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The Underground Map Whitehall, SW1A Added: 8 Dec 2020 00:24 GMT	Othello takes a bow On 1 November 1604, William Shakespeare’s tragedy Othello was presented for the first time, at The Palace of Whitehall. The palace was the main residence of the English monarchs in London from 1530 until 1698. Seven years to the day, Shakespeare’s romantic comedy The Tempest was also presented for the first time, and also at the Palace of Whitehall. 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
Roy Batham Covent Garden Added: 7 Jan 2022 07:17 GMT	Smithy in Longacre John Burris 1802-1848 Listed 1841 census as Burroughs was a blacksmith, address just given as Longacre. Source: Batham/Wiseman - Family Tree Reply
Sandra Field Masons Place, EC1V Added: 15 Apr 2023 16:15 GMT	Removal Order Removal order from Shoreditch to Holborn, Jane Emma Hall, Single, 21 Pregnant. Born about 21 years since in Masons place in the parish of St Lukes. Source: Sign up 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
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
Bruce McTavish Lambeth North Added: 11 Mar 2021 11:37 GMT	Kennington Road Lambeth North station was opened as Kennington Road and then Westminster Bridge Road before settling on its final name. It has a wonderful Leslie Green design. 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
Jessie Doring Tisbury Court, W1D Added: 22 Feb 2021 04:33 GMT	Tisbury Court Jazz Bar Jazz Bar opened in Tisbury Court by 2 Australians. Situated in underground basement. Can not remember how long it opened for. Reply
Johnshort Hurley Road, SE11 Added: 7 Oct 2017 21:07 GMT	Hurley Road, SE11 There were stables in the road mid way - also Danny reading had a coal delivery lorry. Reply
Robert smitherman Saunders Street, SE11 Added: 23 Aug 2017 11:01 GMT	Saunders Street, SE11 I was born in a prefab on Saunders street SE11 in the 60’s, when I lived there, the road consisted of a few prefab houses, the road originally ran from Lollard street all the way thru to Fitzalan street. I went back there to have a look back in the early 90’s but all that is left of the road is about 20m of road and the road sign. Reply
Tom Blackfriars Added: 21 May 2021 23:07 GMT	Blackfriars What is, or was, Bodies Bridge? Reply
Richard Roques Hungerford Stairs Added: 21 Jan 2021 16:53 GMT	Buckingham Street residents Here in Buckingham Street lived Samuel Pepys the diarist, Charles Dickens and Rudyard Kipling Reply
Jude Allen Orange Street, WC2H Added: 29 Jul 2021 07:53 GMT	Bra top I jave a jewelled item of clothong worn by a revie girl. It is red with diamante straps. Inside it jas a label Bermans Revue 16 Orange Street but I cannot find any info online about the revue only that 16 Orange Street used to be a theatre. Does any one know about the revue. I would be intesrested to imagine the wearer of the article and her London life. Reply
sam Burdett Street, SE1 Added: 31 Dec 2021 00:54 GMT	Burdett Street, SE1 I was on 2nd July 1952, in Burdett chambers (which is also known as Burdett buildings)on Burdett street Reply

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Loraine Brocklehurst Holcombe Road, N17 Added: 24 May 2023 14:00 GMT	Holcombe Road, N17 I lived at 23Holcombe Rd. with my parents, Grandfather , Aunt and Uncle in 1954. My Aunt and Uncle lived there until it was demolished. I’m not sure what year that was as we emigrated to Canada. Reply
Jen Williams Corfield Street, E2 Added: 20 May 2023 17:27 GMT	Corfield Street, E2 My mother was born in 193 Corfield Street in 1920.Her father was a policeman. Reply
sofia East Acton Added: 19 May 2023 08:57 GMT	43 MELLITUS STREET 43 MELLITUS STREET Reply
Milson Road, W14 Added: 17 May 2023 11:50 GMT	Milson Road (1908 - 1954) My grandparents and great grandparents and great great grandparents the Manley family lived at 33 Milson Road from 1908 to 1935. My grandad was born at 33 Milson Road. His parents George and Grace had all four of their chidren there. When his father Edward died his mother moved to 67 Milson in 1935 Road and lived there until 1954 (records found so far, it may be longer). Before that they lived in the Porten Road. I wonder if there is anyone that used to know them? My grandad was Charles ’Ted’ Manley, his parents were called George and Grace and George’s parents were called Edward and Bessie. George worked in a garage and Edward was a hairdresser. Reply
Rendlesham Road, E5 Added: 16 Apr 2023 15:55 GMT	Rendlesham Road, E5 I lived at 14 Rendlesham Road in the 1940s and 50s. The house belonged to my grandfather James Grosvenor who bought it in the 1920s for £200.I had a brother who lived in property until 1956 when he married. Local families were the paisleys, the Jenners and the family of Christopher Gable. Reply
Sandra Field Masons Place, EC1V Added: 15 Apr 2023 16:15 GMT	Removal Order Removal order from Shoreditch to Holborn, Jane Emma Hall, Single, 21 Pregnant. Born about 21 years since in Masons place in the parish of St Lukes. Source: Sign up Reply
Sue Germain Southwood Road, SE9 Added: 10 Apr 2023 08:35 GMT	Southwood Road, SE9 My great great grandfather lived in Time Villa, Southwood Rd around 1901. He owned several coffee houses in Whitechapel and in South London, including New Time Coffee House so either his house was named after the coffee house or vice versa. Reply
David Gleeson Campbell Road, N4 Added: 7 Apr 2023 22:19 GMT	MBE from Campbell Bunk (1897 - 1971) Walter Smith born at 43 Campbell Bunk was awarded the MBE in january honours list in 1971. A local councillor for services to the public. Reply

NEARBY LOCATIONS OF NOTE

101 The Strand was an art school from 1750 until 1806.

101 Strand, WC2R This shop was one of the first in London to have gas lighting fitted.

101 Strand, WC2R

Ackermann’s Rudolph Ackermann (20 April 1764 in Stollberg, Saxony – 30 March 1834 in Finchley) was an Anglo-German bookseller, inventor, lithographer, publisher and businessman.

Ackermann’s

Houghton Street (1906) A greengrocer’s on the corner of Houghton Street and Clare Market (behind The Strand) in 1906 just before demolition.

Houghton Street (1906)

Lisle’s Tennis Court Lisle’s Tennis Court was a building off Portugal Street in Lincoln’s Inn Fields in London.

Lisle’s Tennis Court

Old and New London: Temple Bar Temple Bar was rebuilt by Sir Christopher Wren, in 1670–72.

Old and New London: Temple Bar

Temple Bar Temple Bar is the point in London where Fleet Street, City of London, becomes the Strand, Westminster, and where the City of London traditionally erected a barrier to regulate trade into the city.

Temple Bar

The Adelphi The Adelphi is a small district surrounding the streets of Adelphi Terrace, Robert Street and John Adam Street.

The Adelphi

The Temple The Temple is one of the main legal districts in London and a notable centre for English law.

The Temple

NEARBY STREETS

Adam Street, WC2N Adam Street is named after John and Robert Adam, who built the Adelphi development in the 1760s.

Adam Street, WC2N

Adelphi Terrace, WC2N Adelphi Terrace is named after John and Robert Adam, who built the Adelphi development in the 1760s.

Adelphi Terrace, WC2N

Aldwych House, WC2B Aldwych House is located on Aldwych.

Aldwych House, WC2B

Aldwych, WC2B The name Aldwych derives from the Old English eald and wic meaning ’old trading town’ or ’old marketplace’; the name was later applied to the street and district.

Aldwych, WC2B

Andrews Crosse, EC4A Andrews Crosse stood on the site of the courtyard of the former Andrews Crosse Inn.

Andrews Crosse, EC4A

Arne Street, WC2E Arne Street was named after the 18th century composer Thomas Arne, who was born near here.

Arne Street, WC2E

Arundel House, WC2R Arundel House is a block on Temple Place.

Arundel House, WC2R

Arundel Street, WC2R Arundel Street runs from the Strand to Temple Place.

Arundel Street, WC2R

Australia House, WC2B Australia House can be found on Strand.

Australia House, WC2B

Barge House Street, SE1 Barge House Street is a renamed section of Upper Ground Street.

Barge House Street, SE1

Beaumont Buildings, WC2B Beaumont Buildings is located on Martlett Court.

Beaumont Buildings, WC2B

Beaumont Buildings, WC2E Beaumont Buildings is one of the streets of London in the WC2B postal area.

Beaumont Buildings, WC2E

Bedford Chambers, WC2E Bedford Chambers is one of the streets of London in the WC2E postal area.

Bedford Chambers, WC2E

Bedford Street, WC2R Bedford Street is one of the streets of London in the WC2R postal area.

Bedford Street, WC2R

Bell Yard, EC4A Bell Yard is a small lane off the Strand where the Bell hostel once stood.

Bell Yard, EC4A

Blackmoor Street, WC2B Blackmoor Street was in the Drury Lane slum.

Blackmoor Street, WC2B

Bouverie House, EC4 Bouverie House is a block on Fleet Street.

Bouverie House, EC4

Bouverie House, EC4A Bouverie House is a block on Fleet Street.

Bouverie House, EC4A

Bouverie Street, EC4Y Bouverie Street is named for the Pleydell-Bouveries, Earls of Radnor, who were landowners in this area.

Bouverie Street, EC4Y

Bow Street, WC2B Bow Street was built in the shape of a bow between 1633 and 1677.

Bow Street, WC2B

Bow Street, WC2E Bow Street was first developed by Francis Russell, 4th Earl of Bedford in 1633.

Bow Street, WC2E

Brettenham House, WC2R Brettenham House is a block on Savoy Street.

Brettenham House, WC2R

Broad Court, WC2E Broad Court is an alleyway parallel with Long Acre.

Broad Court, WC2E

Broadwall, SE1 Broadwall is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area.

Broadwall, SE1

Bruce House, WC2B Bruce House is sited on Kemble Street.

Bruce House, WC2B

Buckingham Street, WC2N Buckingham Street is named after George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham.

Buckingham Street, WC2N

Bull Inn Court, WC2R Bull Inn Court is one of the streets of London in the WC2R postal area.

Bull Inn Court, WC2R

Burleigh Street, WC2R Burleigh Street is one of the streets of London in the WC2E postal area.

Burleigh Street, WC2R

Carey Street, WC2A Carey Street is one of the streets of London in the WC2A postal area.

Carey Street, WC2A

Carpmael Building, EC4Y Carpmael Building is a block on Crown Office Row.

Carpmael Building, EC4Y

Carting Lane, WC2R Carting Lane is thought to be named after the carts that brought goods to and from the wharf formerly located here.

Carting Lane, WC2R

Catherine Street, WC2B Catherine Street runs from Russell Street in the north to Aldwych in the south.

Catherine Street, WC2B

Central Arcade, WC2E Central Arcade is one of the streets of London in the WC2E postal area.

Central Arcade, WC2E

Clare Market, WC2A Clare Market is one of the streets of London in the WC2A postal area.

Clare Market, WC2A

Clare Market, WC2E This is a street in the WC2E postcode area

Clare Market, WC2E

Clement House, WC2B Clement House is located on Aldwych.

Clement House, WC2B

Clement House, WC2R Clement House is a block on Strand.

Clement House, WC2R

Clement’s Inn, WC2R Clement’s Inn is a road in the WC2R postcode area

Clement’s Inn, WC2R

Cliffords Inn Passage, EC4Y Cliffords Inn Passage is one of the streets of London in the EC4A postal area.

Cliffords Inn Passage, EC4Y

Cliffords Inn, EC4A Cliffords Inn is one of the streets of London in the EC4A postal area.

Cliffords Inn, EC4A

Columbia House, WC2B Columbia House is a block on Aldwych.

Columbia House, WC2B

Connaught House, WC2A Connaught House can be found on Aldwych.

Connaught House, WC2A

Connaught House, WC2B Connaught House is located on Aldwych.

Connaught House, WC2B

Covent Garden, WC2E Covent Garden, is the name of a district, but also the name of the central square which formerly hosted a fruit-and-vegetable market.

Covent Garden, WC2E

Cowdray House, WC2A Cowdray House is a building on Portugal Street.

Cowdray House, WC2A

Crane Court, EC4Y Crane Court lay beside the Two Crane Inn Tavern.

Crane Court, EC4Y

Crown Court, WC2E Crown Court is one of the streets of London in the WC2B postal area.

Crown Court, WC2E

Crown Office Row, EC4Y Crown Office Row is one of the streets of London in the EC4Y postal area.

Crown Office Row, EC4Y

Crystal Wharf, WC2B A street within the WC2B postcode

Crystal Wharf, WC2B

Devereux Court, EC4Y Devereux Court lies on the south side of the Strand, opposite the Law Courts.

Devereux Court, EC4Y

Devereux Court, WC2R Devereux Court is a location in London.

Devereux Court, WC2R

Dr Johnson’s House, EC4A Dr Johnson’s House is a block on Gough Square.

Dr Johnson’s House, EC4A

Drury Lane, WC2B Named from Sir William Drury, Knight of the Garter in Queen Elizabeth’s reign, who owned land on its site.

Drury Lane, WC2B

Dryden Street, WC2B Dryden Street is one of the streets of London in the WC2E postal area.

Dryden Street, WC2B

Durham House Street, WC2N Durham House Street was the former site of a palace belonging to the bishops of Durham in medieval times.

Durham House Street, WC2N

Enterprise House, SE1 Residential block

Enterprise House, SE1

Essex Court, EC4Y Essex Court is one of the streets of London in the EC4Y postal area.

Essex Court, EC4Y

Essex Street, EC4Y Essex Street is one of the streets of London in the WC2R postal area.

Essex Street, EC4Y

Essex Street, WC2R Essex Street is a location in London.

Essex Street, WC2R

Exchange Court, WC2R Exchange Court is one of the streets of London in the WC2R postal area.

Exchange Court, WC2R

Exeter Street, WC2R Exeter Street is a road in the WC2R postcode area

Exeter Street, WC2R

Falcon Court, EC4Y Falcon Court is a courtyard off the south side of Fleet Street between Chancery Lane and Fetter Lane.

Falcon Court, EC4Y

Fleet Street, EC4A Fleet Street is one of the streets of London in the EC4Y postal area.

Fleet Street, EC4A

Fleet Street, EC4Y Fleet Street is one of the streets of London in the EC4A postal area.

Fleet Street, EC4Y

Fletcher Buildings, WC2B Fletcher Buildings is sited on Martlett Court.

Fletcher Buildings, WC2B

Fleur De Lis Court, EC4A Fleur De Lis Court was situated off Fetter Lane.

Fleur De Lis Court, EC4A

Floral Court, WC2E Floral Court is a location in London.

Floral Court, WC2E

Fountain Court, EC4Y Fountain Court is one of the streets of London in the EC4Y postal area.

Fountain Court, EC4Y

Francis Taylor Building, EC4Y Francis Taylor Building is a block on Kings Bench Walk.

Francis Taylor Building, EC4Y

Gabriels Wharf, SE1 Gabriels Wharf is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area.

Gabriels Wharf, SE1

Garden Court, EC4Y Garden Court is one of the streets of London in the EC4Y postal area.

Garden Court, EC4Y

George Court, WC2N George Court is named after George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham.

George Court, WC2N

Gibraltar House, WC2R Gibraltar House is a block on Strand.

Gibraltar House, WC2R

Gladstone House, WC2R Gladstone House is a block on Arundel Street.

Gladstone House, WC2R

Gough Square, EC4A Gough Square is one of the streets of London in the EC4A postal area.

Gough Square, EC4A

Hamilton House, EC4Y Hamilton House is a block on Temple Avenue.

Hamilton House, EC4Y

Hanover Place, WC2E Hanover Place is one of the streets of London in the WC2E postal area.

Hanover Place, WC2E

Hare Court, EC4Y Hare Court is one of the streets of London in the EC4Y postal area.

Hare Court, EC4Y

Hare Place, EC4Y Hare Place is one of the streets of London in the EC4Y postal area.

Hare Place, EC4Y

Harmsworth House, EC4Y Harmsworth House lies near the Inner Temple

Harmsworth House, EC4Y

Hat and Mitre Court, EC4Y Hat and Mitre Court is a road in the EC1M postcode area

Hat and Mitre Court, EC4Y

Heathcock Court, WC2E Heathcock Court runs north off Strand.

Heathcock Court, WC2E

Henrietta Street, WC2E Henrietta Street is one of the streets of London in the WC2E postal area.

Henrietta Street, WC2E

Houghton Square, WC2B Houghton Square is a road in the SW9 postcode area

Houghton Square, WC2B

Houghton Street, WC2A Houghton Street is a street which has been ’demoted’ over time.

Houghton Street, WC2A

Howard Street, WC2R Howard Street ran from Surrey Street to Arundel Street until 1974.

Howard Street, WC2R

Hudson House, WC2E Hudson House is a block on Tavistock Street.

Hudson House, WC2E

Hungerford House, WC2N Residential block

Hungerford House, WC2N

Imperial House, WC2B Imperial House is a block on Kingsway.

Imperial House, WC2B

India House, WC2B India House is a block on Aldwych.

India House, WC2B

India Place, WC2B India Place is a small alleyway leading from Aldwych.

India Place, WC2B

Inner Temple Lane, EC4Y Inner Temple Lane is one of the streets of London in the EC4Y postal area.

Inner Temple Lane, EC4Y

Ivybridge Lane, WC2N Ivybridge Lane is named after a former ivy-covered bridge.

Ivybridge Lane, WC2N

James Street, WC2E James Street is one of the streets of London in the WC2E postal area.

James Street, WC2E

John Adam House, WC2N John Adam House can be found on John Adam Street.

John Adam House, WC2N

John Adam Street, WC2N John Adam Street is named after John Adam, who built the Adelphi development with his brother Robert in the 1760s.

John Adam Street, WC2N

Jubilee Market, WC2E Jubilee Market is one of the streets of London in the WC2E postal area.

Jubilee Market, WC2E

Kean Street, WC2B Kean Street is one of the streets of London in the WC2B postal area.

Kean Street, WC2B

Keeley Street, WC2B Keeley Street has a dual history

Keeley Street, WC2B

Kemble Street, WC2B Kemble Street is a road in the WC2B postcode area

Kemble Street, WC2B

King’s Bench Walk Temple, EC4Y A street within the EC4Y postcode

King’s Bench Walk Temple, EC4Y

King’s Bench Walk, EC4Y King?s Bench Walk is one of the streets of London in the EC4Y postal area.

King’s Bench Walk, EC4Y

Kings Bench Walk, EC4Y Kings Bench Walk is one of the streets of London in the EC4Y postal area.

Kings Bench Walk, EC4Y

Kipling House, WC2N Kipling House is a block on Villiers Street.

Kipling House, WC2N

Lakatos Building, WC2A Lakatos Building is a block on Portugal Street.

Lakatos Building, WC2A

Lamb Building, EC4Y Lamb Building is a block on Pump Court.

Lamb Building, EC4Y

Lancaster Place, WC2R Lancaster Place is one of the streets of London in the WC2E postal area.

Lancaster Place, WC2R

Lionel Robbins Building, WC2A Lionel Robbins Building is sited on Portugal Street.

Lionel Robbins Building, WC2A

Little Essex Street, EC4Y Little Essex Street is one of the streets of London in the WC2R postal area.

Little Essex Street, EC4Y

Maiden Lane, WC2E Maiden Lane runs from Bedford Street in the west to Southampton Street in the east.

Maiden Lane, WC2E

Maltravers Street, WC2R Maltravers Street is one of the streets of London in the WC2R postal area.

Maltravers Street, WC2R

Maple Leaf Walk, WC2R Maple Leaf Walk is a road in the SW11 postcode area

Maple Leaf Walk, WC2R

Market Building, WC2E Market Building is a block on Covent Garden Piazza.

Market Building, WC2E

Martlett Court, WC2E Martlett Court is a road in the WC2B postcode area

Martlett Court, WC2E

Masters House Temple Church, EC4Y Masters House Temple Church is one of the streets of London in the EC4Y postal area.

Masters House Temple Church, EC4Y

Melbourne Place, WC2B Melbourne Place is a road in the WC2B postcode area

Melbourne Place, WC2B

Middle Temple Lane, EC4Y Middle Temple Lane is one of the streets of London in the EC4Y postal area.

Middle Temple Lane, EC4Y

Milford House, WC2R Milford House is a block on Tweezers Alley.

Milford House, WC2R

Milford Lane, WC2R Milford Lane is one of the streets of London in the WC2R postal area.

Milford Lane, WC2R

Mitre Court Buildings, EC4Y Mitre Court Buildings is one of the streets of London in the EC4Y postal area.

Mitre Court Buildings, EC4Y

Montreal Place, WC2R Montreal Place is a road in the WC2R postcode area

Montreal Place, WC2R

New Academic Building, WC2A New Academic Building is located on Lincoln’s Inn Fields.

New Academic Building, WC2A

Norfolk Street, WC2R Norfolk Street ran from the Strand in the north to the River Thames and, after the Victoria Embankment was built (1865–1870), to what is now Temple Place.

Norfolk Street, WC2R

Norman House, WC2R Norman House can be found on Strand.

Norman House, WC2R

North East Wing Bush House, WC2R Residential block

North East Wing Bush House, WC2R

North West Wing Bush House, WC2R Residential block

North West Wing Bush House, WC2R

Old Barge House Alley, SE1 This is an article about Old Barge House Alley.

Old Barge House Alley, SE1

Old Building, WC2A Old Building is a building on Houghton Street.

Old Building, WC2A

Old Mitre Court, EC4Y Old Mitre Court is one of the streets of London in the EC4Y postal area.

Old Mitre Court, EC4Y

Oxo Tower Wharf, SE1 A street within the SE1 postcode

Oxo Tower Wharf, SE1

Paper Buildings, EC4Y Paper Buildings is one of the streets of London in the EC4Y postal area.

Paper Buildings, EC4Y

Pemberton Row, EC4A Sir James Pemberton was Lord Mayor of London in 1611, and a member of the Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths.

Pemberton Row, EC4A

Penley Court, WC2R Angel Court was renamed as Penley Court in 1937.

Penley Court, WC2R

Pleydell House, EC4Y Pleydell House is a block on Pleydell Street.

Pleydell House, EC4Y

Pleydell Street, EC4Y Pleydell Street is one of the streets of London in the EC4Y postal area.

Pleydell Street, EC4Y

Portsmouth Street, WC2A Portsmouth Street is one of the streets of London in the WC2A postal area.

Portsmouth Street, WC2A

Portugal Street, WC2A Portugal Street was named in honour of Charles II’s Portuguese queen Catherine of Braganza.

Portugal Street, WC2A

Pump Court, EC4Y Pump Court is one of the streets of London in the EC4Y postal area.

Pump Court, EC4Y

Queen’s Building, WC2R Queen’s Building is sited on Grange Court.

Queen’s Building, WC2R

Red Lion Court, EC4A Red Lion Court forms part of labyrinth of little passages behind the shops on the north side of Fleet Street.

Red Lion Court, EC4A

Riverside Walk, SE1 Riverside Walk is a road in the SE1 postcode area

Riverside Walk, SE1

Robert Street, WC2N Robert Street is named after Robert Adam, who built the Adelphi development with his brother John in the 1760s.

Robert Street, WC2N

Royal Opera House, WC2E Royal Opera House is a block on Bow Street.

Royal Opera House, WC2E

Russell Chambers, WC2E Russell Chambers is one of the streets of London in the WC2E postal area.

Russell Chambers, WC2E

Russell Street, WC2E Russell Street is a road in the WC2E postcode area

Russell Street, WC2E

Sardinia House, WC2A Sardinia House can be found on Lincoln’s Inn Fields.

Sardinia House, WC2A

Sardinia Street, WC2A Sardinia Street is one of the streets of London in the WC2A postal area.

Sardinia Street, WC2A

Sardinia Street, WC2B Sardinia Street, formerly Duke Street, was a street that ran from Prince’s Street in the south to the western side of Lincoln’s Inn Fields in the north.

Sardinia Street, WC2B

Savoy Court, WC2R Savoy Court is one of the streets of London in the WC2R postal area.

Savoy Court, WC2R

Savoy Hill, WC2R Savoy Hill is located at a site originally called Savoy Manor.

Savoy Hill, WC2R

Savoy House, WC2R Savoy House is a block on Tweezers Alley.

Savoy House, WC2R

Savoy Place, WC2N Savoy Place is located at a site originally called Savoy Manor - taking its name from Peter II, Count of Savoy.

Savoy Place, WC2N

Savoy Street, WC2R Savoy Street is one of the streets of London in the WC2E postal area.

Savoy Street, WC2R

Savoy Street, WC2R Savoy Street is one of the streets of London in the WC2R postal area.

Savoy Street, WC2R

Savoy Way, WC2R Savoy Way is located on the former site of the Savoy Palace, built for Peter II, Count of Savoy in 1245.

Savoy Way, WC2R

Serjeants Inn, EC4Y Serjeants Inn is one of the streets of London in the EC4Y postal area.

Serjeants Inn, EC4Y

Sheffield Street, WC2A Sheffield Street is one of the streets of London in the WC2A postal area.

Sheffield Street, WC2A

Shell Mex House, WC2R Shell Mex House is a block on Strand.

Shell Mex House, WC2R

Shelton Street, WC2E Shelton Street is a road in the WC2B postcode area

Shelton Street, WC2E

Sheridan Buildings, WC2B Sheridan Buildings is a block on Martlett Court.

Sheridan Buildings, WC2B

Somerset House, WC2R Somerset House is a block on Strand.

Somerset House, WC2R

South East Wing Bush House, WC2B Residential block

South East Wing Bush House, WC2B

Southampton Street, WC2E Southampton Street - named for Thomas Wriothesley, 4th Earl of Southampton and landowner.

Southampton Street, WC2E

Southampton Street, WC2E Southampton Street is one of the streets of London in the WC2R postal area.

Southampton Street, WC2E

St Clement’s Building, WC2A St Clement’s Building is a block on Clare Market.

St Clement’s Building, WC2A

St Clement’s Passage, WC2A St Clement’s Passage is a road in the WC2A postcode area

St Clement’s Passage, WC2A

St Clements Lane, WC2A St Clements Lane is one of the streets of London in the WC2A postal area.

St Clements Lane, WC2A

St Giles House, WC2B Residential block

St Giles House, WC2B

Strand Bridge House, WC2 Strand Bridge House is a block on Strand.

Strand Bridge House, WC2

Strand Bridge House, WC2R Strand Bridge House is a block on Strand.

Strand Bridge House, WC2R

Strand Building, WC2R Strand Building is a block on Strand.

Strand Building, WC2R

Strand Lane, WC2R Strand Lane is a road in the WC2R postcode area

Strand Lane, WC2R

Strand Underpass, WC2R Strand Underpass is a road in the WC2R postcode area

Strand Underpass, WC2R

Strand, EC4A This is a street in the EC4A postcode area

Strand, EC4A

Strand, WC2E Strand (or the Strand) runs just over 3⁄4 mile from Trafalgar Square eastwards to Temple Bar, where the road becomes Fleet Street inside the City of London.

Strand, WC2E

Strand, WC2R Strand is one of the streets of London in the WC2B postal area.

Strand, WC2R

Strand, WC2R Strand, as it nears the Aldwych, is home to many London theatres.

Strand, WC2R

Surrey Street, WC2R Surrey Street was built on land once occupied by Arundel House and its gardens.

Surrey Street, WC2R

Tavistock Street, WC2B Tavistock Street is a road in the WC2B postcode area

Tavistock Street, WC2B

Temple Avenue, EC4Y Temple Avenue is one of the streets of London in the EC4Y postal area.

Temple Avenue, EC4Y

Temple Bar House, EC4Y Temple Bar House is a block on Fleet Street.

Temple Bar House, EC4Y

Temple Chambers, EC4Y Temple Chambers is one of the streets of London in the EC4Y postal area.

Temple Chambers, EC4Y

Temple Gardens, EC4Y Temple Gardens is one of the streets of London in the EC4Y postal area.

Temple Gardens, EC4Y

Temple House, WC2R Temple House is sited on Tweezers Alley.

Temple House, WC2R

Temple Pier Victoria Embankment, WC2R Temple Pier Victoria Embankment is a location in London.

Temple Pier Victoria Embankment, WC2R

Temple Place, WC2R Temple Place forms a crescent behind the Embankment Gardens.

Temple Place, WC2R

The Arcade, WC2B The Arcade is one of the streets of London in the WC2B postal area.

The Arcade, WC2B

The Australia Centre, WC2B The Australia Centre is one of the streets of London in the WC2B postal area.

The Australia Centre, WC2B

The Edmund J. Safra Fountain Court, WC2R The Edmund J. Safra Fountain Court is a road in the WC2R postcode area

The Edmund J. Safra Fountain Court, WC2R

The Globe House, WC2R The Globe House is a building on Temple Place.

The Globe House, WC2R

The Macadam Building Street, WC2R The Macadam Building Street is a location in London.

The Macadam Building Street, WC2R

The Market Piazza, WC2E The Market Piazza is one of the streets of London in the WC2E postal area.

The Market Piazza, WC2E

The Market The Piazza, WC2E The Market The Piazza is one of the streets of London in the WC2E postal area.

The Market The Piazza, WC2E

The Market, WC2E The Market is one of the streets of London in the WC2E postal area.

The Market, WC2E

The Piazza, WC2E The Piazza is one of the streets of London in the WC2E postal area.

The Piazza, WC2E

Thomas More Building, WC2A Thomas More Building is a building on Strand.

Thomas More Building, WC2A

Tower House, WC2E Tower House is a block on Southampton Street.

Tower House, WC2E

Tower House, WC2R Tower House is located on Southampton Street.

Tower House, WC2R

Tweezer’s Alley, WC2R Tweezer’s Alley probably got its name after the tweezers used by smiths to heat items in the forge that stood there.

Tweezer’s Alley, WC2R

Upper Ground, SE1 Upper Ground is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area.

Upper Ground, SE1

Vere Street, WC2B Vere Street was a street in the Lincoln’s Inn Fields area

Vere Street, WC2B

Victoria Embankment, WC2N Victoria Embankment was built as part of Joseph Bazalgette’s Embankment scheme.

Victoria Embankment, WC2N

Victoria Embankment, WC2R Victoria Embankment runs from the Houses of Parliament to Blackfriars Bridge.

Victoria Embankment, WC2R

Victoria House, WC2B Victoria House is a block on Strand.

Victoria House, WC2B

Water Street, WC2R This is a street in the WC2R postcode area

Water Street, WC2R

Watergate Walk, WC2N Watergate Walk is named after a former watergate built in 1626 for George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham as an entrance for the former York House.

Watergate Walk, WC2N

Waterman House, WC2 Waterman House is a block on Kingsway.

Waterman House, WC2

Waterman House, WC2B Waterman House is sited on Kingsway.

Waterman House, WC2B

Wellington House, WC2R Wellington House is a block on Strand.

Wellington House, WC2R

Wellington Street, WC2E Wellington Street is one of the streets of London in the WC2E postal area.

Wellington Street, WC2E

Wellington Terrace, WC2E Wellington Terrace is a street in Paddington.

Wellington Terrace, WC2E

Wild Street, WC2B Wild Street is one of the streets of London in the WC2B postal area.

Wild Street, WC2B

William Sinkins House, WC2A William Sinkins House is a block on Carey Street.

William Sinkins House, WC2A

Wren House, Wren House is a building on Milford Lane

Wren House,

Wren House, WC2 Wren House is a block on Milford Lane.

Wren House, WC2

Wren House, WC2R Wren House is a building on Milford Lane.

Wren House, WC2R

Wych Street, WC2R Wych Street was near where Australia House now stands on Aldwych - it ran west from the church of St Clement Danes on the Strand to a point at the southern end of Drury Lane.

Wych Street, WC2R

York Buildings, WC2N York Buildings marks a house was built on this site in the 14th century for the bishops of Norwich.

York Buildings, WC2N

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Westminster

Westminster - heart of government.

While the underground station dates from 1868, Westminster itself is almost as old as London itself. It has a large concentration of London’s historic and prestigious landmarks and visitor attractions, including the Palace of Westminster, Buckingham Palace, Westminster Abbey and Westminster Cathedral.

Historically part of the parish of St Margaret in the City and Liberty of Westminster and the county of Middlesex, the name Westminster was the ancient description for the area around Westminster Abbey – the West Minster, or monastery church, that gave the area its name – which has been the seat of the government of England (and later the British government) for almost a thousand years.

Westminster is the location of the Palace of Westminster, a UNESCO World Heritage Site which houses the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

The area has been the seat of the government of England for almost a thousand years. Westminster is thus often used as a metonym for Parliament and the political community of the United Kingdom generally. The civil service is similarly referred to by the area it inhabits, Whitehall, and Westminster is consequently also used in reference to the ’Westminster System’, the parliamentary model of democratic government that has evolved in the United Kingdom.

The historic core of Westminster is the former Thorney Island on which Westminster Abbey was built. The Abbey became the traditional venue of the coronation of the kings and queens of England. The nearby Palace of Westminster came to be the principal royal residence after the Norman conquest of England in 1066, and later housed the developing Parliament and law courts of England. It can be said that London thus has developed two distinct focal points: an economic one in the City of London; and a political and cultural one in Westminster, where the Royal Court had its home. This division is still very apparent today.

The monarchy later moved to the Palace of Whitehall a little towards the north-east. The law courts have since moved to the Royal Courts of Justice, close to the border of the City of London.

The Westminster area formed part of the City and Liberty of Westminster and the county of Middlesex. The ancient parish was St Margaret; after 1727 split into the parishes of St Margaret and St John. The area around Westminster Abbey formed the extra-parochial Close of the Collegiate Church of St Peter surrounded by—but not part of—either parish. Until 1900 the local authority was the combined vestry of St Margaret and St John (also known as the Westminster District Board of Works from 1855 to 1887), which was based at Westminster City Hall on Caxton Street from 1883. The Liberty of Westminster, governed by the Westminster Court of Burgesses, also included St Martin in the Fields and several other parishes and places. Westminster had its own quarter sessions, but the Middlesex sessions also had jurisdiction. The area was transferred from Middlesex to the County of London in 1889 and the local government of Westminster was reformed in 1900 when the court of burgesses and parish vestries were abolished, to be replaced with a metropolitan borough council. The council was given city status, allowing it to be known as Westminster City Council.

The underground station was opened as Westminster Bridge on 24 December 1868 by the steam-operated Metropolitan District Railway (MDR) (now the District line) when the railway opened the first section of its line from South Kensington. It was originally the eastern terminus of the MDR and the station cutting ended at a concrete wall buffered by timber sleepers. The approach to the station from the west runs in cut and cover tunnel under the roadway of Broad Sanctuary and diagonally under Parliament Square. In Broad Sanctuary the tunnel is close to Westminster Abbey and St Margaret’s church and care was required to avoid undermining their foundations when excavating in the poor ground found there.

The station was completely rebuilt to incorporate new deep-level platforms for the Jubilee line when it was extended to the London Docklands in the 1990s. During the works, the level of the sub-surface platforms was lowered to enable ground level access to Portcullis House. This was achieved in small increments carried out when the line was closed at night.

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William Shakespeare TUM image id: 1509551019 Licence: CC BY 2.0	The Hole In The Wall, Waterloo Credit: Virtual Tourist TUM image id: 1605093975 Licence: CC BY 2.0	The old wooden Temple Bar Credit: Walter Thornbury TUM image id: 1523115955 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Waterloo Bridge on an 1810 map. TUM image id: 1556885410 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Hungerford Stairs circa 1828 TUM image id: 1557403389 Licence: CC BY 2.0
The Sea Life London Aquarium is located on the ground floor of County Hall on the South Bank of the River Thames, near the London Eye. It opened in March 1997 as the London Aquarium and hosts about one million visitors each year. TUM image id: 1557161405 Licence: CC BY 2.0	The Royal Opera House, Bow Street frontage, with the statue of Dame Ninette de Valois in the foreground Credit: Russ London TUM image id: 1557227200 Licence:	Middle Temple Lane looking towards Victoria Embankment (2008) The buildings are mainly occupied by barristers’ chambers Credit: Wiki Commons/J D Mack TUM image id: 1660223325 Licence: CC BY 2.0	British Museum station Credit: London Transport Museum TUM image id: 1603458310 Licence:	The Adelphi Building on Savoy Place, looking north from Victoria Embankment Gardens (2018) Credit: Wiki Commons/Acabashi TUM image id: 1668084438 Licence: CC BY 2.0
The original, Brunel-built Hungerford Bridge. TUM image id: 1544479084 Licence: CC BY 2.0	William Davenant had Lisle Credit: Henry Herringman, London, 1673 TUM image id: 1522758368 Licence: CC BY 2.0	At the southern end of Carmelite Street in the City of London stood the Victorian-era Whitefriars Fire Station. Credit: Wiki Commons TUM image id: 1623066010 Licence:	Muffin Man (1910) Probably this location is not ’Drury Lane’, but it is at least somewhere in London Credit: Bishopsgate Institute TUM image id: 1664804183 Licence:	Endell Street towards Long Acre, 2015 Credit: Philafrenzy TUM image id: 1443043677 Licence: CC BY 2.0

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William Shakespeare
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The old wooden Temple Bar
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Waterloo Bridge on an 1810 map.
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Middle Temple Lane looking towards Victoria Embankment (2008) The buildings are mainly occupied by barristers’ chambers
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British Museum station
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The Adelphi Building on Savoy Place, looking north from Victoria Embankment Gardens (2018)
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The original, Brunel-built Hungerford Bridge.
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William Davenant had Lisle
Credit: Henry Herringman, London, 1673
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Muffin Man (1910) Probably this location is not ’Drury Lane’, but it is at least somewhere in London
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Decorators and Pencil Works, Great Queen Street, c.1910
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