Subject Types

Gaiety Theatre

 Before the Aldwych development in 1906 the street pattern was very different.  The site between the current Lyceum Theatre and the current corner, Silken Hotel, was occupied by the Lyceum Theatre,...

Place, Theatre

Highgate Primary School

Place, Education

The Brick Kilns, Somers Town

Place, Industry

Church of the Assumption & St Gregory

The last remaining 'embassy chapel' as explained at Caroline's Miscellany and at Ian Visits.  Built in the early 18th century.  Following damage in the Gordon Riots this was rebuilt in 1790.

Place, Religion

Trees replanted in the Hampstead Heath avenue

Replanted to replace trees destroyed by a hurricane during the night of 15/16 October 1987.

Place, Gardens / Agriculture

Bedford Music Halls, Old and New

Performers and patrons were depicted by the artist Walter Sickert at the turn of the century.

Place, Theatre

Clerks' well at Clerkenwell

First mentioned in 1174. Closed by about 1850 and effectively lost. Rediscovered in 1924 during building works. We normally find pictures of our subjects out on the web but we just could not find ...

Place, Food & Drink, Tourism / Traditions

cholera-bearing water pump

Place, Food & Drink, Medicine, Tragedy

Archer Street Chambers

Place, Architecture

Goodwin's Court

Place, Architecture