Lismore Circus was a former Victorian circus with six streets radiating from it.
May 2021 archive
Ratcliff
Ratcliff From “The Copartnership Herald“, Vol. V, no. 58 (December 1935) In the early days of England’s rise to maritime power, when the foundations of the British Commonwealth were being laid by adventurous men whose courage made their own endeavours seem to themselves nothing but casual events in the life they lived, it was often …
Maze Hill, SE10
Maze Hill is believed to have taken its name from Sir Algernon May.
Whitehall, SW1A
Whitehall is recognised as the centre of the government of the United Kingdom.
The Notting Dale Gypsies
The rapid suburban growth of the late 19th century brought with it improvements like proper roads, pavements, sewers, the filling in of ‘the Ocean’ and the eviction of the pigs, but also thousands more people. As the old Dickensian London slums off the Strand around Drury Lane, St Giles in the Field and the Clerkenwell …
Little Compton Street, W1D
Little Compton Street was a street in Soho.
Anchor Terrace, SE1
Anchor Terrace is a large symmetrical building on the east side of Southwark Bridge Road, situated very close to the River Thames.
Metroland
The painting of the Portobello farmhouse in 1864, shortly before its demise, shows the country lane winding its way up the hill, with only the churches of All Saints to the east, St Peter’s further up Kensington Park Road, and the Campden Hill water tower for company. Just two years later, in one of the …
Black Lion Yard, E1
Black Lion Yard was a narrow thoroughfare running north-south from Old Montague Street (where it was accessible via a set of steps) to Whitechapel Road.
Allum Lane, WD6
Allum Lane links Borehamwood with Watling Street just north of Elstree village.