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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I love how London’s street names they 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
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Turn North off Oxford Street when you reach the John Lewis and you will find Cavendish Square. Go inside and you will notice something a bit odd. In the centre is this plinth. There was once a statue here but who was it of and where did it go? Cavendish Square First, let’s cover the
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Tucked away down a quiet backstreet in Westminster you’ll find one of London’s most prestigious hotels. St Ermin’s has a fascinating history, most notably due to its use during World War Two by the Special Operations Executive and by double agents during the Cold War. A Historic Building St Ermin’s Hotel was built in 1890
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