At London Sideways we learn that in 1237 the City of London, short of water, were granted a piece of land beside the Tyburn River so that they could lay conduits to carry water to the City. This lasted until the 18th century when the arrival of the New River meant that the City no longer needed the Tyburn waters. We don't understand why the City came all this way when the River Fleet, for example was closer.
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Marylebone conduit
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Highbury Barn
Long a rural pleasure resort for Londoners it became notorious in 1861, when Edward Giovanelli demolished the old buildings and built a lavish pleasure ground which attracted large crowds, includin...
1 memorial
Tea Trade in London
The following text is taken from the Shoreditch plaque: This plaque commemorates 350 years of the tea industry in the City of London. The industry was spread over Plantation House (now Plantation ...
3 memorials
Black Bull Inn, Holborn
Located at 122 Holborn, at the junction with Leather Lane, and dating from at least 1697. This inn was demolished in 1904 to make room for an extension to the department store Gamages, who occupied...
1 memorial
Alexis Soyer
Chef, author of cookbooks, inventor. One of the first celebrity chefs. Born France. Trained in Paris and fled to England during the French Revolution in 1830. Designed, invented and introduced vari...
1 memorial
Black Eagle Brewery
The name was taken from the street on the north of the site, Black Eagle Street, now the east-west section of Dray Walk. A Truman took over the business in 1679 and the business expanded. 1789 it w...
1 memorial
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War dead, WW1
1 memorial
PC Alfred Smith plaque
EC1, Central Street, 43-45
PC Alfred Smith, 1880 - 1917, was killed at this site saving factory workers during a WW1 air raid, 13 June 1917. London Borough of Islin...
Civilian war dead | WW1
2 subjects commemorated, 1 creator
2 subjects commemorated, 1 creator
War dead, WW2
1 memorial
London Borough of Barking and Dagenham
London borough formed by the London Government Act of 1963. The constituent parts were almost all of the Municipal Borough of Barking and the greater part of the Municipal Borough of Dagenham.
4 memorials
Elizabeth Rusbridge (Gibbs)
Secretary and vice-president of the Old Greys' Association and pupil at the Grey Coat Hospital, 1933 - 1940. We take Gibbs to be her maiden name.
1 memorial
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