Provost & East Building,

Road in/near Hoxton

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Provost & East Building lies within the postcode.


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Born here
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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Steven Shepherd   
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.

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Erin   
Added: 2 May 2022 01:33 GMT   

Windsor Terrace, N1
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J Parker   
Added: 14 May 2023 15:27 GMT   

Windsor Terrace, N1
Thank you for the information - My great grandparents lived at 11 Windsor Terrace from around 1918 to 1938... I was just trying to establish the kind of house it might have been as there are so many people listed at the same address so really interesting to see your description.

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Added: 9 Jan 2025 18:51 GMT   

Parkers Row, SE1
My great great grandmother, and her soon to be husband, lived in Parker’s Row before their marriage in St James in June 1839. Thier names were - Jane Elizabeth Turner and Charles Frederick Dean. She was a hat trimmer and he was a tailor.

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Lindsay Trott   
Added: 1 Jan 2025 17:55 GMT   

Lockside not on 1939 Register
I have the Denby family living in Lockside in 1938 but it does not appear on the 1939 Register.

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Janelle Robbins   
Added: 27 Dec 2024 18:47 GMT   

Harriet Robbins
Please get in touch re Harriet Robbins


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Dave Hinves   
Added: 27 Nov 2024 03:55 GMT   

he was a School Teacher
Henry sailed from Graves End 1849 on ’The Woodbridge’ arrived South Australia 1850. In 1858 he married Julia Ann Walsh at Burra, South Australia, they had 3 children, and 36 grand children. Died 24 June 1896 at Wilmington, South Australia. He is my 1st cousin 3x removed.

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Kevin Pont   
Added: 23 Nov 2024 17:03 GMT   

St Georges Square
This is rather lovely and well worth a visit!

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Simon Chapman   
Added: 22 Nov 2024 17:47 GMT   

Blossom Place
My Great Great Grandmother, Harriett Robbins lived in 2 Blossom Place in 1865 before marrying my Great Great Grandfather. They moved to 23 Spitall Square.

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Mark G   
Added: 26 Oct 2024 21:54 GMT   

Skidmore Street, E1
Skidmore Street was located where present day Ernest Street and Solebay Street now stand. They are both located above Shandy Street and Commodore Street.

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Alan Russell   
Added: 26 Oct 2024 14:36 GMT   

Cheshire Street, London E2 - 1969
Cheshire Street, London E2 - 1969

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NEARBY LOCATIONS OF NOTE
Courtyard Theatre The Courtyard is a theatre housed in the former Passmore Edwards Free Library.
St Luke’s Hospital for Lunatics St Luke’s Hospital for Lunatics was founded in London in 1751 for the treatment of incurable pauper lunatics by a group of philanthropists.
Whitefield’s Tabernacle Whitefield’s Tabernacle is a former church at the corner of Tabernacle Street and Leonard Street.

NEARBY STREETS
24985, N1 Nile Street is one of the streets of London in the N1 postal area (Hoxton)
Academy Buildings, N1 Academy Buildings is a large block of brick warehouses (Hoxton)
Albert House, EC1V Albert House is a block on Old Street (Old Street)
Alexander Russell House, EC2A Alexander Russell House is a block on Great Eastern Street (Shoreditch)
Alford Court, N1 Alford Court is located on Cavendish Street (Hoxton)
Alford Place, N1 Alford Place is a road in the N1 postcode area (Hoxton)
Allerton House, N1 Allerton House is a block on Allerton Street (Hoxton)
Amias House, EC1V Amias House is a building on Central Street (Clerkenwell)
Amias Place, EC1Y Amias Place was formerly George Yard (Clerkenwell)
Anchor House, EC1V Anchor House is located on Old Street (Clerkenwell)
Anchor Yard, EC1Y Anchor Yard is named after a former inn here of this name (Clerkenwell)
Aquarelle House, N1 Aquarelle House is a block on City Road (Hoxton)
Arden House, N1 Arden House is a block on Pitfield Street (Hoxton)
Ashford Street, N1 Ashford Street is a road in the N1 postcode area (Hoxton)
Aske Street, N1 A street within the N1 postcode (Hoxton)
Aurora Buildings, N1 A street within the N1 postcode (Hoxton)
Bache’s Street, N1 This is a street in the N1 postcode area (Hoxton)
Baldwin Street, EC1V Baldwin Street was named after Richard Baldwin, Treasurer at St Bartholomew’s Hospital when the street was built in 1811 (Old Street)
Banner Street, EC1Y Banner Street was named after the Banner family, late 18th century landowners in the area (Clerkenwell)
Barlow House, N1 Barlow House is a block on Provost Street (Hoxton)
Bartholomew Square, EC1V This is a street in the EC1V postcode area (Old Street)
Bath Place, EC2A Bath Place leads off of Rivington Street (Old Street)
Bath Street, EC1V Bath Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1V postal area (Clerkenwell)
Bentima House, EC1V Bentima House is located on Old Street (Old Street)
Bevenden Street, N1 Bevenden Street is one of the streets of London in the N1 postal area (Hoxton)
Bianca House, N1 Bianca House is a block on Crondall Street (Hoxton)
Blackall Street, EC2A Blackall Street is one of the streets of London in the EC2A postal area (Shoreditch)
Bletchley Court, N1 Bletchley Court is a block on Cavendish Street (Hoxton)
Bletchley Street, N1 Bletchley Street is one of the streets of London in the N1 postal area (Hoxton)
Bollinder Place, EC1V Bollinder Place lies along City Road (Angel)
Bookham Street, N1 Bookham Street disappeared after the Second World War (Hoxton)
Boot Street, EC2A Boot Street leads west from Coronet Street (Old Street)
Bowling Green Walk, N1 Bowling Green Walk is a road in the N1 postcode area (Hoxton)
Braithwaite House, EC1Y Braithwaite House is a block on Bunhill Row (Clerkenwell)
Britannia Gardens, N1 Britannia Gardens once led to the Britannia Theatre (Hoxton)
Britannia Walk, N1 Britannia Walk is one of the streets of London in the N1 postal area
Brunswick Place, EC1V Brunswick Place is a road in the EC1V postcode area (Hoxton)
Bunhill Fields, EC1Y Bunhill Fields is a road in the EC1Y postcode area (Clerkenwell)
Burbage House, EC2A Burbage House is a block on Curtain Road (Shoreditch)
Burnhill House, EC1V Burnhill House is a block on Norman Street (Clerkenwell)
Burtt House, N1 Burtt House is a block on Enfield Cloisters (Hoxton)
Buttesland Street, N1 Buttesland Street is one of the streets of London in the N1 postal area (Hoxton)
Buxton Court, N1 Buxton Court is a block on Windsor Terrace (Hoxton)
Canaletto Tower, N1 Canaletto Tower can be found on City Road (Hoxton)
Catherwood Court, N1 Catherwood Court is a block on Britannia Walk (Hoxton)
Chapel Place, EC2A Chapel Place runs north off Rivington Street (Old Street)
Charles Gardner Court, N1 Charles Gardner Court is a building on Haberdasher Street (Hoxton)
Charles Square, N1 Charles Square is one of the streets of London in the N1 postal area (Hoxton)
Charlotte House, EC2A Charlotte House can be found on Charlotte Road (Shoreditch)
Charlotte Road, EC2A Charlotte Road was at first called Charlotte Street after Queen Charlotte, married to King George III in 1761 (Shoreditch)
Charlotte Street, EC2A Charlotte Street was built in 1763 (Shoreditch)
Charmian House, N1 Charmian House is a block on Crondall Street (Hoxton)
Chart Street, N1 Chart Street is one of the streets of London in the N1 postal area (Hoxton)
Cherbury Street, N1 Cherbury Street is a road in the N1 postcode area (Hoxton)
Christina Street, EC2A Christina Street is one of the streets of London in the EC2A postal area (Shoreditch)
City Forum, EC1V City Forum is one of the streets of London in the EC1V postal area (Clerkenwell)
City Lofts, EC2A City Lofts is one of the streets of London in the EC2A postal area (Shoreditch)
City Road, EC1V City Road is one of the streets of London in the EC1V postal area (Angel)
City Road, EC1Y City Road is one of the streets of London in the EC1Y postal area (Clerkenwell)
Classic House, EC1V Classic House is a block on Old Street (Old Street)
Clere Street, EC2A Clere Street, located near the pre-1965 border between Finsbury and Shoreditch boroughs, had a previous name: Paradise Street (Shoreditch)
Coronet Street, N1 Coronet Street is a road in the EC1V postcode area (Hoxton)
Corsham Street, N1 Corsham Street is one of the streets of London in the N1 postal area (Hoxton)
Cowper Street, EC2A Cowper Street is one of the streets of London in the EC2A postal area (Shoreditch)
Cranwood Street, EC1V Cranwood Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1V postal area (Old Street)
Crondall Street, N1 Crondall Street is one of the older streets of the area (Hoxton)
Cullum Welch Court, N1 Cullum Welch Court is one of the streets of London in the N1 postal area (Hoxton)
Custance House, N1 Custance House is a block on Provost Street (Hoxton)
Custance Street, N1 Custance Street is a road in the N1 postcode area (Hoxton)
Development House, EC2A Development House is a block on Leonard Street (Clerkenwell)
DialaCab House, N1 DialaCab House is a block on East Road (Hoxton)
Dingley Road, EC1V Dingley Road is a road in the EC1V postcode area (Clerkenwell)
East Central House, EC1V East Central House is a block on Lever Street (Clerkenwell)
East Road, N1 East Road is one of the streets of London in the N1 postal area (Hoxton)
Ebenezer Street, EC1V A street within the N1 postcode (Hoxton)
EMA House, EC2A EMA House is a block on Tabernacle Street (Shoreditch)
Enfield Cloisters, N1 Enfield Cloisters is a road in the N1 postcode area (Hoxton)
Entex House, EC1V Entex House is a block on Old Street (Old Street)
Evelyn Court, N1 Evelyn Court can be found on Evelyn Walk (Hoxton)
Evelyn Walk, N1 Evelyn Walk is a road in the N1 postcode area (Hoxton)
Fairchild House, N1 Fairchild House is a block on Fanshaw Street (Hoxton)
Falstaff House, N1 Falstaff House is a block on Regan Way (Hoxton)
Fanshaw House, N1 Fanshaw House is a block on Fanshaw Street (Hoxton)
Fanshaw Street, N1 Named in 1878, this was formerly two streets of which the eastern was East Street and the western Robert Street (see Aske Street) (Hoxton)
Featherstone Street, EC1Y Featherstone Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1Y postal area (Clerkenwell)
Finn House, N1 Finn House can be found on Bevenden Street (Hoxton)
Fullwoods Mews, N1 Fullwoods Mews is one of the streets of London in the N1 postal area (Hoxton)
Galileo Apartments, EC1Y Galileo Apartments is a block on Featherstone Street (Clerkenwell)
Galway Street, EC1V Galway Street was named for the Earl of Galway (Clerkenwell)
Gambier House, EC1V Gambier House is a block on Mora Street (Clerkenwell)
Garden Walk, EC2A Garden Walk is one of the streets of London in the EC2A postal area (Shoreditch)
Garrett Street, EC1Y Garrett Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1Y postal area (Clerkenwell)
Gastigny House, EC1V Gastigny House is a block on Lever Street (Clerkenwell)
Gatesborough Street, EC2A Gatesborough Street is one of the streets of London in the EC2A postal area (Shoreditch)
Godfrey House St Lukes Estate, EC1V Godfrey House is on the St Lukes Estate (Old Street)
Godfrey House, EC1V Godfrey House is a block on Bath Street (Old Street)
Graphite Apartments, N1 Graphite Apartments is a block on Provost Street (Hoxton)
Great Eastern Street, EC2A Great Eastern Street was laid out in 1872-6 (Shoreditch)
Haberdasher Place, N1 A street within the N1 postcode (Hoxton)
Haberdasher Street, N1 Haberdasher Street is one of the streets of London in the N1 postal area (Hoxton)
Halstead Court, N1 Halstead Court is a block on East Road (Hoxton)
Hathaway House, N1 Hathaway House is a block on Aske Street (Hoxton)
Helmet Row, EC1V Helmet Row is one of the streets of London in the EC1V postal area (Clerkenwell)
Hoffman Square, N1 Hoffman Square is one of the streets of London in the N1 postal area (Hoxton)
Holywell Centre, EC2A Holywell Centre is one of the streets of London in the EC2A postal area (Shoreditch)
Homefield Street, N1 A street within the N1 postcode (Hoxton)
Honduras Street, EC1Y Honduras Street dates from the 1810s (Clerkenwell)
Hoxton Market, N1 Hoxton Market is one of the streets of London in the N1 postal area (Hoxton)
Hoxton Square, N1 Hoxton Square is a garden square laid out in 1683 (Hoxton)
Ironmonger Row, EC1V Ironmonger Row is one of the streets of London in the EC1V postal area (Clerkenwell)
Jasper Walk, N1 A street within the N1 postcode (Hoxton)
Karma Yoga House, EC1V A street within the N1 postcode (Hoxton)
Kiffen Street, EC2A Kiffen Street links Leonard Street to Clere Street (Shoreditch)
Lagonier House, EC1V Lagonier House is located on Ironmonger Row (Clerkenwell)
Leonard Street, EC2A Leonard Street is one of the streets of London in the EC2A postal area (Shoreditch)
Lever Street, EC1V Lever Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1V postal area (Clerkenwell)
Lexington Apartments, EC1Y Lexington Apartments is a block on City Road (Clerkenwell)
Linale House, N1 Linale House is a block on Cavendish Street (Hoxton)
Lizard Street, EC1V Lizard Street is a road in the EC1V postcode area (Clerkenwell)
London City House, EC1V London City House is a block on City Road (Clerkenwell)
Lowden Court, N1 Lowden Court is located on Prestwood Street (Hoxton)
Luke Street, EC2A Luke Street is one of the streets of London in the EC2A postal area (Shoreditch)
Maldon Apartments, N1 Maldon Apartments is located on Micawber Street (Hoxton)
Mallow Street, EC1Y Mallow Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1Y postal area (Old Street)
Marie Lloyd House, N1 Marie Lloyd House is a block on Cavendish Street (Hoxton)
Mark Street, EC2A Mark Street is one of the streets of London in the EC2A postal area (Shoreditch)
Marsom House, N1 Marsom House is a block on Murray Grove (Hoxton)
Martha’s Buildings, EC1Y Martha’s Buildings is a road in the EC1V postcode area (Old Street)
Mercury House, N1 Mercury House is a block on Chart Street (Hoxton)
Micawber Court, N1 Micawber Court is located on Windsor Terrace (Hoxton)
Micawber Street, N1 Micawber Street is one of the streets of London in the N1 postal area (Hoxton)
Mill House, EC2A Residential block (Shoreditch)
Mills Court, EC2A Mills Court - or Mill’s Court - lies off Charlotte Road (Shoreditch)
Miranda House, N1 Miranda House is a block on Crondall Street (Hoxton)
Mitchell Street, EC1V Mitchell Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1V postal area (Clerkenwell)
Monmouth House, EC1Y Monmouth House is a block on City Road (Clerkenwell)
Mora Street, EC1V Mora Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1V postal area (Clerkenwell)
Motley Street, Motley Street is an old East End street (Shoreditch)
Mundy Street, N1 A street within the N1 postcode (Hoxton)
Murray Grove, N1 Murray Grove is one of the streets of London in the N1 postal area (Hoxton)
Murton Street, EC1V Murton Street dates from about 1829 (Clerkenwell)
Myrtle Walk, N1 Myrtle Walk was built over the line of Myrtle Street when the Arden Estate was built (Hoxton)
Nena House, EC2A Nena House can be found on Great Eastern Street (Shoreditch)
Norman Street, EC1V Norman Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1V postal area (Clerkenwell)
Old Street, EC1Y Old Street runs west to east from Goswell Road in Clerkenwell to a crossroads in Shoreditch. (Old Street)
Oliver’s Yard, EC2A Oliver’s Yard is a road in the EC2A postcode area (Clerkenwell)
Papyrus House, N1 Papyrus House is a block on Wharf Road (Hoxton)
Parkinson Court, N1 Parkinson Court is a block on Charles Square (Hoxton)
Paton Street, EC1V Paton Street is a road in the EC1V postcode area (Clerkenwell)
Paul Street, EC2A Paul Street is one of the streets of London in the EC2A postal area (Shoreditch)
Peerless Street, EC1V Peerless Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1V postal area (Old Street)
Phipp Street, EC2A Phipp Street is one of the streets of London in the EC2A postal area (Shoreditch)
Phipps Street, EC2A After 1877, the new name for John Street was Phipps Street, EC2 (Shoreditch)
Pimlico Walk, N1 Pimlico Walk was curtailed in length with the coming of the Arden Estate (Hoxton)
Pitfield Street, N1 Pitfield Street is a north-south street running through Islington (Hoxton)
Prestwood Street, N1 A street within the N1 postcode (Hoxton)
Priestley House, EC1V Priestley House is a block on Old Street (Clerkenwell)
Provost & East Building, Provost & East Building lies within the postcode (Hoxton)
Provost Street, N1 Provost Street is one of the streets of London in the N1 postal area (Hoxton)
Quaker Court, EC1Y Quaker Court is a block on Banner Street (Clerkenwell)
Radnor Street, EC1V Radnor Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1V postal area (Clerkenwell)
Ravey Street, EC2A Ravey Street is one of the streets of London in the EC2A postal area (Shoreditch)
Regent Apartments, N1 Regent Apartments can be found on Wenlock Road (Hoxton)
Rivington House, EC2A Rivington House is a block on Great Eastern Street (Shoreditch)
Rivington Street, EC2A Rivington Street is one of the streets of London in the EC2A postal area (Old Street)
Roby House, EC1V Roby House is sited on Mitchell Street (Clerkenwell)
Royal Oak Court, N1 Royal Oak Court is a block on Ashford Street (Hoxton)
Rufus Street, N1 Rufus Street is one of the streets of London in the N1 postal area (Hoxton)
Sebastian House, N1 Sebastian House can be found on Aske Street (Hoxton)
Shepherdess Building, N1 A street within the N1 postcode (Hoxton)
Shepherdess Place, N1 Shepherdess Place is one of the streets of London in the N1 postal area (Hoxton)
Shepherdess Walk, N1 Shepherdess Walk is one of the streets of London in the N1 postal area (Hoxton)
Silbury Street, N1 A street within the N1 postcode (Hoxton)
Silicon Way, N1 A street within the N1 postcode (Hoxton)
Singer Street, EC1V Singer Street is one of the streets of London in the EC2A postal area (Shoreditch)
Singer Street, EC1V Singer Street is a road in the EC1V postcode area (Old Street)
Spenlow Apartments, N1 Spenlow Apartments is a block on Wenlock Road (Hoxton)
Square Studio, N1 A street within the N1 postcode (Hoxton)
Standard Place, EC2A Standard Place is one of the streets of London in the EC2A postal area (Shoreditch)
Sturt Street, N1 A street within the N1 postcode (Hoxton)
Summit House, EC2A Summit House is a block on Great Eastern Street (Shoreditch)
Symister Mews, N1 A street within the N1 postcode (Hoxton)
Tabernacle Street, EC2A Tabernacle Street was where George Whitefield’s ’Tabernacle’ was built by his supporters after he separated from Wesley in 1741. (Shoreditch)
Taplow Street, N1 Taplow Street is one of the streets of London in the N1 postal area (Hoxton)
Telephone House, EC2A Telephone House is a block on Paul Street (Shoreditch)
Thaxted Court, N1 Thaxted Court is located on Murray Grove (Hoxton)
The Bezier Apartments, EC1Y The Bezier Apartments is a block on City Road (Old Street)
Thoresby House, N1 Thoresby House is a block on Thoresby Street (Hoxton)
Thoresby Street, N1 Thoresby Street is one of the streets of London in the N1 postal area (Hoxton)
Tilney Court, EC1Y Tilney Court lies off of Old Street (Clerkenwell)
Timber Street, EC1Y Timber Street was formerly called Norway Street (Clerkenwell)
Touchard House, N1 Touchard House is a block on Charles Square (Hoxton)
Underwood Row, N1 Underwood Row is one of the streets of London in the N1 postal area (Hoxton)
Underwood Street, N1 Underwood Street is one of the streets of London in the N1 postal area (Hoxton)
Vestry Street, N1 Vestry Street is one of the streets of London in the N1 postal area (Hoxton)
Victoria House, EC1V A street within the EC1V postcode (Hoxton)
Vince Court, N1 Vince Court is a block on Charles Square (Old Street)
Vince Street, EC1V Vince Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1V postal area (Old Street)
Waterloo Street, EC1V Waterloo Street once ran from Lever Street to Radnor Street (Clerkenwell)
Wellesley Terrace, N1 A street within the N1 postcode (Clerkenwell)
Wenlake House, EC1V Wenlake House is a block on Old Street (Clerkenwell)
Wenlock Court, N1 Wenlock Court can be found on Evelyn Walk (Hoxton)
Wenlock Mews, N1 A street within the N1 postcode (Hoxton)
Westland Place, N1 Westland Place is one of the streets of London in the N1 postal area (Hoxton)
Wharf Road, N1 Wharf Road is one of the streets of London in the N1 postal area (Hoxton)
Wilkins Apartments, N1 Wilkins Apartments is a building on Prestwood Street (Hoxton)
Willen House, EC1V Willen House is a block on Bath Street (Clerkenwell)
Willow Court, EC2A Willow Court is one of the streets of London in the EC2A postal area (Shoreditch)
Willow Street, EC2A Willow Street is one of the streets of London in the EC2A postal area (Shoreditch)
Windsor Terrace, N1 Windsor Terrace is one of the streets of London in the N1 postal area (Hoxton)
Winkworth Court, N1 Winkworth Court is a block on Brunswick Place (Hoxton)
Works House, N1 Works House is a block on Brunswick Place (Hoxton)
Zeus House 16-30, EC2A A street within the EC2A postcode (Shoreditch)
Zeus House, N1 Zeus House is a block on Provost Street (Hoxton)


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St Lukes Hospital for Lunatics, London
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The northern edge of Tudor London (1520) Moorgate was an old gate in London’s city wall, situated to the west of where the River Walbrook - a long lost river of London - crossed into the city. The Walbrook ran between the two main hills of the city: Ludgate Hill to the west and Cornhill to the east. It rose in the Shoreditch area and flowed into the Thames. By Tudor times, the Walbrook had been culverted within the city but still ran in open country outside the wall. After the river crossed London Wall and flowed into the City, it was bricked over since it had long since turned into a sewer there. Outside the London Wall, the open Walbrook would regularly flood the low-lying area to the north making building difficult. William Fitzstephen described the "great fen which washed against the northern wall of the City". So whereas London slowly spread to the west and the east, the marshy conditions of Moorfields hindered urbanisation to the north. The marsh covered much of the Manor of Finsbury - the name of the district immediately to the north of the city of London whose placename "Finsbury" derives from the word "fen". London’s Wall seems to have acted as a dam, restricting the flow of the river and adding to the area of marshland. As the Walbrook north of the wall was culverted in time, this slowly opened up the hitherto marshy land for building. None of Moorfields remains now - lending its name to the eye hospital and little else.
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St Lukes Hospital for Lunatics, London
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The gravestone of English poet William Blake in Bunhill Fields Burial Ground
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Shepherd’s Place archway (built c. 1810), and Tenter Street (c. 1820) in 1909
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Crondall Street is one of the older streets of the Somers Town area. As Gloucester Street it had already appeared on Rocque’s 1750s map. By the time of the 1830 map, New Gloucester Street extended it westwards. The NW1 area has many other examples of this building style.
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Pitfield Street (1896)
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Street scene in Hoxton. The location may be Boot Street, adjacent to Hoxton Market
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Looking down Bookham Street from the New North Road (1956) Bookham Street disappeared from the map just after the photo was taken
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Royal Oak, Waterloo Street in the early 1960s. Waterloo Street once ran from Lever Street to Radnor Street. The original street dates from around 1829 and like other streets of similar name, commemorates Wellington’s 1815 victory. The whole area was redeveloped for the Pleydell Estate in 1965.
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