Tait Building, EC1R

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Tait Building is a block on Ashby Street.



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Sandra Field   
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.

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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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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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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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Sandra Field   
Added: 15 Apr 2023 16:17 GMT   

Masons Place, EC1V
Date of Removal order is 4th Oct 1875

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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
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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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Amias Place, EC1Y Amias Place was formerly George Yard (Clerkenwell)
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Bastwick Street, EC1V Bastwick Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1V postal area (Clerkenwell)
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Book House, N1 Book House is a block on City Road (Angel)
Boreas Walk, N1 A street within the N1 postcode (Angel)
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Brewhouse Yard, EC1V Brewhouse Yard is one of the streets of London in the EC1V postal area (Clerkenwell)
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Canaletto Tower, N1 Canaletto Tower can be found on City Road (Hoxton)
Catherine Griffiths Court, EC1R Catherine Griffiths Court is a road in the EC1R postcode area (Clerkenwell)
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Central Street, EC1V Central Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1V postal area (Clerkenwell)
Chadwell Street, EC1R Chadwell Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1R postal area (Pentonville)
Charles Townsend House, EC1R Charles Townsend House is a block on Finsbury Estate (Finsbury)
Chronicle Tower, N1 Chronicle Tower is sited on City Road (Angel)
City Forum, EC1V City Forum is one of the streets of London in the EC1V postal area (Clerkenwell)
City Garden Row, N1 City Garden Row is one of the streets of London in the N1 postal area (Angel)
City Road, EC1V City Road is one of the streets of London in the EC1V postal area (Angel)
City Walk Apartments, EC1V City Walk Apartments is sited on Seward Street (Clerkenwell)
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Claremont Street, EC1R A street within the N1 postcode (Angel)
Clerkenwell Close, EC1R Clerkenwell Close is one of the streets of London in the EC1R postal area (Clerkenwell)
College Building, EC1R College Building is a block on Northampton Square (Finsbury)
Comice Apartments, EC1V Comice Apartments is a building on Pear Tree Street (Clerkenwell)
Compton Street, EC1V Compton Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1V postal area (Clerkenwell)
Coombs Street, N1 A street within the N1 postcode (Angel)
Corporation Row, EC1R Corporation Row is a road in the EC1R postcode area (Finsbury)
Crayle House, EC1V Crayle House is sited on Cyrus Street (Clerkenwell)
Cyrus House, EC1V Cyrus House is located on Cyrus Street (Clerkenwell)
Cyrus Street, EC1V Cyrus Street is possibly after the Persian king of this name (Clerkenwell)
Dalby House, EC1V Dalby House is a block on City Road (Angel)
Dallington Street, EC1V Dallington Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1V postal area (Clerkenwell)
Davina House, EC1V Davina House is a block on Goswell Road (Clerkenwell)
Dingley Road, EC1V Dingley Road is a road in the EC1V postcode area (Clerkenwell)
Drysdale Building, EC1R Drysdale Building can be found on Spencer Street (Finsbury)
Earnshaw House, EC1V Earnshaw House is a block on Percival Street (Finsbury)
East Central House, EC1V East Central House is a block on Lever Street (Clerkenwell)
Edward House, EC1V Edward House is a block on Wakley Street (Angel)
Elia Mews, EC1V Elia Mews is a road in the N1 postcode area (Angel)
Fable Apartments, N1 Fable Apartments is a block on City Road (Angel)
Falcon Court, N1 Falcon Court is a block on City Garden Row (Angel)
Friend Street, EC1V Friend Street is a road in the EC1V postcode area (Finsbury)
Gard Street, EC1V Gard Street is a road in the EC1V postcode area (Clerkenwell)
Gastigny House, EC1V Gastigny House is a block on Lever Street (Clerkenwell)
Gee Street, EC1V Gee Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1V postal area (Clerkenwell)
Gloucester Building, EC1R Gloucester Building is a block on Whiskin Street (Finsbury)
Gloucester Way, EC1R Gloucester Way is one of the streets of London in the EC1R postal area (Finsbury)
Goswell Place Building, EC1R Goswell Place Building is located on Ashby Street (Finsbury)
Goswell Place, EC1V Goswell Place lies off Goswell Street (Clerkenwell)
Goswell Road, EC1V Goswell Road is one of the streets of London in the EC1V postal area (Clerkenwell)
Green Man Tower, EC1V Green Man Tower can be found on Goswell Road (Angel)
Grimthorpe House, EC1V Grimthorpe House is a building on Agdon Street (Clerkenwell)
Hall Street, EC1V Hall Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1V postal area (Angel)
Hardwick Street, EC1R Hardwick Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1R postal area (Finsbury)
Harold Laski House, EC1V Harold Laski House is a block on Percival Street (Finsbury)
Haverstock Place, EC1V A street within the N1 postcode (Angel)
Haverstock Street, EC1V Haverstock Street is a road in the N1 postcode area (Angel)
Helmet Row, EC1V Helmet Row is one of the streets of London in the EC1V postal area (Clerkenwell)
Hermit Street, EC1V Hermit Street links Friend Street with Rawstorne Street (Finsbury)
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Joseph Trotter Close, EC1R Joseph Trotter Close is one of the streets of London in the EC1R postal area (Finsbury)
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Kingsway Place, EC1R Kingsway Place is one of the streets of London in the EC1R postal area (Finsbury)
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Leo Yard, EC1V Leo Yard is one of the streets of London in the EC1V postal area (Clerkenwell)
Lever Street, EC1V Lever Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1V postal area (Clerkenwell)
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Lloyds Row, EC1R Lloyds Row is a road in the EC1R postcode area (Finsbury)
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Malta Street, EC1V This is a street in the EC1V postcode area (Clerkenwell)
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Masons Place, EC1V Masons Place is a road in the EC1V postcode area (Clerkenwell)
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Meredith Street, EC1R Meredith Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1R postal area (Finsbury)
Micawber Street, N1 Micawber Street is one of the streets of London in the N1 postal area (Hoxton)
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Midway House, EC1V Midway House is a block on Spencer Street (Finsbury)
Mitchell Street, EC1V Mitchell Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1V postal area (Clerkenwell)
Moorgreen House, EC1V Moorgreen House is a block on Earlstoke Street (Finsbury)
Moreland Street, EC1V Moreland Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1V postal area (Angel)
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Myddelton Passage, EC1R Myddelton Passage is an alleyway with an interesting story (Finsbury)
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Myddelton Street, EC1R Myddelton Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1R postal area (Finsbury)
Nelson Place, N1 A street within the N1 postcode (Angel)
Nelson Terrace, EC1V Nelson Terrace is a road in the EC1V postcode area (Angel)
Newington Close, EC1R This is a street in the EC1R postcode area (Finsbury)
Norman Street, EC1V Norman Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1V postal area (Clerkenwell)
Northampton Road, EC1R Northampton Road is one of the streets of London in the EC1R postal area (Finsbury)
Northampton Square, EC1V Northampton Square is a square between Finsbury and Clerkenwell, located between Goswell Road and St John Street (Finsbury)
Northburgh House, EC1V Northburgh House is a building on Northburgh Street (Clerkenwell)
Oakley Crescent, EC1V Oakley Crescent is one of the streets of London in the EC1V postal area (Angel)
Orchard Building, EC1V Orchard Building is a block on Pear Tree Street (Clerkenwell)
Owen Street, EC1V Owen Street is a road in the EC1V postcode area (Angel)
Owen’s Row, EC1V Owen’s Row is a road in the EC1V postcode area (Finsbury)
Paget Street, EC1V Paget Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1V postal area (Finsbury)
Paper Mill Buildings, EC1V A street within the N1 postcode (Angel)
Papyrus House, N1 Papyrus House is a block on Wharf Road (Hoxton)
Paramount Building, EC1V Paramount Building is a block on St John Street (Clerkenwell)
Pardon Street, EC1V Pardon Street was named after Pardon Chapel, founded in the wake of the Black Death in 1348. (Clerkenwell)
Parkes Building, EC1R Parkes Building is a building on Sebastian Street (Finsbury)
Partridge House, EC1V Partridge House is a block on Malta Street (Clerkenwell)
Paton Street, EC1V Paton Street is a road in the EC1V postcode area (Clerkenwell)
Patrick Coman House, EC1R Patrick Coman House is a block on Meredith Street (Finsbury)
Pear Tree Street, EC1V Pear Tree Street connects Central Street and Goswell Road (Clerkenwell)
Percival Street, EC1V Percival Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1V postal area (Finsbury)
Peregrine House, EC1V Peregrine House is a block on Hall Street (Angel)
Pickfords Wharf, N1 Pickfords Wharf is a road in the N1 postcode area (Hoxton)
President House, EC1V President House is a block on King Square (Clerkenwell)
Prestwood Street, N1 A street within the N1 postcode (Hoxton)
Priestley House, EC1V Priestley House is a block on Old Street (Clerkenwell)
Priory House, EC1R Priory House is located on Sans Walk (Clerkenwell)
Rawstorne Place, EC1V Rawstorne Place is one of the streets of London in the EC1V postal area (Finsbury)
Rawstorne Street, EC1V Rawstorne Street was named after a local 18th century bricklayer called Thomas Rawstorne (Finsbury)
Regent Apartments, N1 Regent Apartments can be found on Wenlock Road (Hoxton)
Remington Road, N1 A street within the N1 postcode (Angel)
Remington Street, EC1V Remington Street is a road in the N1 postcode area (Angel)
Roby House, EC1V Roby House is sited on Mitchell Street (Clerkenwell)
Roman House, EC1V Roman House can be found on City Road (Angel)
Rosoman Place, EC1R Rosoman Place is one of the streets of London in the EC1R postal area (Finsbury)
Rosoman Street, EC1R Rosoman Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1R postal area (Finsbury)
Sadler House, EC1V Sadler House is a block on Rosebery Avenue (Finsbury)
Sans Walk, EC1R Sans Walk was named after Edward Sans in 1893, who was then the oldest member of the local parish vestry (Clerkenwell)
Sans Works, EC1R Sans Works is one of the streets of London in the EC1R postal area (Finsbury)
Scotswood Street, EC1R Scotswood Street is a road in the EC1R postcode area (Clerkenwell)
Seatem House, EC1V Seatem House is a block on Moreland Street (Clerkenwell)
Sebastian House, EC1V Sebastian House is sited on Sebastian Street (Finsbury)
Sebastian Street, EC1V Sebastian Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1V postal area (Finsbury)
Sekforde Court, EC1R Sekforde Court is one of the streets of London in the EC1V postal area (Clerkenwell)
Sekforde Street, EC1R Sekforde Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1R postal area (Clerkenwell)
Seward Street, EC1V Seward Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1V postal area (Clerkenwell)
Sidney Grove, EC1V Sidney Grove is one of the streets of London in the EC1V postal area (Angel)
Skinner Street, EC1R Skinner Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1R postal area (Finsbury)
Social Sciences Building, EC1R Social Sciences Building is a block on Myddleton Street (Finsbury)
Spencer Street, EC1V Spencer Street is a road in the EC1V postcode area (Finsbury)
Spenlow Apartments, N1 Spenlow Apartments is a block on Wenlock Road (Hoxton)
St John Street, EC1V St John Street runs from Finsbury to Farringdon (Clerkenwell)
St John Street, EC1V The northern section of St John Street was confusingly, before the 20th century, named Saint John Street Road (Finsbury)
Sturt Street, N1 A street within the N1 postcode (Hoxton)
Tait Building, EC1R Tait Building is a block on Ashby Street (Finsbury)
Telfer House, EC1V Telfer House is a block on Lever Street (Clerkenwell)
The Laboratory Building, EC1R The Laboratory Building is a block on Rosebery Avenue (Finsbury)
The Market Building, EC1R The Market Building is sited on Rosebery Avenue (Finsbury)
Theseus Walk, N1 Theseus Walk is one of the streets of London in the N1 postal area (Angel)
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)
Tompion House, EC1V Tompion House is located on Cyrus Street (Clerkenwell)
Tompion Street, EC1V Tompion Street is a road in the EC1V postcode area (Finsbury)
Tunbridge House, EC1R Tunbridge House is sited on St John Street (Finsbury)
Tunbridge House, EC1V Tunbridge House is a block on St John Street (Finsbury)
Turnpike House, EC1V Turnpike House is a building on King Square (Clerkenwell)
Tysoe Street, EC1R Tysoe Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1R postal area (Finsbury)
University Building, EC1R University Building is a block on Spencer Street (Finsbury)
Wakley Street, EC1V Wakley Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1V postal area (Angel)
Waterloo Street, EC1V Waterloo Street once ran from Lever Street to Radnor Street (Clerkenwell)
Waterside, N1 Waterside is one of the streets of London in the N1 postal area (Hoxton)
Wells House, EC1R Wells House is a block on Lloyds Row (Finsbury)
Wenlake House, EC1V Wenlake House is a block on Old Street (Clerkenwell)
Wenlock Mews, N1 A street within the N1 postcode (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)
Windsor Terrace, N1 Windsor Terrace is one of the streets of London in the N1 postal area (Hoxton)
Woodbridge Street, EC1R Woodbridge Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1R postal area (Clerkenwell)
Worthington House, EC1R Worthington House is located on Myddelton Passage (Finsbury)
Wyclif House, EC1V Wyclif House is a block on St John Street (Finsbury)
Wyclif Street, EC1V Wyclif Street is a road in the EC1V postcode area (Finsbury)
Wynyatt Street, EC1V Wynyatt Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1V postal area (Finsbury)


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The Grand Theatre, Islington High Street (1903) The new Grand Theatre - the fourth theatre on the site - was opened on 26 December 1900 with a production of the pantomime ’Robinson Crusoe’. The Huddersfield Daily reported the next day: "Nearing the end of the first performance of ’Robinson Crusoe’ at the Grand Theatre, Islington, on Wednesday, a fire broke out. From all parts of the house an alarm was raised. All present rose to their feet as large pieces of inflammable material were seen dropping from flies. The fire-proof curtain was promptly lowered, and the band struck up the National Anthem. The actors and actresses crowded into the stage boxes. Mr. Jones, playing ’Friday,’ clambered on to the stage from the front and appealed to the audience not to rush for the doors as there was no danger. Then Mr. Charles Townley, the author, came forward explaining that the management, owing to the electric installations not being completed, had used gas batten, and one of the sky borders had unfortunately caught fire. The officials had shown their efficiency by the celerity with which the fire had been extinguished. This is the fourth fire that has occurred at this theatre, and Wednesday’s was the first performance given since the building was gutted some few months back." Thankfully the fire was quickly put out and the performance continued, and the Theatre would go on to stage pantomime, drama, and variety productions until it was renamed the Islington Empire in 1908.
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The third Grand Theatre, Islington (1903). This was built on the site of the former Philharmonic Hall and two previous Grand Theatres
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Islington Horse and Cattle market at the turn of the twentieth century.
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The Grand Theatre, Islington High Street (1903) The new Grand Theatre - the fourth theatre on the site - was opened on 26 December 1900 with a production of the pantomime ’Robinson Crusoe’. The Huddersfield Daily reported the next day: "Nearing the end of the first performance of ’Robinson Crusoe’ at the Grand Theatre, Islington, on Wednesday, a fire broke out. From all parts of the house an alarm was raised. All present rose to their feet as large pieces of inflammable material were seen dropping from flies. The fire-proof curtain was promptly lowered, and the band struck up the National Anthem. The actors and actresses crowded into the stage boxes. Mr. Jones, playing ’Friday,’ clambered on to the stage from the front and appealed to the audience not to rush for the doors as there was no danger. Then Mr. Charles Townley, the author, came forward explaining that the management, owing to the electric installations not being completed, had used gas batten, and one of the sky borders had unfortunately caught fire. The officials had shown their efficiency by the celerity with which the fire had been extinguished. This is the fourth fire that has occurred at this theatre, and Wednesday’s was the first performance given since the building was gutted some few months back." Thankfully the fire was quickly put out and the performance continued, and the Theatre would go on to stage pantomime, drama, and variety productions until it was renamed the Islington Empire in 1908.
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The Angel, Islington (c.1890)
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Great Arthur House, at the centre of the Golden Lane Estate, was the tallest residential building in Britain at the time of its construction.
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Sadler House on the Spa Green Estate from Rosebery Avenue (2011) The ’organic’ connection between old and new buildings intended by architect Berthold Lubetkin at Spa Green.
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At the corner of Clerkenwell Road and Goswell Road sits the Hat and Feathers. It was built on the site of an earlier tavern around 1860 for owner James Leask. It was designed by William Finch Hill who specialised in music halls and pubs.
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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).
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Clerkenwell Green (1898) The water fountain shown here became public toilets.
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Mandeville Houses, Mantell Street, Islington. Looking south-west, c. 1930. E.C.P. Monson & Partners were the architects in 1927. It was demolished in 1980 to built a Sainsbury’s.
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