London’s streets- the history of them and the stories behind their names
London is ever-surprising. I remember thinking just that when I found out that many of the city’s streets were once paved with wood. In this blog post I look at the history behind London’s wooden streets and where to find remnants and clues to this practice in the modern metropolis. Wood block paving is also
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I love how London’s street names can give you little clues and hints to the history of an area. Next to Moorfields Eye Hospital you can find a rather unusually named road: Peerless Street. It has a fascinating and surprising story behind it. Peerless Street can be found here: The ‘Perilous Pond’ If we go
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As you walk around London you may come across one of these green huts by the side of the road. They are Cabmen’s shelters and they are amazing relics of Victorian London, but also a fantastic example of living history, as many of them are still in use today. Read on for the history behind
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For this walk I have partnered up with Footways, a fantastic social enterprise that encourage walking as the best way to see and explore the city. They have an online map of interconnected, interesting and quieter walking routes through London but also have physical maps you can buy. I used the map to walk from
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On the corner of Curzon Street and Curzon Square in Mayfair you will find an attractive black-brick Georgian house. After being gutted during the Second World War it was converted into apartments. It was in this building, in the same flat, in the very same bed, that both Cass Elliot (Mama Cass) and The Who
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