Peabody Square, SE1

Road in/near Newington, existing between 1871 and now

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Peabody Square was a traditional Peabody estate constructed in 1871 but subsequently modernised.

By 1870 Blackfriars Road and the surrounding area had been overwhelmingly urban for more than 50 years. The population was at its peak and the population density was increasing as housing gave way to new railways from London Bridge to Charing Cross and Canon Street, and to expanding industrial concerns.

Strict tenancy terms and relatively high rents show that the landlords were not providing for the poorer section of the market and were careful to ensure a required return on their investment.

The quality of housing fell dramatically and the area had one of the worst records for unsanitary conditions and mortality rates.

Peabody Square was not the first example of purpose-built model dwellings built on a (part) philanthropic basis, but it was certainly the largest.

The grounds are particularly attractive - these were improved by Peabody in 2001.


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Bruce McTavish   
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.

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Born here
sam   
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

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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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Christ Church, Lambeth Christ Church was founded by the Rev Dr Christopher Newman Hall in 1876 as a Congregational chapel on Westminster Bridge Road.
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Lambeth North Lambeth North is the area surrounding the Imperial War Museum.
Lower Marsh Market Lower Marsh Market is in the Waterloo area of London.
Morley College Morley College is an adult education college in south London.
St George’s Cathedral The Metropolitan Cathedral Church of St George, usually known as St George’s Cathedral, Southwark is the cathedral of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Southwark.
The Angel The Angel was a public house in Webber Street.
The Ring The Ring was a boxing stadium which once stood on Blackfriars Road in Southwark.

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Alaska Street, SE1 Alaska Street is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area (Waterloo)
Applegarth House, SE1 Residential block
Argent Street, SE1 Silver Street connected Orange Street (now Copperfield Street) and Loman Street
Barbel Street, SE1 Barbel Street is a road in the SE1 postcode area (Lambeth North)
Barkham Terrace, SE1 A street within the SE1 postcode (Lambeth North)
Barons Place, SE1 Barons Place is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area (Waterloo)
Baylis Road, SE1 Baylis Road runs between Westminster Bridge Road and Waterloo Road (Waterloo)
Bazeley House, SE1 Bazeley House is located on Library Street (Newington)
Belvedere Buildings, SE1 Belvedere Buildings is a road in the SE1 postcode area
Benson House, SE1 Benson House is located on Hatfields (Southwark)
Blackfriars Foundry 154-156, SE1 A street within the SE1 postcode
Blackfriars Road, SE1 Blackfriars Road runs between St George’s Circus at the southern end and Blackfriars Bridge over the River Thames at the northern end, leading to the City of London. (Southwark)
Borough Road, SE1 Borough Road runs east-west between St George’s Circus and Borough High Street (Newington)
Boundary Row, SE1 Boundary Row is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area
Boyfield Street, SE1 Boyfield Street is a road in the SE1 postcode area
Braque Building, SE1 Braque Building is a building on Ewer Street
Brookwood House, SE1 Brookwood House is a building on Webber Street
Buckstone Apartments, SE1 Buckstone Apartments is a block on Blackfriars Road (Newington)
Burdett Street, SE1 Burdett Street is a road in the SE1 postcode area (Lambeth North)
Burrows Mews, SE1 Burrows Mews is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area
Cabanel Apartments, SE1 Cabanel Apartments is a block on Milcote Street (Newington)
Caxton House, SE1 Caxton House is a block on Borough Road (Newington)
Chaplin Close, SE1 A street within the SE1 postcode (Waterloo)
Clandon House, SE1 Clandon House is located on Boyfield Street
Cole House, SE1 Cole House is a block on Tanswell Street (Waterloo)
Collinson Walk, SE1 Collinson Walk is a road in the SE1 postcode area
Colnbrook Street, SE1 Colnbrook Street is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area (Newington)
Conquest Apartments, SE1 Conquest Apartments is sited on Blackfriars Road (Newington)
Cons Street, SE1 Emma Cons was the founder of the Royal Victoria Coffee Music Hall, that later became known as the Old Vic (Waterloo)
Cooper Close, SE1 Cooper Close is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area (Waterloo)
Copperfield Street, SE1 Copperfield Street was named after the novel David Copperfield by Charles Dickens, by association with nearby Dickens Square
Coral Street, SE1 Coral Street is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area (Waterloo)
Cornwall Flats, SE1 Cornwall Flats is a block on Cornwall Road (Waterloo)
Cosser Street, SE1 Cosser Street is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area (Lambeth North)
Cottesloe Mews, SE1 A street within the SE1 postcode (Lambeth North)
Delphini Apartments, SE1 Delphini Apartments can be found on Blackfriars Road (Newington)
Dibdin Apartments, SE1 Dibdin Apartments is located on Blackfriars Road
Dibdin Row, SE1 A street within the SE1 postcode (Lambeth North)
Dodson Street, SE1 Dodson Street is a road in the SE1 postcode area (Waterloo)
Doreen Ramsey Court, SE1 Doreen Ramsey Court is a block on The Cut (Waterloo)
Ellis Apartments, SE1 Ellis Apartments is a block on Milcote Street (Newington)
Ernst Building, SE1 Ernst Building is a block on Union Street
Ethelm House, SE1 Ethelm House is a block on Cornwall Road (Waterloo)
Fifth Floor Valentine Place, SE1 A street within the SE1 postcode
Frazier Street, SE1 Frazier Street is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area (Waterloo)
Friars House, SE1 Friars House is a block on Blackfriars Road
Gambia Street, SE1 Gambia Street - then called William Street - was already on the 1800 maps of London
Garden Row, SE1 Garden Row is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area (Newington)
Gardiner House, SE1 Gardiner House is a block on Borough Road (Newington)
Gare Apartments, SE1 A street within the SE1 postcode
Gaunt Street, SE1 Gaunt Street is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area (Elephant and Castle)
Gay Street, SE1 Gay Street is a road in the SW15 postcode area
Gaywood Street, SE1 Gaywood Street is a road in the SE1 postcode area (Elephant and Castle)
Gerridge Street, SE1 Gerridge Street is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area (Waterloo)
Gibbings House, SE1 Gibbings House can be found on King James Street (Newington)
Glade Path, SE1 A street within the SE1 postcode (Newington)
Gladstone Street, SE1 Gladstone Street was built in the 1840s (Newington)
Glasshill Street, SE1 Glasshill Street is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area (Greater London)
Global House, SE1 Global House is a building on Great Suffolk Street (Greater London)
Globe View House, SE1 Globe View House is a block on Blackfriars Road
Granby Place, SE1 A street within the SE1 postcode (Waterloo)
Gray Street, SE1 Gray Street is a road in the SE1 postcode area (Waterloo)
Great Suffolk Street, SE1 Great Suffolk Street was at one time called Dirty Lane
Greenham Close, SE1 Greenham Close is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area (Lambeth North)
Helen Gladstone House, SE1 Helen Gladstone House is a block on Nelson Square
Hercules Road, SE1 Hercules Road runs north from Lambeth Road near Lambeth Palace, on the site of Penlington Place (Lambeth North)
Hermes House, SE1 Hermes House is a block on Blackfriars Road
Holmes Terrace, SE1 A street within the SE1 postcode (Waterloo)
Hunter House, SE1 Hunter House is a block on King James Street (Newington)
Joan Street, SE1 Jane Street became Joan Street in 1937 (Southwark)
Johanna Street, SE1 Johanna Street is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area (Waterloo)
Kell Street, SE1 Kell Street is a road in the SE1 postcode area (Newington)
Kennington Road, SE1 A small section of Kennington Road lies in the SE1 postal area (Lambeth North)
Keyworth Street, SE1 Keyworth Street is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area (Newington)
King Edward Walk, SE1 King Edward Walk is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area (Lambeth North)
King James Court, SE1 King James Court leads off King James Street
King James Street, SE1 King James Street is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area (Newington)
Kings Bench Street, SE1 Kings Bench Street is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area
Lagare Apartments, SE1 Lagare Apartments is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area
Lake House, SE1 Lake House is a block on Scovell Road
Lambeth Road, SE1 Lambeth Road is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area (Lambeth North)
Lancaster Street, SE1 Lancaster Street is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area (Newington)
Larch House, SE1 A street within the SE1 postcode (Waterloo)
Launcelot Street, SE1 Launcelot Street is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area (Waterloo)
Lefroy House, SE1 Lefroy House is a block on Collinson Street
Library Street, SE1 Library Street is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area (Newington)
Lingfield House, SE1 Lingfield House is a block on Lancaster Street (Newington)
Linton House, SE1 Linton House is a block on Union Street
Loman Street, SE1 Loman Street is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area
London Road, SE1 London Road is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area (Newington)
Lower Marsh, SE1 Lower Marsh is an 18th century street in the Waterloo neighbourhood (Waterloo)
Lumiere Court, SE1 Lumiere Court is sited on Lancaster Street (Newington)
Markstone House, SE1 Markstone House is a block on Lancaster Street
Mathieson Court, SE1 Mathieson Court is a block on King James Street (Newington)
McAuley Close, SE1 McAuley Close runs north from Cosser Street (Lambeth North)
Mead Row, SE1 A street within the SE1 postcode (Lambeth North)
Merrow Street, SE1 Merrow Street is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area
Metro House, SE1 Metro House can be found on Blackfriars Road (Southwark)
Milcote Street, SE1 Milcote Street is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area (Newington)
Mitre Road, SE1 Mitre Road is a road in the SE1 postcode area (Waterloo)
Morley Street, SE1 Morley Street is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area (Waterloo)
Munro House, SE1 Munro House can be found on Murphy Street (Waterloo)
Muro Court, SE1 Muro Court is a block on Milcote Street (Newington)
Murphy Street, SE1 Murphy Street is a road in the SE1 postcode area (Waterloo)
Nelson Square, SE1 Nelson Square is a road in the SE1 postcode area
Newington Causeway, SE1 Newington Causeway appears to have been so named in the middle of the 18th century (Elephant and Castle)
Newington Court, SE1 Newington Court is a block on Newington Court (Newington)
Newman House, SE1 Newman House is a block on Garden Row (Newington)
Newnham Terrace, SE1 Newnham Terrace is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area (Lambeth North)
Oakey Lane, SE1 This is a street in the SE1 postcode area (Lambeth North)
Oakley Street, SE1 Gibson Street was called Oakley Street after 1877 (Waterloo)
Olwen House, SE1 Olwen House is sited on Loman Street
Ontario Street, SE1 Ontario Street is a road in the SE1 postcode area (Elephant and Castle)
Oreilly Street, SE1 A street within the SE1 postcode (Waterloo)
Palestra House, SE1 Palestra House is a block on Blackfriars Road
Patrick Court, SE1 Patrick Court is a block on Webber Street
Peabody Square, SE1 Peabody Square was a traditional Peabody estate constructed in 1871 but subsequently modernised (Newington)
Pear Place, SE1 Pear Place was formerly Peartree Street (Waterloo)
Pearman Street, SE1 Pearman Street is one of the centres of London (Lambeth North)
Pegasus House, SE1 Pegasus House is a block on Great Suffolk Street (Greater London)
Pepper Street, SE1 Pepper Street is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area
Perspective Building, SE1 Perspective Building is a block on Westminster Bridge Road (Lambeth North)
Pioneer/Signal Building, SE1 Pioneer/Signal Building is a block on Newington Causeway (Elephant and Castle)
Pocock Street, SE1 Pocock Street is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area
Pontypool Place, SE1 Pontypool Place is a road in the SE1 postcode area (Waterloo)
Prospect House, SE1 Prospect House is a block on Gaywood Street (Elephant and Castle)
Rankine House, SE1 Rankine House is a block on Bath Terrace (Elephant and Castle)
Reeves House, SE1 Reeves House is a block on Baylis Road (Waterloo)
Risborough Street, SE1 Risborough Street is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area
Rosler Building, SE1 Rosler Building is a block on Ewer Street
Rotary Street, SE1 Rotary Street runs from Borough Road to Thomas Doyle Street (Newington)
Rowland Hill House, SE1 Rowland Hill House is a block on Union Street
Rushworth Street, SE1 Rushworth Street is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area
Sandell Street, SE1 Sandell Street is named after a Mr Sandell, who owned warehouses here in the 1860s (Waterloo)
Santley House, SE1 Santley House can be found on Frazier Street (Waterloo)
Sawyer Street, SE1 Sawyer Street is named after Bob Sawyer, a character in the novel The Pickwick Papers by local resident Charles Dickens
Scovell Crescent, SE1 Scovell Crescent is a road in the SE1 postcode area (Newington)
Scovell Road, SE1 Scovell Road is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area (Newington)
Short Street, SE1 Short Street is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area (Waterloo)
Silex Street, SE1 Silex Street is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area
Skipton House, SE1 Skipton House is a block on London Road (Elephant and Castle)
Smale House, SE1 Smale House is sited on Great Suffolk Street (Greater London)
South Bank Technopark, SE1 A street within the SE1 postcode (Newington)
Spur Road, SE1 A street within the SE1 postcode (Waterloo)
St Alphege House, SE1 Residential block
St George’s Court, SE1 St George’s Court is a block on Garden Row (Newington)
St Georges Cottages, SE1 St Georges Cottages is noted as a previous address at this approximate location
St Georges Road, SE1 St Georges Road is one of the main thoroughfares of south London (Newington)
St George’s Circus, SE1 St Georges Circus is a junction where six major roads meet (Newington)
St. Georges Mews, SE1 St George’s Mews lies off of Westminster Bridge Road (Lambeth North)
Station Approach, SE1 Station Approach serves Waterloo station (Waterloo)
Steam Pump Lane, SE1 Steam Pump Lane is a road in the W4 postcode area (Lambeth)
Stopher House, SE1 Stopher House is a block on Webber Street
Sudrey Street, SE1 Sudrey Street was formerly Little Suffolk Street
Surrey Row, SE1 Surrey Row is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area
Surrey Rowe, SE1 Surrey Rowe is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area
Tanswell Street, SE1 Tanswell Street is a road in the SE1 postcode area (Waterloo)
Tarn Street, SE1 Tarn Street is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area (Elephant and Castle)
Telford House, SE1 Telford House is located on Tiverton Street (Elephant and Castle)
The Balcony, SE1 A street within the SE1 postcode (Waterloo)
The Chandlery, SE1 The Chandlery is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area (Lambeth North)
The Colonnade, SE1 A street within the SE1 postcode (Waterloo)
The Cut, SE1 Lower Marsh and The Cut, with its street market, formed the commercial heart of the area from the early 19th century (Waterloo)
The Foundry, SE1 The Foundry is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area
Thomas Doyle Street, SE1 Thomas Doyle Street is a road in the SE1 postcode area (Newington)
Thorold House, SE1 Thorold House is a block on Pepper Street
Tiverton Street, SE1 Tiverton Street is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area (Elephant and Castle)
Ufford Street, SE1 Ufford Street is a road in the SE1 postcode area
Union House, SE1 Union House is a block on Great Suffolk Street
Valentine Place, SE1 Valentine Place is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area (Waterloo)
Valentine Row, SE1 A street within the SE1 postcode (Waterloo)
Vaughan House, SE1 Vaughan House is a block on Nelson Square
Waterloo Centre, SE1 Waterloo Centre is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area (Waterloo)
Waterloo Road, SE1 Waterloo Road is the main road in the Waterloo area straddling the boroughs of Lambeth and Southwark. (Waterloo)
Webber Row, SE1 Webber Row is a road in the SE1 postcode area (Waterloo)
Webber Street, SE1 Webber Street is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area
Wellesley Court, SE1 Wellesley Court is a block on Rockingham Street (Elephant and Castle)
Wellington House, SE1 Wellington House is a block on Waterloo Road (Waterloo)
Westminster Bridge House, SE1 Westminster Bridge House is a block on Westminster Bridge Road (Lambeth North)
Westminster Bridge Road, SE1 Westminster Bridge Road runs on an east-west axis and passes through the boroughs of Lambeth and Southwark (Lambeth North)
Whitehorse Mews, SE1 Whitehorse Mews is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area (Lambeth North)
Winchester House, SE1 Winchester House is sited on Southwark Bridge Road
Windmill House, SE1 Windmill House is a block on Wootton Street (Waterloo)
Wireworks Court, SE1 Wireworks Court is a block on Great Suffolk Street
Wootton Street, SE1 Wootton Street is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area (Waterloo)
Wykeham House, SE1 Wykeham House is a block on Union Street
Zeiss Court, SE1 Zeiss Court is sited on Lancaster Street (Newington)


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The Ring, Blackfriars Road, SE1 (1925) Although established as a boxing venue in 1910, the building dated from 1783 as the Surrey Congregational Chapel by the Reverend Rowland Hill - who reportedly opted for the unusual, circular design so that there would be no corners in which the devil could hide. The person responsible for overseeing the chapel’s conversion was Dick Burge, a former English middleweight champion from Cheltenham. The former place of worship was then a warehouse. Dick and his wife Bella Burge enlisted the help of local homeless people to clean out the building and transform it into a state fit for presenting boxing to the public. The Ring opened on 14 May 1910, with the Blackfriars arena soon staging events four to five times a week, and the name from the circular shape of the building. The term "boxing ring" is not derived from the name of the building, contrary to local legend, but - still from the capital - instead from the London Prize Ring Rules in 1743, which specified a small circle in the centre of the fight area where the boxers met at the start of each round. The term ’ringside seat’ dates from the 1860s.
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View from the roof of the Elephant and Castle pub. The pub gave its name to the area
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Hopton’s Almshouses, Hopton Street, Bankside (1957)
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The Ring, Blackfriars Road, SE1 (1925) Although established as a boxing venue in 1910, the building dated from 1783 as the Surrey Congregational Chapel by the Reverend Rowland Hill - who reportedly opted for the unusual, circular design so that there would be no corners in which the devil could hide. The person responsible for overseeing the chapel’s conversion was Dick Burge, a former English middleweight champion from Cheltenham. The former place of worship was then a warehouse. Dick and his wife Bella Burge enlisted the help of local homeless people to clean out the building and transform it into a state fit for presenting boxing to the public. The Ring opened on 14 May 1910, with the Blackfriars arena soon staging events four to five times a week, and the name from the circular shape of the building. The term "boxing ring" is not derived from the name of the building, contrary to local legend, but - still from the capital - instead from the London Prize Ring Rules in 1743, which specified a small circle in the centre of the fight area where the boxers met at the start of each round. The term ’ringside seat’ dates from the 1860s.
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Metropolitan Tabernacle (1890) The Metropolitan Tabernacle is a large independent Reformed Baptist church in Elephant and Castle. It was the largest non-conformist church of its day in 1861.
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Trocadero, Elephant and Castle. Opened in 1930 and demolished in 1963.
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Shop on the corner of Brook Drive and Hayles Street (2013) This unobtrusive corner shop near Elephant and Castle was the filming location for ’Come On Eileen’ by Dexys Midnight Runners. It’s no longer a shop and - to my horror - my walk from Elephant & Castle to Lambeth North passes it at 7:24 and doesn’t note it as I found out only afterwards. Grrr https://youtu.be/R-e GEXb4M4
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Collingwood Street, near Blackfriars Road c1900 The street was renamed Colombo Street in 1937 by the London County Council. The weatherboarded cottages suffered severe bomb damage during the Blitz and were demolished in 1948
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Railway Bridge 27 XTD, Gambia Street, London
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Gladstone Street showing Albert Terrace in the background (1977)
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Elephant & Castle
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