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Source: Hungerford Stairs
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Roy Batham 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
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Jeff Owen 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.
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Scott Hatton 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.
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Bernard Miller 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.
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MCNALLY 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
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Tom Added: 21 May 2021 23:07 GMT | Blackfriars What is, or was, Bodies Bridge?
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Richard Roques Added: 21 Jan 2021 16:53 GMT | Buckingham Street residents Here in Buckingham Street lived Samuel Pepys the diarist, Charles Dickens and Rudyard Kipling
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Added: 27 Jul 2021 14:31 GMT | correction Chaucer did not write Pilgrims Progress. His stories were called the Canterbury Tales
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Lena 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.
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Added: 3 Jun 2021 15:50 GMT | All Bar One The capitalisation is wrong
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Jack Wilson 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
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Erin Added: 2 May 2022 01:33 GMT | Windsor Terrace, N1 hello
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Katharina Logan Added: 9 Aug 2022 19:01 GMT | Ely place existed in name in 1857 On 7th July 1857 John James Chase and Mary Ann Weekes were married at St John the Baptist Hoxton, he of full age and she a minor. Both parties list their place of residence as Ely Place, yet according to other information, this street was not named until 1861. He was a bricklayer, she had no occupation listed, but both were literate and able to sign their names on their marriage certificate.
Source: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSF7-Q9Y7?cc=3734475
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Reginald John Gregory Added: 8 Aug 2022 14:07 GMT | Worked in the vicinity of my ancestor’s house, Between the years 1982-1998 (unknown to me at the time) I worked in an office close to the site of my ancestors cottage. I discovered this when researching family history - the cottage was mentioned in the 1871 census for Colindeep Lane/Ancient Street coming up from the Hyde. The family lived in the ares betwen 1805 and 1912.
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Barry J. Page Added: 27 Jul 2022 19:41 GMT | Highbury Corner V1 Explosion Grandma described the V1 explosion at Highbury Corner on many occasions. She was working in the scullery when the flying bomb landed. The blast shattered all the windows in the block of flats and blew off the bolt on her front door. As she looked out the front room window, people in various states of injury and shock were making their way along Highbury Station Road. One man in particular, who was bleeding profusely from glass shard wounds to his neck, insisted in getting home to see if his family was all right. Others were less fortunate. Len, the local newsagent, comforted a man, who had lost both legs caused by the blast, until the victim succumbed to his injuries. The entire area was ravaged and following are statistics. The flying bomb landed during lunch hour (12:46 p.m.) on June 27th 1944. 26 people lost their lives, 84 were seriously injured and 71 slightly injured.
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ANON Added: 20 Jul 2022 13:36 GMT | The Square & Ashmore park The Square and Ashmore park was the place to be 2000-2005. Those were the greatest times on the estate. everyday people were playing out. the park was full of kids just being kids and having fun, now everyone is grown up and only bump into eachother when heading to the shops or work. I miss the good days( Im 25yrs old as im writing this)
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Added: 18 Jul 2022 13:56 GMT | Map of Thornsett Road Esrlsfield
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Carolyn Hirst Added: 16 Jul 2022 15:21 GMT | Henry James Hirst My second great grandfather Henry James Hirst was born at 18 New Road on 11 February 1861. He was the eighth of the eleven children of Rowland and Isabella Hirst. I think that this part of New Road was also known at the time as Gloucester Terrace.
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Richard Added: 12 Jul 2022 21:36 GMT | Elgin Crescent, W11 Richard Laitner (1955-1983), a barrister training to be a doctor at UCL, lived here in 1983. He was murdered aged 28 with both his parents after attending his sister’s wedding in Sheffield in 1983. The Richard Laitner Memorial Fund maintains bursaries in his memory at UCL Medical School
Source: Ancestry Library Edition
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Anthony Mckay Added: 11 Jul 2022 00:12 GMT | Bankfield Cottages, Ass House Lane, Harrow Weald Bankfield Cottages (now demolished) at the end of Ass House Lane, appear twice in ’The Cheaters’ televison series (made 1960) in the episodes ’The Fine Print’ and ’Tine to Kill’
Source: THE CHEATERS: Episode Index
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Northburgh Street, EC1M Northburgh Street in the EC1V postcode is a western extension of the main part of the street. Old Square, WC2A Old Square is one of the streets of London in the WC2A postal area. Peter’s Lane, EC1M Peter’s Lane is named after the church which once stood close to the Cross Keys tavern. Ray Street, EC1R Ray Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1R postal area. Saffron Hill, EC1N Saffron Hill’s name derives the time that it was part of an estate on which saffron grew. Snow Hill, EC1A Snow Hill is one of the streets of London in the EC1A postal area. Southampton Buildings, WC2A Southampton Buildings marks the site of the house of the 4th Earl of Southampton, son of Shakespeare’s patron. St John’s Gate, EC1M St John’s Gate is a small named section of road leading to the gate of the same name. Sutton Road, EC1M Sutton Road is one of the streets of London in the EC1M postal area. Vine Hill, EC1R Vine Hill now displays no evidence on the vines that once flourished in the grounds on which it stands. Warner Yard, EC1R Warner Yard is one of the streets of London in the EC1R postal area. BarSmith This pub existed immediately prior to the 2020 global pandemic and may still do so. Be At One This pub existed immediately prior to the 2020 global pandemic and may still do so. Bishops Finger This pub existed immediately prior to the 2020 global pandemic and may still do so. Charterhouse Bar This pub existed immediately prior to the 2020 global pandemic and may still do so. City of York This pub existed immediately prior to the 2020 global pandemic and may still do so. City Pride This pub existed immediately prior to the 2020 global pandemic and may still do so. Clerkenwell & Social This pub existed immediately prior to the 2020 global pandemic and may still do so. Clerkenwell house This pub existed immediately prior to the 2020 global pandemic and may still do so. Club Gascon This pub existed immediately prior to the 2020 global pandemic and may still do so. Craft Beer Company This pub existed immediately prior to the 2020 global pandemic and may still do so. Crown Tavern This pub existed immediately prior to the 2020 global pandemic and may still do so. Dado 54 This pub existed immediately prior to the 2020 global pandemic and may still do so. Enoteca Rabezzana This pub existed immediately prior to the 2020 global pandemic and may still do so. Grand Union This pub existed immediately prior to the 2020 global pandemic and may still do so. Hat & Tun This pub existed immediately prior to the 2020 global pandemic and may still do so. Hat and Feathers At the corner of Clerkenwell Road and Goswell Road sits the Hat and Feathers pub. Inn of Court This pub existed immediately prior to the 2020 global pandemic and may still do so. Jamies This pub existed immediately prior to the 2020 global pandemic and may still do so. Kanaloa This pub existed immediately prior to the 2020 global pandemic and may still do so. Karaoke Box This pub existed immediately prior to the 2020 global pandemic and may still do so. Lazybones This pub existed immediately prior to the 2020 global pandemic and may still do so. Ninth Ward London This pub existed immediately prior to the 2020 global pandemic and may still do so. Old Dick Whittington The Dick Whittington Inn at 24 Cloth Fair was a sixteenth century building and once part of a row of medieval buildings lining the street. Old Red Cow This pub existed immediately prior to the 2020 global pandemic and may still do so. Oriole This pub existed immediately prior to the 2020 global pandemic and may still do so. Piano Smithfield This pub existed immediately prior to the 2020 global pandemic and may still do so. Secrets This pub existed immediately prior to the 2020 global pandemic and may still do so. Sir John Oldcastle This pub existed immediately prior to the 2020 global pandemic and may still do so. Sutton Arms This pub existed immediately prior to the 2020 global pandemic and may still do so. The Apple Tree This pub existed immediately prior to the 2020 global pandemic and may still do so. The Argyle This pub existed immediately prior to the 2020 global pandemic and may still do so. The Artisan This pub existed immediately prior to the 2020 global pandemic and may still do so. The Betsey Trotwood This pub existed immediately prior to the 2020 global pandemic and may still do so. The Castle The Castle is the only pub in England that, alongside its pub sign, is permitted to display the three balls of a pawnbroker. The Draft House This pub existed immediately prior to the 2020 global pandemic and may still do so. The Fable This pub existed immediately prior to the 2020 global pandemic and may still do so. The Fence This pub existed immediately prior to the 2020 global pandemic and may still do so. The Fox and Anchor This pub existed immediately prior to the 2020 global pandemic and may still do so. The Green This pub existed immediately prior to the 2020 global pandemic and may still do so. The Griffin This pub existed immediately prior to the 2020 global pandemic and may still do so. The Horseshoe This pub existed immediately prior to the 2020 global pandemic and may still do so. The Lady Ottoline This pub existed immediately prior to the 2020 global pandemic and may still do so. The Rising Sun This pub existed immediately prior to the 2020 global pandemic and may still do so. The Slaughtered Lamb This pub existed immediately prior to the 2020 global pandemic and may still do so. The White Swan This pub existed immediately prior to the 2020 global pandemic and may still do so. The Yorkshire Grey This pub existed immediately prior to the 2020 global pandemic and may still do so. 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Farringdon station - the terminus for the very first underground railway in 1863 - is a London Underground and National Rail station in Clerkenwell, just north of the City of London in the London Borough of Islington. It will change significantly when it becomes an important interchange station between the two largest transport infrastructure programmes currently under way in London, the Thameslink Programme and Crossrail, both of which are scheduled for completion in 2018.
Farringdon is partly within the City of London and partly in the London Borough of Islington. The name originates from the names of wards of the old City (Farringdon Within, Farringdon Without).
Today, as a place Farringdon is somewhat ill-defined, its original site and layout having perhaps been lost under later development: little more than the station and a few street names help to locate it now.