Oakley Crescent, EC1V

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

CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE LOCALITY

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
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
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
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
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

LATEST LONDON-WIDE CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE PROJECT

roger morris Atherton Road, IG5 Added: 16 Oct 2021 08:50 GMT	Atherton Road, IG5 (1958 - 1980) I moved to Atherton road in 1958 until 1980 from Finsbury Park. My father purchased the house from his brother Sydney Morris. My father continued to live there until his death in 1997, my mother having died in 1988. I attended The Glade Primary School in Atherton Road from sept 1958 until 1964 when I went to Beal School. Have fond memories of the area and friends who lived at no2 (Michael Clark)and no11 (Brian Skelly) Reply
margaret clark Thrawl Street, E1 Added: 15 Oct 2021 22:23 GMT	Margaret’s address when she married in 1938 ^, Josepine House, Stepney is the address of my mother on her marriage certificate 1938. Her name was Margaret Irene Clark. Her father Basil Clark was a warehouse grocer. Reply
Martin Eaton Shoreditch Added: 14 Oct 2021 03:56 GMT	Boundary Estate Sunbury, Taplow House. Reply
Simon Chalton Duppas Hill Terrace, CR0 Added: 10 Oct 2021 21:52 GMT	Duppas Hill Terrace 1963- 74 I’m 62 yrs old now but between the years 1963 and 1975 I lived at number 23 Duppas Hill Terrace. I had an absolutely idyllic childhood there and it broke my heart when the council ordered us out of our home to build the Ellis Davd flats there.The very large house overlooked the fire station and we used to watch them practice putting out fires in the blue tower which I believe is still there. I’m asking for your help because I cannot find anything on the internet or anywhere else (pictures, history of the house, who lived there) and I have been searching for many, many years now. Have you any idea where I might find any specific details or photos of Duppas Hill Terrace, number 23 and down the hill to where the subway was built. To this day it saddens me to know they knocked down this house, my extended family lived at the next house down which I think was number 25 and my best school friend John Childs the next and last house down at number 27. I miss those years so terribly and to coin a quote it seems they just disappeared like "tears in rain". Please, if you know of anywhere that might be able to help me in any way possible, would you be kind enough to get back to me. I would be eternally grateful. With the greatest of hope and thanks, Simon Harlow-Chalton. Reply
Linda Webb Hungerford Stairs Added: 27 Sep 2021 05:51 GMT	Hungerford Stairs In 1794 my ancestor, George Webb, Clay Pipe Maker, lived in Hungerford Stairs, Strand. Source: Wakefields Merchant & Tradesmens General Directory London Westminster 1794 Source: Hungerford Stairs Reply
jack stevens Whites Row, E1 Added: 26 Sep 2021 13:38 GMT	Mothers birth place Number 5 Whites Row which was built in around 1736 and still standing was the premises my now 93 year old mother was born in, her name at birth was Hilda Evelyne Shaw, Reply
Ron Shepherd 91 Fernhead Road, W9 Added: 18 Sep 2021 17:28 GMT	More Wisdom Norman Joseph Wisdom was born in St Mary’s Hospital, Paddington, West London. Reply
Jonathan Penner Pennard Road, W12 Added: 11 Sep 2021 16:03 GMT	Pennard Road, W12 My wife and I, young Canadians, lodged at 65 (?) Pennard Road with a fellow named Clive and his girlfriend, Melanie, for about 6 months in 1985. We loved the area and found it extremely convenient. Reply

NEARBY LOCATIONS OF NOTE

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

Philharmonic Hall

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 one of the streets of London in the N1 postal area.

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 is a road in the N1 postcode area

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

Copenhagen Tunnel, N1 Copenhagen Tunnel is a road in the N7 postcode area

Copenhagen Tunnel, 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 Residential block

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

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

Ironmonger Row, EC1V

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

Islington High Street, 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

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 a road in the EC1R postcode area

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

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 Residential block

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 A street within the N1 postcode

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

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

Seabrook 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

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

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

Torrens Street, EC1V

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 44-48, N1 A street within the N1 postcode

Waterside 44-48, N1

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 one of the streets of London in the N1 postal area.

White Lion Street, N1

Willow Walk, N1 Willow Walk is a small Islington side street.

Willow Walk, 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

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

Charles Lamb

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 Narrow Boat The Narrow Boat is a pub beside the Regents Canal.

The Narrow Boat

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

The Shakespeare’s Head

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.

LOCAL PHOTOS

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	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:	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:	Clerkenwell Green (1898) The water fountain shown here became public toilets. TUM image id: 1620298544 Licence:	Farringdon Road and the Metropolitan Railway, 1868. Looking north from Turnmill Street TUM image id: 1498559756 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Great Arthur House, at the centre of the Golden Lane Estate, was the tallest residential building in Britain at the time of its construction. Credit: Steve F/Wiki commons TUM image id: 1582223961 Licence: CC BY 2.0	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) Old London postcard TUM image id: 1622547926 Licence: