We can find no information on the history of this place nor reason for the presence of the cannon.
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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,...
2 memorials
Royal Arsenal Riverside
A residential, retail and leisure development of the former Royal Arsenal site in Woolwich.
4 memorials
Fountain Court
Named after the Fountain Tavern which it contained, Fountain Court was built over by Savoy Buildings in 1883. In 1827 William Blake died at 3 Fountain Court, now part of the Savoy Hotel. Lawrenc...
1 memorial
Priory of St John-the-Baptist, Holywell
Founded before 1127. Augustinian. Disbanded y Henry VIII c. 1540.
1 memorial
River Effra
At the Brockwell Lido plaque there is an information board which begins by explaining the function of stink pipes: "What is a stink pipe? The lofty green pipe behind you is a Victorian stink pipe,...
17 memorials