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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

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Tom

Blackfriars

Added: 21 May 2021 23:07 GMT

Blackfriars
What is, or was, Bodies Bridge?

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NEARBY LOCATIONS OF NOTE

Alsatia Alsatia was the name given to an area lying north of the River Thames covered by the Whitefriars monastery.

Alsatia

Blackfriars Blackfriars station was opened on 30 May 1870, by the Metropolitan District Railway (MDR), now the District line.

Blackfriars

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

The Temple

NEARBY STREETS

Andrews Crosse, EC4A Andrews Crosse stood on the site of the courtyard of the former Andrews Crosse Inn (City of London)

Andrews Crosse, EC4A

Apothecary Street, EC4V Apothecary Street leads to Apothecaries’ Hall (City of London)

Apothecary Street, EC4V

Arundel House, WC2R Arundel House is a block on Temple Place (Temple)

Arundel House, WC2R

Arundel Street, WC2R Arundel Street runs from the Strand to Temple Place (Temple)

Arundel Street, WC2R

Ashentree Court, EC4Y Ashentree Court was named after the ashen trees formerly located here at the Whitefriars’ monastery (City of London)

Ashentree Court, EC4Y

Bell Yard, EC4A Bell Yard is a small lane off the Strand where the Bell Inn once stood (City of London)

Bell Yard, EC4A

Black Friars Lane, EC4V Black Friars Lane was known as Water Lane until 1940 (City of London)

Black Friars Lane, EC4V

Blackfriars House, EC4V Blackfriars House is a block on New Bridge Street (City of London)

Blackfriars House, EC4V

Blackfriars Lane, EC4V Blackfriars Lane is one of the streets of London in the EC4V postal area (City of London)

Blackfriars Lane, EC4V

Bolt Court, EC4A Bolt Court is one of the streets of London in the EC4A postal area (City of London)

Bolt Court, EC4A

Bouverie House, EC4A Bouverie House is a block on Fleet Street (City of London)

Bouverie House, EC4A

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

Bouverie Street, EC4Y

Brick Court, EC4Y Brick Court is one of the streets of London in the EC4Y postal area (City of London)

Brick Court, EC4Y

Bride Court, EC4Y Bride Court is one of the streets of London in the EC4Y postal area (City of London)

Bride Court, EC4Y

Bride Lane, EC4Y Bride Lane is one of the streets of London in the EC4Y postal area (City of London)

Bride Lane, EC4Y

Bridewell Place, EC4V Bridewell Place is one of the streets of London in the EC4V postal area (City of London)

Bridewell Place, EC4V

Carey Street, WC2A Carey Street is one of the streets of London in the WC2A postal area (Aldwych)

Carey Street, WC2A

Carmelite House, EC4Y Carmelite House is sited on Victoria Embankment (City of London)

Carmelite House, EC4Y

Carmelite Street, EC4Y Carmelite Street continues south from Whitefriars Street, which itself is just off Fleet Street (City of London)

Carmelite Street, EC4Y

Carpmael Building, EC4Y Carpmael Building is a block on Crown Office Row (City of London)

Carpmael Building, EC4Y

Clement House, WC2B Clement House is located on Aldwych (Aldwych)

Clement House, WC2B

Clement House, WC2R Clement House is a block on Strand (Temple)

Clement House, WC2R

Clement’s Inn, WC2R Clement’s Inn was named after the neighbouring St Clement Danes church, stood alongside New Inn and Lyon’s Inn on the Strand’s northern side, near the Law Courts’ western edge. (Aldwych)

Clement’s Inn, WC2R

Cliffords Inn Passage, EC4Y Cliffords Inn Passage is one of the streets of London in the EC4A postal area (City of London)

Cliffords Inn Passage, EC4Y

Cliffords Inn, EC4A Cliffords Inn is one of the streets of London in the EC4A postal area (City of London)

Cliffords Inn, EC4A

Crane Court, EC4Y Crane Court lay beside the Two Crane Inn Tavern. (City of London)

Crane Court, EC4Y

Crown Office Row, EC4Y Crown Office Row is one of the streets of London in the EC4Y postal area (City of London)

Crown Office Row, EC4Y

Daniel House, EC4A Daniel House is a block on Fleet Street (City of London)

Daniel House, EC4A

Devereux Court, EC4Y Devereux Court lies on the south side of the Strand, opposite the Law Courts (Westminster)

Devereux Court, EC4Y

Devereux Court, WC2R Devereux Court is a location in London (Temple)

Devereux Court, WC2R

Doctor Johnsons Buildings, EC4Y Doctor Johnsons Buildings is one of the streets of London in the EC4Y postal area (City of London)

Doctor Johnsons Buildings, EC4Y

Dorset Rise, EC4Y Dorset Rise is one of the streets of London in the EC4Y postal area (City of London)

Dorset Rise, EC4Y

Essex Court, EC4Y Essex Court is one of the streets of London in the EC4Y postal area (City of London)

Essex Court, EC4Y

Essex Street, WC2R Essex Street stretches from Milford Lane in the south to Strand in the north, flanked by Little Essex Street on the west and Devereux Court on the east. (Temple)

Essex Street, WC2R

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

Falcon Court, EC4Y

Farringdon Road, EC4V Farringdon Road is a road in the EC4A postcode area (City of London)

Farringdon Road, EC4V

Farringdon Street, EC4M Farringdon Street was constructed over the Fleet river (City of London)

Farringdon Street, EC4M

Fleet Street, EC4A Fleet Street is one of the streets of London in the EC4Y postal area (City of London)

Fleet Street, EC4A

Fleetbank House, EC4Y Fleetbank House is located on Salisbury Square (City of London)

Fleetbank House, EC4Y

Fountain Court, EC4Y Fountain Court is one of the streets of London in the EC4Y postal area (Westminster)

Fountain Court, EC4Y

Francis Taylor Building, EC4Y Francis Taylor Building is a block on Kings Bench Walk (City of London)

Francis Taylor Building, EC4Y

Garden Court, EC4Y Garden Court is a pedestrian thoroughfare in the Temple area (City of London)

Garden Court, EC4Y

Gladstone House, WC2R Gladstone House is a block on Arundel Street (Temple)

Gladstone House, WC2R

Hamilton House, EC4Y Hamilton House is a block on Temple Avenue (City of London)

Hamilton House, EC4Y

Hanging Sword Alley, EC4Y Hanging Sword Alley is an alley running between Whitefriars Street and Salisbury Square (City of London)

Hanging Sword Alley, EC4Y

Harcourt Buildings, EC4Y Harcourt Buildings is one of the streets of London in the EC4Y postal area (City of London)

Harcourt Buildings, EC4Y

Hare Court, EC4Y Hare Court is one of the streets of London in the EC4Y postal area (City of London)

Hare Court, EC4Y

Hare Place, EC4Y Hare Place is one of the streets of London in the EC4Y postal area (City of London)

Hare Place, EC4Y

Harmsworth House, EC4Y Harmsworth House lies near the Inner Temple (City of London)

Harmsworth House, EC4Y

Hat and Mitre Court, EC4Y Hat and Mitre Court is a road in the EC1M postcode area (City of London)

Hat and Mitre Court, EC4Y

Hind Court, EC4Y Hind Court is one of the streets of London in the EC4A postal area (City of London)

Hind Court, EC4Y

Hood Court, EC4Y Hood Court is one of the streets of London in the EC4Y postal area (City of London)

Hood Court, EC4Y

Howard Street, WC2R Howard Street ran from Surrey Street to Arundel Street until 1974 (Temple)

Howard Street, WC2R

Inner Temple Lane, EC4Y Inner Temple Lane is one of the streets of London in the EC4Y postal area (City of London)

Inner Temple Lane, EC4Y

John Carpenter House, EC4Y John Carpenter House is a block on John Carpenter Street (City of London)

John Carpenter House, EC4Y

John Carpenter Street, EC4Y John Carpenter was town clerk of the City of London in the fifteenth century, and founder of the City of London School (City of London)

John Carpenter Street, EC4Y

Kildare House, EC4Y Kildare House can be found on Dorset Rise (City of London)

Kildare House, EC4Y

King’s Bench Walk Temple, EC4Y A street within the EC4Y postcode (City of London)

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 (City of London)

King’s Bench Walk, EC4Y

Kings Bench Walk, EC4Y Kings Bench Walk is one of the streets of London in the EC4Y postal area (City of London)

Kings Bench Walk, EC4Y

Lamb Building, EC4Y Lamb Building is a block on Pump Court (City of London)

Lamb Building, EC4Y

Little Essex Street, WC2R Little Essex Street lies off Essex Street (Temple)

Little Essex Street, WC2R

Ludgate Circus, EC4M Ludgate Circus is a junction in the City of London where Farringdon Street and New Bridge Street cross Fleet Street/Ludgate Hill (City of London)

Ludgate Circus, EC4M

Ludgate House, EC4M Ludgate House is located on Fleet Street (City of London)

Ludgate House, EC4M

Magpie Alley, EC4Y Magpie Alley marks the position occupied by the dorter (dormitory) of the Friary of the Blessed Virgin of Mount Carmel, commonly called the Whitefriars Monastery (City of London)

Magpie Alley, EC4Y

Maltravers Street, WC2R Maltravers Street is one of the streets of London in the WC2R postal area (Temple)

Maltravers Street, WC2R

Masters House Temple Church, EC4Y Masters House Temple Church is one of the streets of London in the EC4Y postal area (City of London)

Masters House Temple Church, EC4Y

Middle Temple Lane, EC4Y Middle Temple Lane is one of the streets of London in the EC4Y postal area (City of London)

Middle Temple Lane, EC4Y

Milford House, WC2R Milford House is a block on Tweezers Alley (Temple)

Milford House, WC2R

Milford Lane, WC2R Milford Lane is one of the streets of London in the WC2R postal area (Temple)

Milford Lane, WC2R

Mitre Court Buildings, EC4Y Mitre Court Buildings is one of the streets of London in the EC4Y postal area (City of London)

Mitre Court Buildings, EC4Y

New Bridge Street House, EC4V New Bridge Street House is a building on New Bridge Street (City of London)

New Bridge Street House, EC4V

New Bridge Street, EC4V New Bridge Street is one of the streets of London in the EC4V postal area (City of London)

New Bridge Street, EC4V

New Court, EC4V New Court is one of the streets of London in the EC4Y postal area (City of London)

New Court, EC4V

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 (Temple)

Norfolk Street, WC2R

Old Mitre Court, EC4Y Old Mitre Court is one of the streets of London in the EC4Y postal area (City of London)

Old Mitre Court, EC4Y

Old Seacoal Lane, EC4M Old Seacoal Lane is one of the streets of London in the EC4M postal area (City of London)

Old Seacoal Lane, EC4M

Paper Buildings, EC4Y Paper Buildings is one of the streets of London in the EC4Y postal area (City of London)

Paper Buildings, EC4Y

Pilgrim Street, EC4V Pilgrim Street connects New Bridge Street with Ludgate Hill (City of London)

Pilgrim Street, EC4V

Pleydell Court, EC4A Pleydell Court runs off Pleydell Street - formerly Silver Street (City of London)

Pleydell Court, EC4A

Pleydell House, EC4Y Pleydell House is a block on Pleydell Street (City of London)

Pleydell House, EC4Y

Pleydell Street, EC4Y The Pleydell-Bouveries, Earls of Radnor, were landlords of this area (City of London)

Pleydell Street, EC4Y

Plowden Buildings, EC4Y Plowden Buildings is one of the streets of London in the EC4Y postal area (City of London)

Plowden Buildings, EC4Y

Poppins Court, EC4A Poppins Court is an historic alley off Fleet Street. (City of London)

Poppins Court, EC4A

Pump Court, EC4Y Pump Court is one of the streets of London in the EC4Y postal area (City of London)

Pump Court, EC4Y

Queen’s Building, WC2R Queen’s Building is sited on Grange Court (Aldwych)

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. (City of London)

Red Lion Court, EC4A

Salisbury Court, EC4Y Salisbury Court is one of the streets of London in the EC4Y postal area (City of London)

Salisbury Court, EC4Y

Salisbury Square, EC4Y Salisbury Square is one of the streets of London in the EC4Y postal area (City of London)

Salisbury Square, EC4Y

Santander House, EC4M Santander House is a block on Ludgate Hill (City of London)

Santander House, EC4M

Savoy House, WC2R Savoy House is a block on Tweezers Alley (Temple)

Savoy House, WC2R

Serjeants Inn, EC4Y Serjeants Inn is one of the streets of London in the EC4Y postal area (City of London)

Serjeants Inn, EC4Y

St Brides Avenue, EC4Y St Brides Avenue is a narrow alley which leaves Fleet Street almost opposite Shoe Lane (City of London)

St Brides Avenue, EC4Y

Strand, EC4Y A small section of Strand lies beyond Temple Bar in the City of London (City of London)

Strand, EC4Y

Tallis House, EC4Y Tallis House is a block on Tallis Street (City of London)

Tallis House, EC4Y

Tallis Street, EC4Y This street honours Thomas Tallis, composer whose name is engraved on the façade of the nearby former building of the Guildhall School of Music and Drama (City of London)

Tallis Street, EC4Y

Temple Avenue, EC4Y Temple Avenue is one of the streets of London in the EC4Y postal area (City of London)

Temple Avenue, EC4Y

Temple Bar House, EC4Y Temple Bar House is a block on Fleet Street (City of London)

Temple Bar House, EC4Y

Temple Chambers, EC4Y Temple Chambers is one of the streets of London in the EC4Y postal area (City of London)

Temple Chambers, EC4Y

Temple Gardens, EC4Y Temple Gardens is one of the streets of London in the EC4Y postal area (City of London)

Temple Gardens, EC4Y

Temple House, EC4Y Temple House is a block on Temple Avenue (City of London)

Temple House, EC4Y

Temple House, WC2R Temple House is sited on Tweezers Alley (Temple)

Temple House, WC2R

Temple Place, WC2R Temple Place forms a crescent behind the Embankment Gardens (Temple)

Temple Place, WC2R

Thanet Place, EC4Y Thanet Place ran south off Strand (City of London)

Thanet Place, EC4Y

The Globe House, WC2R The Globe House is a building on Temple Place (Temple)

The Globe House, WC2R

Tudor Street, EC4Y Tudor Street is one of the streets of London in the EC4Y postal area (City of London)

Tudor Street, EC4Y

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. (Temple)

Tweezer’s Alley, WC2R

Unilever House, EC4Y Unilever House is a block on Victoria Embankment (City of London)

Unilever House, EC4Y

Victoria Embankment, EC4Y Victoria Embankment is part of the Thames Embankment scheme of 19th-century civil engineering that reclaimed land next to the River Thames (City of London)

Victoria Embankment, EC4Y

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

Water Street, WC2R

Watergate, EC4Y Watergate is one of the streets of London in the EC4Y postal area (City of London)

Watergate, EC4Y

Whitefriars Street, EC4Y Whitefriars Street is one of the streets of London in the EC4Y postal area (City of London)

Whitefriars Street, EC4Y

Wine Office Court, EC4A Wine Office Court is one of the streets of London in the EC4A postal area (City of London)

Wine Office Court, EC4A

Wren House, Wren House is a building on Milford Lane (Temple)

Wren House,

Wren House, WC2 Wren House is a block on Milford Lane (Temple)

Wren House, WC2

Wren House, WC2R Wren House is a building on Milford Lane (Temple)

Wren House, WC2R

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Smithfield Market TUM image id: 1620388545 Licence:	The Hole In The Wall, Waterloo. A noted venue for many a traveller awaiting their train or ending their evening. Credit: Virtual Tourist TUM image id: 1605093975 Licence:	The old wooden Temple Bar Credit: Walter Thornbury TUM image id: 1523115955 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Hopton’s Almshouses, Hopton Street, Bankside (1957) TUM image id: 1470953421 Licence:	Waterloo Bridge on an 1836 map. TUM image id: 1556885410 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	The Castle on Cowcross Street, EC1 is the only pub in England that, alongside its pub sign, is permitted to display the three balls of a pawnbroker. Credit: Wiki Commons/oxyman TUM image id: 1653994847 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Illustration of Fleet Market Credit: William Henry Prior TUM image id: 1530111646 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Coach & Horses stood at 71 Bartholomew Close, Smithfield from 1799 until the Second World War. Credit: Guildhall Library TUM image id: 1671490114 Licence: CC BY 2.0	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. TUM image id: 1509724629 Licence:
William Davenant had Lisle Credit: Henry Herringman, London, 1673 TUM image id: 1522758368 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Royal Festival Hall and Shot Tower c.1959 The photo was taken from Hungerford Bridge. The tower was demolished in the 1960s to make way for the Queen Elizabeth Hall Credit: Wiki Commons/David Wright TUM image id: 1698943233 Licence:	On the wall of the Dolphin Tavern pub on the corner of Red Lion Street and Lambs Conduit Passage, there is an old clock with its hands stuck at 10:40. The clock stopped on the evening of 8 September 1915, when the pub was completely destroyed in a Zeppelin bombing raid. The clock was found in the rubble and the pub was rebuilt. Credit: Wiki Commons TUM image id: 1718276239 Licence:	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). Credit: Henry Dixon (1880) TUM image id: 1557226611 Licence:	Amen Court, EC4M TUM image id: 1493474208 Licence: CC BY 2.0