Historical street oddities in London
By the Royal Exchange, you will find a fantastic historical leftover: an old water pump. It is very easy to miss but it has some great details on it that give insights into its history and the City more generally. A Recent Refurbishment Before I get into the history I wanted to show you what […]
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The Blitz was, of course, one of the great catastrophes in London’s history. The bombing campaign of the Luftwaffe from September 1940- May 1941 intended to destroy infrastructure involved in the war effort but also to demoralise British citizens enough for them to push the government to surrender. If anything, it had the opposite effect.
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I think London’s street names are fascinating. They have often been passed down through the centuries and you can use them to read the history of the city around you. The stories behind some names are pretty obvious, for example, Milk Street was where medieval Londoners once purchased their milk. Wood Street and Bread Street
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If you walk East from London Bridge station along the Thames path, through Bermondsey and Rotherhithe, you will come across a rare medieval historical site. You will find a collection of stone ruins. They may not look wildly exciting today but they are in fact the remains of a medieval manor house, built in 1350,
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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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