Subject Types

Finchley Toll Gate

Our picture is taken from an old map showing London toll gates (black circles), but strangely, nothing appears in Finchley.

Place, Transport

Waterloo Station

Opened by the London and South Western Railway on 11 July 1848 as ‘Waterloo Bridge station’. Built to extend the line from Nine Elms closer to the City, with the expectation that the line would eve...

Place, Transport

Brettenham Primary School

School in Edmonton.

Place, Education

John Lyon School

Independent boys' school in Harrow. John Lyon (1514-92) was a significant landowner, who by 1564 had the largest land-rental income in Harrow. He  founded Harrow School, The John Lyon School, and ...

Place, Education

Albany School, Bell Lane

old Albany School in Bell Lane, Enfield in 2014.

Place, Education

Stoke Newington High Street - a Roman road

Place, Romans, Transport

Homerton College

Originally created to educate Calvinist ministers, as non-conformists were banned from attending Oxbridge colleges. Its first meetings were held in a public house at the Royal Exchange until 1768 w...

Place, Education

Finsbury Park

The land that makes up Finsbury Park was originally part of the Manor of Brownswood. The New River was built 1609-13. Copt Hall was first recorded in 1649 and was probably built to house the people...

Place, Gardens / Agriculture

Times Square

Area of New York City, which is the centre of the Broadway theatre scene. It is two adjoining triangles rather than an actual square. Originally called Longacre Square, it was renamed in 1904. It i...

Place, Architecture, USA

Trinity College of Music

Founded as the Church Choral Society by the Reverend Henry George Bonavia Hunt. with the intention of improving the teaching of church music. In 1873 it became the College of Church Music, and then...

Place, Music / songs