Albion Tavern

Albion Tavern

26 Russell Street (previously Great Russel Street).  Pubs History lists licencees from 1848 but it dates back to the 18th century at least.  Closed by 1922.

Building, Community / Clubs, Food & Drink

1 memorial
Alexandra Palace

Alexandra Palace

The materials used in the construction of the 1861 International Exhibition were sold and re-used in this building. Named after Princess Alexandra, newly married to the Prince of Wales, opened as "...

Place, Community / Clubs, Gardens / Agriculture

2 memorials
All Saints Cemetery

All Saints Cemetery

Now known as Nunhead cemetery, it was one of the so-called 'magnificent seven' cemeteries, opened on the outskirts of London in the nineteenth century, to alleviate the overcrowding in parish buria...

Place, Community / Clubs

1 memorial
All Saints Haggerston Church Hall

All Saints Haggerston Church Hall

This photos show Rev. Knapper (in the white surplice, front left) at the opening ceremony for the hall. His daughters, now Kate Dillon (with the cushion) and Rosemary Watkins, are contributing to t...

Building, Community / Clubs

1 memorial
Almshouse Association

Almshouse Association

The Almshouse Association was formed in 1946 at a meeting held in the Chapter House of Southwark Cathedral. Initially restricted to London, in 1950 it went national. The objects of the Association...

Group, Community / Clubs, Social Welfare

1 memorial
Anderton's Hotel

Anderton's Hotel

In the fifteenth century this was the Horn tavern. In the early seventeenth century the hotel was popular with the legal community. A new building was erected in 1880, probably the one in this phot...

Building, Commerce, Community / Clubs, Food & Drink

1 memorial
Joseph da Costa Andrade

Joseph da Costa Andrade

This person's grave was destroyed by a WW2 bomb. The name is on the south-west face of the pedestal. Joseph da Costa Andrade was born circa 1836 in London. He was the fifth of the eleven children ...

Person, Commerce, Community / Clubs, Liveries & Guilds

1 memorial
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