Whittington's house

Whittington's house

EC4, College Hill, 20 and St Michael Paternoster Royal

Living next door, Whittington paid for the rebuilding and enlargement of the church St Michael Paternoster Royal. Upper Thames Street is ...

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Sir Edward Elgar - W14

Sir Edward Elgar - W14

W14, Avonmore Road, 51

London County Council Sir Edward Elgar, 1857 - 1934, composer, lived here, 1890 - 1891.

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Sir Edward Elgar - NW3

Sir Edward Elgar - NW3

NW3, Netherhall Gardens, 42 - 44

The Elgars called this home Severn House, to remember the Worcestershire countryside. Elgar Memorial Trust have a photo and floor plan o...

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Bermondsey Abbey - Bermondsey Square

Bermondsey Abbey - Bermondsey Square

SE1, 3 Bermondsey Square

Photos from the other side of the street were made impossible by the bright sunshine. The Abbey plaque is trying to hide behind one of th...

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Bragansas

Bragansas

SE17, Corner of Braganza and De Laune Streets

Bragansas This two-dimensional form is a bragansa, a Cognate word which can be crudely translated as "spirit door" or "tombshadow," but r...

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Hyde Park Conduit House - 2

Hyde Park Conduit House - 2

W2, Hyde Park, to east of Serpentine Bar and Kitchen

The river Westbourne used to run though Hyde Park following the course of what is now the Long Water and the Serpentine and left the Park...

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Hyde Park Conduit House - 1

Hyde Park Conduit House - 1

W2, Hyde Park, to east of Serpentine Bar and Kitchen

This plaque, which was on the east face of the plinth (the back in our photo), has 'disappeared' since the photograph was taken. Diamond...

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Stanley Hall & Baths

Stanley Hall & Baths

N19, Junction Road, Boston Arms

Stanley Hall & Baths This building was erected by E. H. Blunt, 1884.

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Graham Chapman

Graham Chapman

N6, Highgate High Street, Angel Inn

Graham Chapman, "A very naughty boy", 8 January 1941 to 4 October 1989, comedian and writer, member of Monty Python's Flying Circus, dran...

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Alice Zimmern

Alice Zimmern

NW5, Lissenden Gardens, 41-50 Clevedon Mansions

These flats were completed in 1906 and Zimmern was one of the first residents to move in.

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