Tower Place West, EC3R

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Tower Place West is one of the streets of London in the EC3R postal area.





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The Underground Map   
Added: 20 Sep 2020 13:01 GMT   

Pepys starts diary
On 1 January 1659, Samuel Pepys started his famous daily diary and maintained it for ten years. The diary has become perhaps the most extensive source of information on this critical period of English history. Pepys never considered that his diary would be read by others. The original diary consisted of six volumes written in Shelton shorthand, which he had learned as an undergraduate on scholarship at Magdalene College, Cambridge. This shorthand was introduced in 1626, and was the same system Isaac Newton used when writing.

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Christine D Elliott   
Added: 11 Jun 2023 14:50 GMT   

Spitalfields
Charles Blutte came to Spitalfields from Walincourt, Picardie, France for reason of religious persecution. His brother Pierre Phillippe Blutte followed the following year. Between the two brothers they had eventually 20 children, they worked as silk weavers around the Brick Lane area. Member’s of Pierre’s family resided at 40 Thomas Street for over 100 years. Another residence associated with the Blutte family is Vine Court, Lamb Street, Spitalfields, number 16,17 & 18 Vine Court was owned by John Kindon, the father in law of Charles Blutte’s son Jean (John) who married Ann Kindon. This residence appears several times in the census records.

Source: Quarto_52_Vol_LII_La_Providence

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Graham O’Connell   
Added: 10 Apr 2021 10:24 GMT   

Lloyd & Sons, Tin Box Manufacturers (1859 - 1982)
A Lloyd & Sons occupied the wharf (now known as Lloyds Wharf, Mill Street) from the mid 19th Century to the late 20th Century. Best known for making tin boxes they also produced a range of things from petrol canisters to collecting tins. They won a notorious libel case in 1915 when a local councillor criticised the working conditions which, in fairness, weren’t great. There was a major fire here in 1929 but the company survived at least until 1982 and probably a year or two after that.

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Born here
jack stevens   
Added: 26 Sep 2021 13:38 GMT   

Mothers birth place
Number 5 Whites Row which was built in around 1736 and still standing was the premises my now 93 year old mother was born in, her name at birth was Hilda Evelyne Shaw,

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Lived here
margaret clark   
Added: 15 Oct 2021 22:23 GMT   

Margaret’s address when she married in 1938
^, Josepine House, Stepney is the address of my mother on her marriage certificate 1938. Her name was Margaret Irene Clark. Her father Basil Clark was a warehouse grocer.

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Added: 6 Nov 2021 15:03 GMT   

Old Nichol Street, E2
Information about my grandfather’s tobacconist shop

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Admin   
Added: 26 Aug 2022 15:19 GMT   

Bus makes a leap
A number 78 double-decker bus driven by Albert Gunter was forced to jump an accidentally opening Tower Bridge.

He was awarded a £10 bonus.

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fariba   
Added: 28 Jun 2021 00:48 GMT   

Tower Bridge Business Complex, S
need for my coursework

Source: university

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Martin Eaton    
Added: 14 Oct 2021 03:56 GMT   

Boundary Estate
Sunbury, Taplow House.

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The Underground Map   
Added: 8 Mar 2021 15:05 GMT   

A plague on all your houses
Aldgate station is built directly on top of a vast plague pit, where thousands of bodies are apparently buried. No-one knows quite how many.

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Added: 21 Apr 2021 16:21 GMT   

Liverpool Street
the Bishopsgate station has existed since 1840 as a passenger station, but does not appear in the site’s cartography. Evidently, the 1860 map is in fact much earlier than that date.

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Added: 27 Jul 2021 14:31 GMT   

correction
Chaucer did not write Pilgrims Progress. His stories were called the Canterbury Tales

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Added: 3 Jun 2021 15:50 GMT   

All Bar One
The capitalisation is wrong

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Carolyn Hirst   
Added: 16 Jul 2022 15:21 GMT   

Henry James Hirst
My second great grandfather Henry James Hirst was born at 18 New Road on 11 February 1861. He was the eighth of the eleven children of Rowland and Isabella Hirst. I think that this part of New Road was also known at the time as Gloucester Terrace.

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Jonathan Cocking   
Added: 30 Aug 2022 13:38 GMT   

Tower Bridge, SE1
The driver subsequently married his clippie (conductress).

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Sue   
Added: 24 Sep 2023 19:09 GMT   

Meyrick Rd
My family - Roe - lived in poverty at 158 Meyrick Rd in the 1920s, moving to 18 Lavender Terrace in 1935. They also lived in York Rd at one point. Alf, Nell (Ellen), plus children John, Ellen (Did), Gladys, Joyce & various lodgers. Alf worked for the railway (LMS).

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Michael   
Added: 20 Sep 2023 21:10 GMT   

Momentous Birth!
I was born in the upstairs front room of 28 Tyrrell Avenue in August 1938. I was a breach birth and quite heavy ( poor Mum!). My parents moved to that end of terrace house from another rental in St Mary Cray where my three year older brother had been born in 1935. The estate was quite new in 1938 and all the properties were rented. My Father was a Postman. I grew up at no 28 all through WWII and later went to Little Dansington School

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Mike Levy   
Added: 19 Sep 2023 18:10 GMT   

Bombing of Arbour Square in the Blitz
On the night of September 7, 1940. Hyman Lubosky (age 35), his wife Fay (or Fanny)(age 32) and their son Martin (age 17 months) died at 11 Arbour Square. They are buried together in Rainham Jewish Cemetery. Their grave stones read: "Killed by enemy action"

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Lady Townshend   
Added: 8 Sep 2023 16:02 GMT   

Tenant at Westbourne (1807 - 1811)
I think that the 3rd Marquess Townshend - at that time Lord Chartley - was a tenant living either at Westbourne Manor or at Bridge House. He undertook considerable building work there as well as creating gardens. I am trying to trace which house it was. Any ideas gratefully received

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Alex Britton   
Added: 30 Aug 2023 10:43 GMT   

Late opening
The tracks through Roding Valley were opened on 1 May 1903 by the Great Eastern Railway (GER) on its Woodford to Ilford line (the Fairlop Loop).

But the station was not opened until 3 February 1936 by the London and North Eastern Railway (LNER, successor to the GER).

Source: Roding Valley tube station - Wikipedia

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Kevin Pont   
Added: 30 Aug 2023 09:52 GMT   

Shhh....
Roding Valley is the quietest tube station, each year transporting the same number of passengers as Waterloo does in one day.

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Kevin Pont   
Added: 30 Aug 2023 09:47 GMT   

The connection with Bletchley Park
The code-breaking computer used at Bletchley Park was built in Dollis Hill.

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Kevin Pont   
Added: 29 Aug 2023 15:25 GMT   

The deepest station
At 58m below ground, Hampstead is as deep as Nelson’s Column is tall.

Source: Hampstead tube station - Wikipedia

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Billiter Street, EC3M Billiter Street was once home to a medieval bell foundry.
Bloody Tower, EC3N Bloody Tower is a block on Unnamed Road.
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Centennium House, EC3R A block within the EC3R postcode
Circus, EC3N Circus was built between 1768 and 1774 to the designs of George Dance the Younger.
Clements Lane, EC4N Clements Lane is one of the streets of London in the EC4N postal area.
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Coopers Row, EC3N Coopers Row is one of the streets of London in the EC3N postal area.
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Cottons Lane, SE1 Cottons Lane is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area.
Counter Street, SE1 Counter Street is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area.
Crescent, EC3N Crescent lies behind Tower Gateway.
Cross Lane, EC3R Cross Lane connects St Dunstan’s Hill with Harp Lane.
Crosswall, EC3N Crosswall was formerly named John Street, after King John.
Crutched Friars, EC3N Crutched Friars is one of the streets of London in the EC3N postal area.
Cullum Street, EC3M Cullum Street is one of the streets of London in the EC3M postal area.
Custom House Walkway, EC3R Custom House Walkway is part of the Thames Path.
Dark House Walk, EC3R Dark House Walk is part of the Thames Path.
Dixon House, EC3A Dixon House is a block on Fenchurch Street.
Duke Street Hill, SE1 Duke Street Hill is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area.
Dunster Court, EC3R Dunster Court is one of the streets of London in the EC3R postal area.
East Building, SE1 East Building is situated in the corner of London Bridge.
Eastcheap, EC3M A street within the EC3M postcode
Eastcheap, EC3R Eastcheap is the western continuation of Great Tower Street towards the Monument junction.
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English Grounds, SE1 English Grounds is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area.
Equitable House, EC4 Equitable House is sited on King William Street.
Equitable House, EC4R Equitable House is a block on King William Street.
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Fenchurch Avenue, EC3M Fenchurch Avenue runs from Lime Street to Billiter Street.
Fenchurch Buildings, EC3A Fenchurch Buildings is one of the streets of London in the EC3M postal area.
Fenchurch Mews, EC3M A street within the EC3M postcode
Fenchurch Place, EC3M Fenchurch Place is one of the streets of London in the EC3M postal area.
Fenchurch Street, EC3M Fenchurch Street is one of the streets of London in the EC3M postal area.
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Fountain House, EC3M Fountain House is a building on Fenchurch Street.
French Horn Yard, EC3N French Horn Yard is a former courtyard.
French Ordinary Court, EC3M French Ordinary Court is one of the streets of London in the EC3M postal area.
George Yard, EC3V George Yard is a yard off of Lombard Street.
Gloucester Court, EC3N Gloucester Court is off Tower Hill to the north west side of the Tower, running northwest behind the church of All Hallows by the Tower.
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Goodmans Yard, E1 A street within the E1 postcode
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Grant’s Quay Wharf, EC3R Grant’s Quay Wharf is part of the Thames Path.
Great Tower Hill, Great Tower Hill is an old East End street.
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Harp Lane, EC3R Harp Lane once connected Thames Street with Great Tower Street.
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Hart Street, EC3R Hart Street is one of the streets of London in the EC3R postal area.
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Hay’s Lane, SE1 This is a street in the SE1 postcode area
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Haydon Street, EC3N Haydon Street heads east from the Minories.
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Hays Lane, SE1 Hays Lane is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area.
Ibex House, EC3N Residential block
Idol Lane, EC3R Idol Lane is one of the streets of London in the EC3R postal area.
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International House, International House is a building on Cloister walk
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John Street, John Street is an old East End street.
Johnson Smirke Building, EC3N Johnson Smirke Building is a block on Royal Mint Court.
Joiner Street, SE1 Joiner Street is a road in the SE1 postcode area
King Street, E1W King Street was once next to Queen Street.
King William House, EC3R King William House is a block on Eastcheap.
King William Street, EC4N The northern section of King William Street runs diagonally northwards of the Monument junction.
King William Street, EC4R King William Street runs from a junction with Lombard Street to Monument junction from where continues south into London Bridge.
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Lime Street, EC3M The name Lime Street comes from the lime burners who once sold lime from there for use in construction.
Lloyd’s Avenue, EC3N A street within the EC3N postcode
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Lombard Court, EC3V Lombard Court is a small street between Gracechurch Street and Clements Lane in the heart of London’s financial district.
Lombard Street, EC3V Lombard Street has a history stretching back to medieval times.
London Bridge Street, SE1 London Bridge Street is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area.
London Bridge Walk, London Bridge Walk is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area.
London Bridge, EC4R London Bridge is one of the streets of London in the EC4R postal area.
London Street, EC3M London Street is one of the streets of London in the EC3R postal area.
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Mansell Street, E1 Mansell Street runs north-south on the City of London border.
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Martin Lane, EC4N Martin Lane is one of the streets of London in the EC4R postal area.
Middle Tower, EC3N Middle Tower is a building on Three Quays Walk.
Miles Lane, EC4R Miles Lane once ran north from Upper Thames Street.
Mincing Lane, EC3R Mincing Lane is one of the streets of London in the EC3R postal area.
Minories, EC3N Minories is one of the old streets of the City of London.
Minster Court, EC3R Minster Court can be found on Mincing Lane
Monument Street, EC3R Monument Street is one of the streets of London in the EC3R postal area.
More London Place, SE1 More London Place is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area.
Morgans Lane, SE1 Morgan’s Lane runs down to HMS Belfast.
Munster Court, EC3R Munster Court is a road in the SW6 postcode area
Muscovy Street, EC3R Muscovy Street is one of the streets of London in the EC3R postal area.
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New London Street, EC3R New London Street is one of the streets of London in the EC3R postal area.
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Northern and Shell Building, EC3R Northern and Shell Building at 10 Lower Thames Street - the headquarters of Express newspapers.
Old Billingsgate Walk, EC3R Old Billingsgate Walk is part of the Thames Path.
Paul’s Walk, EC3N A street within the EC3N postcode
Peek House, EC3 Peek House can be found on Eastcheap.
Peek House, EC3M Peek House is a block on Eastcheap.
Peninsular House, EC3R Peninsular House is a block on Monument Street.
Pepys Street, EC3N Pepys Street links Seething Lane in the west to Cooper’s Row in the east.
Petty Wales, EC3R Petty Wales is one of the streets of London in the EC3N postal area.
Philpot Lane, EC3M Philpot Lane is one of the streets of London in the EC3M postal area.
Plantain Gardens, EC3M A street within the EC3V postcode
Plantain Gardens, EC3M A street within the EC3V postcode
Plantation Lane, EC3M Plantation Lane is one of the streets of London in the EC3R postal area.
Plantation Place, EC3R Plantation Place takes its name from a previous Plantation House, once the recognised centre of the tea trade.
Plough Court, EC4R Plough Court was named for the Plough tavern which stood here.
Port of London Authority Building, EC3N Port of London Authority Building can be found on Trinity Square.
Portsoken Street, EC3N Portsoken Street is one of the streets of London in the E1 postal area.
Prescot House, E1 Prescot House is a block on Prescot Street.
Providian House, EC3R A block within the EC3R postcode
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Queen Street, E1W Near the Tower of London was one of the many Queen Streets of London.
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Railway Place, Railway Place is an old East End street.
Rangoon Street, EC3N The East and West India Docks Company’s eastern trade gave its name to Rangoon Street.
Regis House, EC4 Regis House is a block on King William Street.
Regis House, EC4R Regis House is a block on King William Street.
Riverside Walk East, EC3R Riverside Walk East runs down to the Thames from Lower Thames Street.
Rood Lane, EC3M Rood Lane is one of the streets of London in the EC3M postal area.
Savage Gardens, EC3N Savage Gardens connects Crutched Friars in the north to Trinity Square in the south, crossing Pepys Street.
Seething Lane, EC3R Seething Lane is one of the streets of London in the EC3N postal area.
Shard Arcade, SE1 A street within the SE1 postcode
Ship Tavern Passage, EC3M Ship Tavern Passage is a City of London alleyway.
Shorter Street, EC3N Shorter Street is one of the streets of London in the E1 postal area.
Shorter Street, EC3N Shorter Street is a road in the EC3N postcode area
Sky Garden, EC3M Sky Garden is a location in London.
St Clare House, EC3N St Clare House is sited on Minories.
St Clare Street, EC3N St Clare Street is one of the streets of London in the EC3N postal area.
St Clement’s House, EC4N St Clement’s House is a block on Clement’s Lane.
St Dunstans Hill, EC3R St Dunstans Hill is one of the streets of London in the EC3R postal area.
St Georges Lane, EC3R St Georges Lane is one of the streets of London in the EC3R postal area.
St Magnus House, EC3 St Magnus House is a block on Lower Thames Street.
St Mary At Hill, EC3R St Mary At Hill is one of the streets of London in the EC3R postal area.
St Olaf House, SE1 St Olaf House is a block on Tooley Street.
St Thomas’s Tower, EC3N St Thomas’s Tower can be found on Unnamed Road.
Sugar Quay Walk, EC3N Sugar Quay Walk is part of the Thames Path near to the Tower of London.
Swan Street, Swan Street is an old East End street.
Talbot Court, EC3V Talbot Court was next to the Talbot Inn until the Great Fire of London.
Tenter Street West, Tenter Street West is an old East End street.
The Monument Building, EC3R The Monument Building is a block on Monument Street.
The News Building, SE1 The News Building is sited on London Bridge Street.
The Queen’s House, EC3N The Queen’s House is sited on Unnamed Road.
The Queen’s Steps, EC3N The Queen’s Steps is one of the streets of London in the EC3N postal area.
Tower Bridge Approach, E1W Tower Bridge Approach is a road in the E1W postcode area
Tower Bridge, SE1 Tower Bridge is a combined bascule and suspension bridge, built between 1886 and 1894.
Tower Hill Terrace, EC3N Tower Hill Terrace is one of the streets of London in the EC3N postal area.
Tower Hill, EC3N Tower Hill is a street and square, northwest of the Tower of London.
Tower Pier, EC3N Tower Pier is a location in London.
Tower Place East, EC3R A street within the EC3R postcode
Tower Place, EC3R Tower Place is one of the streets of London in the EC3R postal area.
Tower Walk, E1W Tower Walk is one of the streets of London in the E1W postal area.
Trinity Square, Trinity Square is an old East End street.
Trinity Square, EC3N Trinity Square is one of the streets of London in the EC3N postal area.
Upper East Smithfield, Upper East Smithfield is an old East End street.
Vine Street, EC3N Vine Street is one of the streets of London in the EC3N postal area.
Wakefield Tower, EC3N Wakefield Tower is located on Unnamed Road.
Walsingham House, EC3N Walsingham House is a block on Seething Lane.
Wardrobe Tower, EC3N Wardrobe Tower is a building on Unnamed Road.
West Tenter Street, E1 West Tenter Street is one of the streets of London in the E1 postal area.
White Tower, EC3N White Tower is a block on Unnamed Road.
Willis Building, EC3M Willis Building is a block on Lime Street.
XL House, EC3V XL House is a block on Gracechurch Street.

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Tower Hill

Tower Hill is an elevated spot outside the Tower of London and just outside the limits of the City of London.

Formerly Tower Hill was part of the Tower Liberty under the direct administrative control of Tower. Part of one of the oldest parts of London, archaeological evidence shows that there was a settlement on the hill in the Bronze Age and much later a Roman village that was burnt down during the Boudica uprising.

A nearby church, All Hallows-by-the-Tower, is known for fragments of Romanesque architecture dating back to AD 680.

Public executions of high-profile traitors and criminals were often carried out on Tower Hill.

Tower of London tube station opened in 1882 during the construction of the Metropolitan Railway to the north. A new station was opened in 1884 with the name Mark Lane (later renamed Tower Hill), just to the west of the Tower of London station, which closed the same day.

When the original Tower Hill station was itself closed in 1967, the current Tower Hill station was opened on the site of the Tower of London station. The remains of the old station were demolished by the construction of the new station.


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Bank station
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Byward Tower, 1893
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The Great Synagogue of London (1810)
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The Boar’s Head was located on the north side of Whitechapel High Street. The Boar’s Head was originally an inn, which was built in the 1530s; it underwent two renovations for use as a playhouse: first, in 1598, when a simple stage was erected, and a second, more elaborate renovation in 1599.
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The Aldgate Pump (1874) Aldgate Pump is a historic water pump located at the junction where Aldgate meets Fenchurch Street and Leadenhall Street. The pump is notable for its long, and sometimes dark history, as well as its cultural significance as a symbolic start point of the East End of London. The term "East of Aldgate Pump" is used as a synonym for the East End or for East London as a whole.
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Bevis Marks Synagogue
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Exterior of St Katherine Cree, City of London
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St James Duke
Credit: Robert William Billings and John Le Keux
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A drawing published in 1907 of the west front of the Church of Holy Trinity, Minories
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Etching of All Hallows Staining tower, drawn in 1922
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Mark Lane station
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Byward Tower, 1893
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