Lambeth Bridge
Before any bridge there was a horse ferry here, hence the name of the western approach road. Know Your London describes how this ferry probably worked - they even have a painting. It was for conve...
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Beaufort House - Chelsea
Grand mansion built by Thomas More c.1520 and demolished 1739. The house and gardens occupied the land bounded by (clockwise): The Thames, Milman's Street, King's Road, Old Church Street. It was i...
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Althorp Lodge
In this building Robert Sadler opened a pub and leisure gardens. In 1853, using the land behind the pub, he opened the Copenhagen Running Grounds. "The ground eventually closed in 1864 following c...
Building, Commerce, Community / Clubs, Food & Drink, Property
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Kidderpore Hall
From Knight Frank: "By 1843 ... Built that year, Kidderpore Hall was the home of the powerful merchant John Teil, an East India trader with vast tanneries in the Kidderpore district of Calcutta. Th...
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Winchester Cathedral
The original building was founded to the north of the present one. Work began on a new cathedral in 1079 and was consecrated in 1093. It has the longest nave of any Gothic cathedral in Europe. See ...
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Harringay Arena
Harringay Arena was a sporting and events venue. Built in 1936 by Alfred Critchley who had, in 1927, built the open-air Harringay Stadium, a major greyhound racing and motorcycle speedway venue. Th...
Building, Animals, Music / songs, Religion, Sport / Games, Theatre
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Black Bull Inn, Holborn
Located at 122 Holborn, at the junction with Leather Lane, and dating from at least 1697. This inn was demolished in 1904 to make room for an extension to the department store Gamages, who occupied...
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Old Clapham Library
The library on Clapham Common North Side was envisioned by Reverend George Forrester, Vicar of St Paul’s Church; Henry Bulcraig, a churchwarden of Holy Trinity Church, and William A Guesdon. It ope...
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Cavendish House, Clapham
From Clapham Society, writing about Henry Cavendish: "... like his father he was passionately interested in science .. established his own laboratory. On his father’s death in 1783 he moved this fr...
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