at Killingbacks artificial flower maker in Northampton Square and later at the Halifax bombers factory north of Edgware where she was a riveter. Reply
Jack Wilson St Albans Place, N1 Added: 21 Jun 2022 21:40 GMT	Penfold Printers I am seeking the location of Penfold Printers Offices in Dt Albans place - probably about 1870 or so Reply
Erin Windsor Terrace, N1 Added: 2 May 2022 01:33 GMT	Windsor Terrace, N1 hello Reply

LATEST LONDON-WIDE CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE PROJECT

Bob Land The Underground Map Added: 29 Jun 2022 13:20 GMT	Map legends Question, I have been looking at quite a few maps dated 1950 and 1900, and there are many abbreviations on the maps, where can I find the lists to unravel these ? Regards Bob Land Reply
Alison Archway Added: 26 Jun 2022 18:20 GMT	On the dole in north London When I worked at the dole office in Medina Road in the 1980s, "Archway" meant the social security offices which were in Archway Tower at the top of the Holloway Road. By all accounts it was a nightmare location for staff and claimants alike. This was when Margaret Thatcher’s government forced unemployment to rise to over 3 million (to keep wages down) and computerised records where still a thing of the future. Our job went from ensuring that unemployed people got the right sort and amount of benefits at the right time, to stopping as many people as possible from getting any sort of benefit at all. Britain changed irrevocably during this period and has never really recovered. We lost the "all in it together" frame of mind that had been born during the second world war and became the dog-eat-dog society where 1% have 95% of the wealth and many people can’t afford to feed their children. For me, the word Archway symbolises the land of lost content. Reply
Jack Wilson St Albans Place, N1 Added: 21 Jun 2022 21:40 GMT	Penfold Printers I am seeking the location of Penfold Printers Offices in Dt Albans place - probably about 1870 or so Reply
Runcorn Place, W11 Added: 19 Jun 2022 16:58 GMT	Runcorn Place, W11 Runcorn place Reply
The Three Magpies Added: 30 May 2022 19:03 GMT	The Three Magpies Row of houses (centre) was on Heathrow Rd....Ben’s Cafe shack ( foreground ) and the Three Magpies pub (far right) were on the Bath Rd Reply
Watts Beethoven Street School Added: 17 May 2022 20:29 GMT	Baeethoven St School, also an Annex for Paddington College of FE. In the early 70’s I took a two year science course at Paddington CFE. The science classes were held on weekday evenings at Beethoven Street school, overseen by chemistry teacher, Mr Tattershall. Reply
Southover, N12 Added: 25 Apr 2022 22:11 GMT	Southover, N12 Everyone knows Central Woodside is the place to be. Ever since kdog moved from finchtown, Woodside has been thriving. Reply
Bernard Miller Windsor Terrace, N1 Added: 12 Apr 2022 17:36 GMT	My mother and her sister were born at 9 Windsor Terrace My mother, Millie Haring (later Miller) and her sister Yetta Haring (later Freedman) were born here in 1922 and 1923. With their parents and older brother and sister, they lived in two rooms until they moved to Stoke Newington in 1929. She always said there were six rooms, six families, a shared sink on the first floor landing and a toilet in the backyard. Reply

NEARBY LOCATIONS OF NOTE

Philharmonic Hall The Philharmonic Hall was a major music hall throughout the 1860s and early 1870s.

Philharmonic Hall

Spa Green Estate, EC1R The Spa Green Estate is a post-war realisation of a 1930s plan for social regeneration through Modernist architecture.

Spa Green Estate, EC1R

NEARBY STREETS

Alford Place, N1 Alford Place is a road in the N1 postcode area

Alford Place, N1

Allingham Mews, N1 A street within the N1 postcode

Allingham Mews, N1

Allingham Street, N1 Allingham Street is a road in the N1 postcode area

Allingham Street, N1

Angel Arcade, N1 Angel Arcade is one of the streets of London in the N1 postal area.

Angel Arcade, N1

Angel Gate, EC1V Angel Gate is one of the streets of London in the EC1V postal area.

Angel Gate, EC1V

Angel House, N1 Angel House is a block on Pentonville Road.

Angel House, N1

Angel Mews, N1 Angel Mews is an ancient side street in Islington.

Angel Mews, N1

Angel Square, EC1V Angel Square is one of the streets of London in the EC1V postal area.

Angel Square, EC1V

Angel Wharf, N1 A street within the N1 postcode

Angel Wharf, N1

Arlington Way, EC1R Arlington Way was called Arlington Street before 1936.

Arlington Way, EC1R

Ashby Street, EC1V Ashby Street was named after local landowners who had a seat at Castle Ashby, Northamptonshire.

Ashby Street, EC1V

Baldwin Terrace, N1 Baldwin Terrace is one of the streets of London in the N1 postal area.

Baldwin Terrace, N1

Berry Place, EC1V Berry Place is one of the streets of London in the EC1V postal area.

Berry Place, EC1V

Bletsoe Walk, N1 A street within the N1 postcode

Bletsoe Walk, N1

Bollinder Place, EC1V Bollinder Place lies along City Road.

Bollinder Place, EC1V

Boreas Walk, N1 A street within the N1 postcode

Boreas Walk, N1

Britannia Wharf, N1 A street within the N1 postcode

Britannia Wharf, N1

Burgh Street, N1 This is a street in the N1 postcode area

Burgh Street, N1

Camden Passage, N1 Camden Passage was built as Cumberland Row in 1767.

Camden Passage, N1

Canal Building, N1 Canal Building is a block on Shepherdess Walk

Canal Building, N1

Canalside Square, N1 A street within the N1 postcode

Canalside Square, N1

Chadwell Street, EC1R Chadwell Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1R postal area.

Chadwell Street, EC1R

Chapel Place, N1 Chapel Place lies off the north side of Chapel Market towards Liverpool Road.

Chapel Place, N1

Charlton Place, N1 Charlton Place runs east from Upper Street.

Charlton Place, N1

City Forum, EC1V City Forum is one of the streets of London in the EC1V postal area.

City Forum, EC1V

City Garden Row, N1 City Garden Row is one of the streets of London in the N1 postal area.

City Garden Row, N1

City Road, EC1V City Road is one of the streets of London in the EC1V postal area.

City Road, EC1V

Coombs Street, N1 A street within the N1 postcode

Coombs Street, N1

Dame Street, N1 A street within the N1 postcode

Dame Street, N1

Danbury Road, N1 A street within the N1 postcode

Danbury Road, N1

Danbury Street, N1 Danbury Street is one of the streets of London in the N1 postal area.

Danbury Street, N1

Devonia Road, N1 Devonia Road is one of the streets of London in the N1 postal area.

Devonia Road, N1

Dingley Road, EC1V Dingley Road is a road in the EC1V postcode area

Dingley Road, EC1V

Duncan Street, N1 Duncan Street is one of the streets of London in the N1 postal area.

Duncan Street, N1

Duncan Terrace, N1 Duncan Terrace is named after Admiral Duncan the commander of the Naval Fleet at the Battle of Camperdown against the Dutch in 1797.

Duncan Terrace, N1

Eagle Wharf Road London, N1 A street within the N1 postcode

Eagle Wharf Road London, N1

Elia Mews, EC1V Elia Mews is a road in the N1 postcode area

Elia Mews, EC1V

Elia Street, N1 Elia Street was named for local poet, Charles Lamb.

Elia Street, N1

Falcon Court, N1 A street within the N1 postcode

Falcon Court, N1

Farringdon Road, EC1V Farringdon Road is one of the streets of London in the EC1V postal area.

Farringdon Road, EC1V

Friend Street, EC1V Friend Street is a road in the EC1V postcode area

Friend Street, EC1V

Frome Street, N1 Frome Street is one of the streets of London in the N1 postal area.

Frome Street, N1

Galway Street, EC1V Galway Street was named for the Earl of Galway.

Galway Street, EC1V

Gambier House, EC1V Gambier House is a block on Mora Street

Gambier House, EC1V

Gard Street, EC1V Gard Street is a road in the EC1V postcode area

Gard Street, EC1V

Gerrard Road, N1 Gerrard Road is one of the streets of London in the N1 postal area.

Gerrard Road, N1

Gloucester Way, EC1R Gloucester Way is one of the streets of London in the EC1R postal area.

Gloucester Way, EC1R

Godwin Close, N1 Godwin Close is a road in the N1 postcode area

Godwin Close, N1

Goswell Road, EC1V Goswell Road is one of the streets of London in the EC1V postal area.

Goswell Road, EC1V

Graham Street, N1 Graham Street is one of the streets of London in the N1 postal area.

Graham Street, N1

Grand Junction Wharf, N1 Grand Junction Wharf is a road in the N1 postcode area

Grand Junction Wharf, N1

Grantbridge Street, N1 Grantbridge Street is one of the streets of London in the N1 postal area.

Grantbridge Street, N1

Hall Street, EC1V Hall Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1V postal area.

Hall Street, EC1V

Hanover Yard, N1 Hanover Yard is one of the streets of London in the N1 postal area.

Hanover Yard, N1

Haverstock Place, EC1V A street within the N1 postcode

Haverstock Place, EC1V

Haverstock Street, EC1V Haverstock Street is a road in the N1 postcode area

Haverstock Street, EC1V

Hermit Street, EC1V Hermit Street links Friend Street with Rawstorne Street.

Hermit Street, EC1V

Ironmonger Row, EC1V Ironmonger Row is one of the streets of London in the EC1V postal area.

Ironmonger Row, EC1V

Islington High Street, EC1V Islington High Street is part of the main road through Islington at Angel.

Islington High Street, EC1V

Jamesâ€™s Gardens, N1 James’s Gardens was established in the 1810s.

Jamesâ€™s Gardens, N1

Joseph Close, EC1R Joseph Close is a road in the N4 postcode area

Joseph Close, EC1R

Joseph Trotter Close, EC1R Joseph Trotter Close is one of the streets of London in the EC1R postal area.

Joseph Trotter Close, EC1R

King Square, EC1V King Square is one of the streets of London in the EC1V postal area.

King Square, EC1V

Kingsway Place, EC1R Kingsway Place is one of the streets of London in the EC1R postal area.

Kingsway Place, EC1R

Leo Yard, EC1V Leo Yard is one of the streets of London in the EC1V postal area.

Leo Yard, EC1V

Lever Street, EC1V Lever Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1V postal area.

Lever Street, EC1V

Lloyds Row, EC1R Lloyds Row is a road in the EC1R postcode area

Lloyds Row, EC1R

Macclesfield Road, EC1V Macclesfield Road is one of the streets of London in the EC1V postal area.

Macclesfield Road, EC1V

Mandeville Houses, N1 Mandeville Houses, fronting Mantell Street and Liverpool Road was the earliest housing scheme built by Finsbury Borough Council.

Mandeville Houses, N1

Manningford Close, EC1V Manningford Close is a road in the EC1V postcode area

Manningford Close, EC1V

Masons Place, EC1V Masons Place is a road in the EC1V postcode area

Masons Place, EC1V

Meredith Street, EC1R Meredith Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1R postal area.

Meredith Street, EC1R

Micawber Street, N1 Micawber Street is one of the streets of London in the N1 postal area.

Micawber Street, N1

Mora Street, EC1V Mora Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1V postal area.

Mora Street, EC1V

Moreland Street, EC1V Moreland Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1V postal area.

Moreland Street, EC1V

Murton Street, EC1V Murton Street dates from about 1829.

Murton Street, EC1V

Myddelton Passage, EC1R Myddelton Passage is an alleyway with an interesting story

Myddelton Passage, EC1R

Myddelton Square, EC1R Myddelton Square is named after Sir Hugh Myddelton (1560–1631), the founder of the New River Company, who developed the square.

Myddelton Square, EC1R

Myddelton Street, EC1R Myddelton Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1R postal area.

Myddelton Street, EC1R

Nelson Place, N1 A street within the N1 postcode

Nelson Place, N1

Nelson Terrace, EC1V Nelson Terrace is a road in the EC1V postcode area

Nelson Terrace, EC1V

Newington Close, EC1R This is a street in the EC1R postcode area

Newington Close, EC1R

Noel Road, N1 Noel Road is one of the streets of London in the N1 postal area.

Noel Road, N1

Northampton Square, EC1V Northampton Square is a square between Finsbury and Clerkenwell, located between Goswell Road and St John Street.

Northampton Square, EC1V

Northeast Place, N1 Northeast Place matched the adjacent Northwest Place.

Northeast Place, N1

Northwest Place, N1 Northwest Place, off Chapel Market, was formerly West Place.

Northwest Place, N1

Owen Street, EC1V Owen Street is a road in the EC1V postcode area

Owen Street, EC1V

Owen’s Row, EC1V Owen’s Row is a road in the EC1V postcode area

Owen’s Row, EC1V

Paget Street, EC1V Paget Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1V postal area.

Paget Street, EC1V

Paper Mill Buildings, EC1V A street within the N1 postcode

Paper Mill Buildings, EC1V

Parkfield Street, N1 Parkfield Street is one of the streets of London in the N1 postal area.

Parkfield Street, N1

Peregrine House, EC1V Peregrine House is a block on Hall Street

Peregrine House, EC1V

Peter’s Street Mews, N1 A street within the N1 postcode

Peter’s Street Mews, N1

Pickfords Wharf, N1 Pickfords Wharf is a road in the N1 postcode area

Pickfords Wharf, N1

Pierrepoint Arcade, N1 Pierrepoint Arcade is one of the streets of London in the N1 postal area.

Pierrepoint Arcade, N1

Pierrepoint Row, N1 Pierrepoint Row is one of the streets of London in the N1 postal area.

Pierrepoint Row, N1

Pierrepont Arcade, N1 A street within the N1 postcode

Pierrepont Arcade, N1

Pierrepont Row, N1 A street within the N1 postcode

Pierrepont Row, N1

Prestwood Street, N1 A street within the N1 postcode

Prestwood Street, N1

Pride Court, N1 Pride Court is one of the streets of London in the N1 postal area.

Pride Court, N1

Provence Street, N1 Provence Street is a road in the N1 postcode area

Provence Street, N1

Quick Street Mews, N1 Quick Street Mews lies off Quick Street.

Quick Street Mews, N1

Quick Street, N1 Quick Street is named for the favourite comedian of King George III, John Quick.

Quick Street, N1

Rawstorne Place, EC1V Rawstorne Place is one of the streets of London in the EC1V postal area.

Rawstorne Place, EC1V

Rawstorne Street, EC1V Rawstorne Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1V postal area.

Rawstorne Street, EC1V

Remington Road, N1 A street within the N1 postcode

Remington Road, N1

Remington Street, EC1V Remington Street is a road in the N1 postcode area

Remington Street, EC1V

Rocliffe Street, N1 Rocliffe Street is one of the streets of London in the N1 postal area.

Rocliffe Street, N1

Sans Works, EC1R Sans Works is one of the streets of London in the EC1R postal area.

Sans Works, EC1R

Seabrooke Place, N1 Seabrook Place once connected Angel Mews and White Lion Street.

Seabrooke Place, N1

Sebastian Street, EC1V Sebastian Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1V postal area.

Sebastian Street, EC1V

Shepardess Walk, N1 A street within the N1 postcode

Shepardess Walk, N1

Shepards Walk, N1 A street within the N1 postcode

Shepards Walk, N1

Sheperdess Walk, N1 A street within the N1 postcode

Sheperdess Walk, N1

Shepherdess Building, N1 A street within the N1 postcode

Shepherdess Building, N1

Shepherdess Walk, N1 Shepherdess Walk is one of the streets of London in the N1 postal area.

Shepherdess Walk, N1

Sidney Grove, EC1V Sidney Grove is one of the streets of London in the EC1V postal area.

Sidney Grove, EC1V

Spencer Street, EC1V Spencer Street is a road in the EC1V postcode area

Spencer Street, EC1V

St John Street, EC1V The northern section of St John Street was confusingly, before the 20th century, named Saint John Street Road.

St John Street, EC1V

St. Peter’s Street, N1 Willow Walk is a small Islington side street.

St. Peter’s Street, N1

Sturt Street, N1 A street within the N1 postcode

Sturt Street, N1

Sudeley Street, N1 Sudeley Street is one of the streets of London in the N1 postal area.

Sudeley Street, N1

Taplow Street, N1 Taplow Street is one of the streets of London in the N1 postal area.

Taplow Street, N1

Theseus Walk, N1 Theseus Walk is one of the streets of London in the N1 postal area.

Theseus Walk, N1

Thoresby Street, N1 Thoresby Street is one of the streets of London in the N1 postal area.

Thoresby Street, N1

Torrens Street, EC1V Torrens Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1V postal area.

Torrens Street, EC1V

Union Square, N1 Union Square (sometime Union Court) was approached by a narrow alley.

Union Square, N1

Union Wharf, N1 Union Wharf is a block on Wenlock Road.

Union Wharf, N1

Vincent Terrace, N1 A street within the N1 postcode

Vincent Terrace, N1

Wakley Street, EC1V Wakley Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1V postal area.

Wakley Street, EC1V

Waterfront Mews, N1 A street within the N1 postcode

Waterfront Mews, N1

Waterloo Street, EC1V Waterloo Street once ran from Lever Street to Radnor Street.

Waterloo Street, EC1V

Waterside, N1 Waterside is one of the streets of London in the N1 postal area.

Waterside, N1

Wellesley Terrace, N1 A street within the N1 postcode

Wellesley Terrace, N1

Wenlock Building, N1 The Wenlock Building is a canal-side development on Wharf Road.

Wenlock Building, N1

Wenlock Mews, N1 A street within the N1 postcode

Wenlock Mews, N1

Wenlock Road, N1 Wenlock Road is one of the streets of London in the N1 postal area.

Wenlock Road, N1

Wharf Road, N1 Wharf Road is one of the streets of London in the N1 postal area.

Wharf Road, N1

White Lion Street, N1 White Lion Street is named after the former White Lion inn on Islington High Street.

White Lion Street, N1

Windsor Terrace, N1 Windsor Terrace is one of the streets of London in the N1 postal area.

Windsor Terrace, N1

Wyclif Street, EC1V Wyclif Street is a road in the EC1V postcode area

Wyclif Street, EC1V

Wynyatt Street, EC1V Wynyatt Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1V postal area.

Wynyatt Street, EC1V

NEARBY PUBS

Block Brewery Limited This pub existed immediately prior to the 2020 global pandemic and may still do so.

Block Brewery Limited

Bushy Park The Charles Lamb is a pub on Elia Street.

Bushy Park

Duke Of Cambridge Organic Pub This pub existed immediately prior to the 2020 global pandemic and may still do so.

Duke Of Cambridge Organic Pub

Earl Of Essex This pub existed immediately prior to the 2020 global pandemic and may still do so.

Earl Of Essex

Old Red Lion This pub existed immediately prior to the 2020 global pandemic and may still do so.

Old Red Lion

Star Space This pub existed immediately prior to the 2020 global pandemic and may still do so.

Star Space

The Angel This pub existed immediately prior to the 2020 global pandemic and may still do so.

The Angel

The Blacksmith & The Toffeemaker This pub existed immediately prior to the 2020 global pandemic and may still do so.

The Blacksmith & The Toffeemaker

The Harlequin This pub existed immediately prior to the 2020 global pandemic and may still do so.

The Harlequin

The Nag’s Head This pub existed immediately prior to the 2020 global pandemic and may still do so.

The Nag’s Head

The Shakespeare’s Head This pub existed immediately prior to the 2020 global pandemic and may still do so.

The Shakespeare’s Head

Tottenham High Road The Narrow Boat is a pub beside the Regents Canal.

Tottenham High Road

William IV This pub existed immediately prior to the 2020 global pandemic and may still do so.

William IV

York This pub existed immediately prior to the 2020 global pandemic and may still do so.

York

Angel

Angel tube station is a London Underground station in The Angel, Islington. It is on the Bank branch of the Northern Line.

Angel station was originally built by the City & South London Railway, and opened in 1901 as the northern terminus of a new extension from Moorgate. It is one of five stations on the London Underground named after a public house – in this case the once-famous Angel inn, which dates back to at least 1638.

As with many other stations on the line, it was originally built with a single central island platform serving two tracks – an arrangement still seen at Clapham North and Clapham Common – and access from street level was via lifts.

For years, the station regularly suffered from congestion, overcrowding and genuine fear in passengers due to the very narrow island platform (barely 3.7 metres in width), which constituted a major safety issue.

Consequently, the station was comprehensively rebuilt, reopening in 1992.

The lifts and the ground level building originally on the corner of Torrens Street and City Road were closed and a new station entrance was opened around the corner in Islington High Street. Because of the distance of the new entrance from the platforms, and their depth, two flights of escalators were required, aligned approximately at a right-angle. Angel station has the third-longest escalators in Western Europe (after Västra skogen in the Stockholm Metro and Kamppi station in the Helsinki Metro), with a vertical rise of 27 metres and a length of 60 metres.

The tube stop serves as a portal to several Off West End, or fringe theatre, venues, including Old Red Lion Theatre, The King's Head Theatre and Almeida Theatre. It is also the station for Chapel Market, a London street market. Between Angel and Old Street stations is the disused City Road station.

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The exterior of the Agricultural Hall in Islington (1861). TUM image id: 1488644663 Licence: CC BY 2.0	The third Grand Theatre, Islington (1903). This was built on the site of the former Philharmonic Hall and two previous Grand Theatres TUM image id: 1587741263 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Islington Horse and Cattle market at the turn of the twentieth century. TUM image id: 1556878421 Licence: CC BY 2.0	A line of children hold hands as they walk along the middle of White Conduit Street towards the junction with Chapel Market in Islington. Credit: John Gay/Historic England TUM image id: 1488642453 Licence: CC BY 2.0	The Grand Theatre, Islington High Street (1903) TUM image id: 1557151038 Licence: CC BY 2.0
The Angel, Islington (c.1890) TUM image id: 1557162442 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Saint John’s Gate, Clerkenwell, the main gateway to the Priory of Saint John of Jerusalem. The church was founded in the 12th century by Jordan de Briset, a Norman knight. Prior Docwra completed the gatehouse shown in this photograph in 1504. The gateway served as the main entry to the Priory, which was the center of the Order of St John of Jerusalem (the Knights Hospitallers). Credit: Henry Dixon (1880) TUM image id: 1557226611 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Sadler House on the Spa Green Estate from Rosebery Avenue (2011) The ’organic’ connection between old and new buildings intended by architect Berthold Lubetkin at Spa Green. Credit: Wiki Commons/Grantham9 TUM image id: 1655931145 Licence: CC BY 2.0	White Conduit House, and the conduit head from which it was named, 1827 Credit: Robert Chambers (1832) TUM image id: 1488984516 Licence: CC BY 2.0	The Camden Head, Islington This is a glorious old gin palace-style pub behind Upper Street, in existence since the 18th century. Credit: Flickr/Ewan Munro TUM image id: 1622558868 Licence:
At the corner of Clerkenwell Road and Goswell Road sits the Hat and Feathers. It was built on the site of an earlier tavern around 1860 for owner James Leask. It was designed by William Finch Hill who specialised in music halls and pubs. Credit: Ewan Munro TUM image id: 1637770947 Licence: CC BY 2.0	The Royal Agricultural Hall, Islington (1861). View from Liverpool Road. Credit: Wiki Commons TUM image id: 1622555891 Licence:	Collins Theatre of Varieties (Collins’ Music Hall) existed in Islington between 1861 and 1958. Old-time ’greats’ who performed there were numerous: Charles Chaplin, Fred Karno, Kate Carney, Gus Elen, Sir George Robey, Marie Lloyd, Albert Chevalier, Nellie Wallace, Sir Harry Lauder, ’Wee’ Georgie Wood and more. Credit: Wiki Commons TUM image id: 1622563124 Licence:	Chapel Market from the east (1898). Chapel Market is a daily street market, located on a street of the same name near Angel. It sells fruit, vegetables and fish, as well as bargain household goods and cheap clothes. It is open every day except Monday, operating in the mornings only on Thursday and Sunday. Many of the patrons are local, and food and wares for sale are primarily for daily use. TUM image id: 1639060811 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Clerkenwell Green (1898) The water fountain shown here became public toilets. TUM image id: 1620298544 Licence:

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The exterior of the Agricultural Hall in Islington (1861).
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The third Grand Theatre, Islington (1903). This was built on the site of the former Philharmonic Hall and two previous Grand Theatres
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Islington Horse and Cattle market at the turn of the twentieth century.
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The Grand Theatre, Islington High Street (1903)
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The Angel, Islington (c.1890)
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Sadler House on the Spa Green Estate from Rosebery Avenue (2011) The ’organic’ connection between old and new buildings intended by architect Berthold Lubetkin at Spa Green.
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The Camden Head, Islington This is a glorious old gin palace-style pub behind Upper Street, in existence since the 18th century.
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The Royal Agricultural Hall, Islington (1861). View from Liverpool Road.
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Collins Theatre of Varieties (Collins’ Music Hall) existed in Islington between 1861 and 1958. Old-time ’greats’ who performed there were numerous: Charles Chaplin, Fred Karno, Kate Carney, Gus Elen, Sir George Robey, Marie Lloyd, Albert Chevalier, Nellie Wallace, Sir Harry Lauder, ’Wee’ Georgie Wood and more.
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Islington Green (1905). That is Upper Street, leading to Highbury Corner. To the right of the green but just out of the picture would be Essex Road (formerly Lower Road)
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