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Red Cross Street

Categories: Transport

Used to run from the Beech Street / Golden Lane junction, where there was a red cross, due south to St Giles Cripplegate at Fore Street.  Londonist have found a map that shows the Barbican overlaid on top of the old street map of the area.

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Red Cross Street

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Fan makers

The Fan Makers' Company met in their Common Hall in Red Cross Street to adopt...

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drovers trail via Hackney

drovers trail via Hackney

The route to Bishopsgate can still be seen clearly on a current map, wending its way fairly directly via roads and footpaths from Mare Street Narroway down to Virginia Road which, prior redevelopme...

Place, Commerce, Food & Drink, Transport

1 memorial
London Bridge station

London Bridge station

One of the world's oldest train stations, it opened as part of the London and Greenwich Railway. By the early 21st century it had become distinctly tatty, and 2009-17 it underwent a complete transf...

Place, Transport

1 memorial
London and North Western Railway

London and North Western Railway

Formed by the amalgamation of the Grand Junction Railway, London and Birmingham Railway and the Manchester and Birmingham Railway. In 1922 merged with other companies to form the London, Midland an...

Group, Transport

1 memorial
Central London Railway

Central London Railway

Railway line, known as the 'Twopenny Tube', as all tickets were sold at the price of two pre-decimal pennies. It was taken over by London Underground, becoming the Central line. See Londonist for ...

Place, Transport

1 memorial
Finchley Toll Gate

Finchley Toll Gate

Our picture is taken from an old map showing London toll gates (black circles), but strangely, nothing appears in Finchley.

Place, Transport

1 memorial

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Gladys Mills

Gladys Mills

Pianist. Born Gladys Jordan at 154 Beckton Road, Silvertown, Newham, Essex. She was the supervisor of the typing pool at the Treasury and played piano at various venues in the evenings. She was 'sp...

Person, Music / songs, TV & Radio

1 memorial
Marsh & McLennan Companies

Marsh & McLennan Companies

US-based global financial brokerage firm.  Wikipedia says "At the time of the September 11 attacks in the United States in 2001, the corporation held offices on eight floors of the North Tower of t...

Group, Commerce, Tragedy

1 memorial
Gay Liberation Front

Gay Liberation Front

By 1973, GLF had effectively dissipated and had given way to its spin-off organisations.

Group, Gender Issues

2 memorials
George Ansell
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
Ealing Town Hall restoration

Ealing Town Hall restoration

W5, New Broadway

The plaque can be seen in our photo, in the pavement near the brown door.

3 subjects commemorated