Building    From 1582  To 1674

Cornhill Standard

Categories: Food & Drink

A water conduit, and point of measurement. From Wikipedia: "first mechanically pumped public water supply in London, constructed in 1582 on the site of earlier hand-pumped wells and gravity-fed conduits. The mechanism, a force pump driven by a water wheel under the northernmost arch of London Bridge, transferred water from the Thames through lead pipes to four outlets. The service was discontinued in 1603. This became the mark from which many distances to and from London were measured and the name still appears on older mileposts." The 'four outlets' were spouts, one on each face. Removed 1674. Our picture comes from the on-line "Annuls of London" by John Richardson.

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Cornhill Standard

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Cornhill Standard

At the cross roads the Standard in Cornhill formerly stood. Removed 1674. The...

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Sheen milestone

The inscription seems to have been re-carved, incorrectly, at some point, int...

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Rodney's Head pub

Rodney's Head pub

Records show Rodney's Head pub was at 4 Old Street in 1851. In 1876 this was rebuilt as shown in this drawing which is pretty much as we see it today. By 1895 it was known as Old Rodney's Head a...

Building, Commerce, Food & Drink

1 memorial
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
O'Neill's

O'Neill's

Chain of Irish themed public houses. The first was opened in Aberdeeen and there are currently (2013) forty-nine outlets.

Group, Food & Drink, Ireland, Scotland

1 memorial
Coal Hole Tavern

Coal Hole Tavern

The meeting place of the Wolf Club of which in about 1826 Edmund Kean was a leading member.  Lawrence Silverman tells us that, later, this was the tavern where Renton Nicholson staged his very rude...

Place, Commerce, Community / Clubs, Food & Drink

1 memorial
Parish pump Tooting

Parish pump Tooting

Artesian well sunk by the parish at their own expense. From the near-by pump the villagers received a supply of water at the rate of 130 gallons per minute. Known as "The Parish Pump" it was in use...

Building, Food & Drink

1 memorial

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Brentford & Chiswick Local History Society

Brentford & Chiswick Local History Society

The society's website doesn't specify when it came into existence. It contains a number of 'journals', the oldest of which is dated 1980, so maybe it dates from then.

Group, Community / Clubs, History

1 memorial
Edward Ettridge
War dead non-military, WW2
1 memorial
Robert Edwin Villiers

Robert Edwin Villiers

W1, Shaftesbury Avenue, Trocadero Centre

{In the scroll at the top, French for 'My faith in God':} Ma foi en dieu. This stone, the first in the new street, was laid by Robert E...

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