London (1926)

In 1926 Claude Friese-Greene shot some of the first-ever colour film footage around London, capturing everyday life.

Friese-Greene’s technique - innovated by his father and called Biocolour - captures London in striking detail, as if putting the whole city in a time capsule. The people pass before us like ghosts.

Biocolour produced the illusion of true colour by exposing each alternate frame of ordinary black-and-white film stock through a two different coloured filters. Each alternate frame of the monochrome print was then stained red or green. Although the projection of Biocolour prints did provide a tolerable illusion of true colour, it suffered from noticeable flickering and red-and-green fringing when the subject was in rapid motion. In an attempt to overcome the colour fringing problem, a faster-than-usual frame rate was used.

Claude, born Claude Harrison Greene was the son of colour film pioneer, William Friese-Greene.

After William’s death in 1921, Claude Friese-Greene continued to develop the Biocolour system during the 1920s and renamed the process Friese-Greene Natural Colour. Claude was cinematographer on more than 60 films from 1923 to 1943.

The British Film Institute used computer enhancement to reduce the flickering effect of the original Biocolour and bring us this striking rare film which transports us back through time.

Note: Original Vimeo video stated the date as 1927 but footage dates from 1926.

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The Underground Map Pepys Street, EC3N 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. Reply
Graham O’Connell Lloyds Wharf, SE1 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. Reply
jack stevens Whites Row, E1 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, Reply
margaret clark Thrawl Street, E1 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. Reply
Old Nichol Street, E2 Added: 6 Nov 2021 15:03 GMT	Old Nichol Street, E2 Information about my grandfather’s tobacconist shop Reply
MCNALLY Blackfriars Added: 17 May 2021 09:42 GMT	Blackfriars (1959 - 1965) I lived in Upper Ground from 1959 to 1964 I was 6 years old my parents Vince and Kitty run the Pub The Angel on the corner of Upper Ground and Bodies Bridge. I remember the ceiling of the cellar was very low and almost stretched the length of Bodies Bridge. The underground trains run directly underneath the pub. If you were down in the cellar when a train was coming it was quite frightening Reply
Martin Eaton Shoreditch Added: 14 Oct 2021 03:56 GMT	Boundary Estate Sunbury, Taplow House. Reply
Johnshort Hurley Road, SE11 Added: 7 Oct 2017 21:07 GMT	Hurley Road, SE11 There were stables in the road mid way - also Danny reading had a coal delivery lorry. Reply
The Underground Map Aldgate 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. Reply
Tom Blackfriars Added: 21 May 2021 23:07 GMT	Blackfriars What is, or was, Bodies Bridge? Reply
Liverpool Street 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. Reply
Talbot Yard, SE1 Added: 27 Jul 2021 14:31 GMT	correction Chaucer did not write Pilgrims Progress. His stories were called the Canterbury Tales Reply
All bar one Added: 3 Jun 2021 15:50 GMT	All Bar One The capitalisation is wrong Reply

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Katharina Logan Ely Place, N1 Added: 9 Aug 2022 19:01 GMT	Ely place existed in name in 1857 On 7th July 1857 John James Chase and Mary Ann Weekes were married at St John the Baptist Hoxton, he of full age and she a minor. Both parties list their place of residence as Ely Place, yet according to other information, this street was not named until 1861. He was a bricklayer, she had no occupation listed, but both were literate and able to sign their names on their marriage certificate. Source: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSF7-Q9Y7?cc=3734475 Reply
Reginald John Gregory Colindeep Lane, NW9 Added: 8 Aug 2022 14:07 GMT	Worked in the vicinity of my ancestor’s house, Between the years 1982-1998 (unknown to me at the time) I worked in an office close to the site of my ancestors cottage. I discovered this when researching family history - the cottage was mentioned in the 1871 census for Colindeep Lane/Ancient Street coming up from the Hyde. The family lived in the ares betwen 1805 and 1912. Reply
Barry J. Page Highbury & Islington Added: 27 Jul 2022 19:41 GMT	Highbury Corner V1 Explosion Grandma described the V1 explosion at Highbury Corner on many occasions. She was working in the scullery when the flying bomb landed. The blast shattered all the windows in the block of flats and blew off the bolt on her front door. As she looked out the front room window, people in various states of injury and shock were making their way along Highbury Station Road. One man in particular, who was bleeding profusely from glass shard wounds to his neck, insisted in getting home to see if his family was all right. Others were less fortunate. Len, the local newsagent, comforted a man, who had lost both legs caused by the blast, until the victim succumbed to his injuries. The entire area was ravaged and following are statistics. The flying bomb landed during lunch hour (12:46 p.m.) on June 27th 1944. 26 people lost their lives, 84 were seriously injured and 71 slightly injured. Reply
ANON Lydford Road, W9 Added: 20 Jul 2022 13:36 GMT	The Square & Ashmore park The Square and Ashmore park was the place to be 2000-2005. Those were the greatest times on the estate. everyday people were playing out. the park was full of kids just being kids and having fun, now everyone is grown up and only bump into eachother when heading to the shops or work. I miss the good days( Im 25yrs old as im writing this) Reply
The Underground Map Added: 18 Jul 2022 13:56 GMT	Map of Thornsett Road Esrlsfield Reply
Carolyn Hirst New Road, E1 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. Reply
Richard Elgin Crescent, W11 Added: 12 Jul 2022 21:36 GMT	Elgin Crescent, W11 Richard Laitner (1955-1983), a barrister training to be a doctor at UCL, lived here in 1983. He was murdered aged 28 with both his parents after attending his sister’s wedding in Sheffield in 1983. The Richard Laitner Memorial Fund maintains bursaries in his memory at UCL Medical School Source: Ancestry Library Edition Reply
Anthony Mckay Grim%27s Ditch (Harrow) Added: 11 Jul 2022 00:12 GMT	Bankfield Cottages, Ass House Lane, Harrow Weald Bankfield Cottages (now demolished) at the end of Ass House Lane, appear twice in ’The Cheaters’ televison series (made 1960) in the episodes ’The Fine Print’ and ’Tine to Kill’ Source: THE CHEATERS: Episode Index Reply

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All Hallows Staining All Hallows Staining was a church located at the junction of Mark Lane and Dunster Court.

All Hallows Staining

Holy Trinity the Less Holy Trinity the Less was a parish church, destroyed in the Great Fire of London.

Holy Trinity the Less

London (1926) In 1926 Claude Friese-Greene shot some of the first-ever colour film footage around London, capturing everyday life.

London (1926)

St Gabriel Fenchurch St Gabriel Fenchurch (or Fen Church) was a parish church in the City of London, destroyed in the Great Fire and not rebuilt.

St Gabriel Fenchurch

St James Garlickhythe James Garlickhythe is a Church of England parish church in Vintry ward of the City of London, nicknamed "˜Wren’s lantern" owing to its profusion of windows.

St James Garlickhythe

St John the Evangelist Friday Street St John the Evangelist Friday Street was a church in Bread Street Ward of the City of London.

St John the Evangelist Friday Street

St Magnus-the-Martyr St Magnus the Martyr church is dedicated to St Magnus the Martyr, earl of Orkney, who died on 16 April 1116.

St Magnus-the-Martyr

St Michael Paternoster Royal St Michael Paternoster Royal is a church in the City of London.

St Michael Paternoster Royal

St Michael Queenhithe St. Michael Queenhithe was a church in the City of London located in what is now Upper Thames Street.

St Michael Queenhithe

St Mildred, Bread Street The church of St Mildred, Bread Street, stood on the east side of Bread Street in the Bread Street Ward of the City of London.

St Mildred, Bread Street

St Thomas the Apostle St Thomas the Apostle was a parish church in Knightrider Street in the City of London.

St Thomas the Apostle

The Steelyard The Steelyard was the main trading base (kontor) of the Hanseatic League in London during 15th and 16th centuries.

The Steelyard

Walbrook Wharf Walbrook Wharf is an operating freight wharf located in the City of London adjacent to Cannon Street station.

Walbrook Wharf

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20 Fenchurch Street, EC3M 20 Fenchurch Street is a commercial skyscraper in the City of London.

20 Fenchurch Street, EC3M

Abchurch Lane, EC4N Abchurch Lane was first mentioned as Abbechurche Lane in 1291.

Abchurch Lane, EC4N

Abchurch Yard, EC4N First mentioned in 1732, Abchurch Yard was built on the St Mary Abchurch churchyard.

Abchurch Yard, EC4N

Adelaide House, EC3R Adelaide House is a Grade II listed Art Deco office building in the City of London.

Adelaide House, EC3R

All Hallows Court, EC3M All Hallows Court ran on the northern side of All Hallows Lombard Street church.

All Hallows Court, EC3M

Allhallows Lane, EC4R Allhallows Lane is named after the churches of All-Hallows-the-Great and Less.

Allhallows Lane, EC4R

Anchor Terrace, SE1 Anchor Terrace is a large symmetrical building on the east side of Southwark Bridge Road, situated very close to the River Thames.

Anchor Terrace, SE1

Angel Lane, EC4R Angel Lane was formerly Angel Passage.

Angel Lane, EC4R

Arthur Street, EC4R Arthur Street is one of the streets of London in the EC4R postal area.

Arthur Street, EC4R

Bakers Hall Court, EC3R Bakers’ Hall Court lies at the end of Harp Street.

Bakers Hall Court, EC3R

Ball Alley, EC3M Ball Alley existed on maps between the 1750s and 1950s.

Ball Alley, EC3M

Bank End, SE1 Bank End is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area.

Bank End, SE1

Bankside, SE1 Bankside is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area.

Bankside, SE1

Basing Lane, EC4M Basing Lane ran west from Bow Lane to Bread Street.

Basing Lane, EC4M

Battle Bridge Lane, SE1 Battle Bridge Lane is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area.

Battle Bridge Lane, SE1

Bedale Street, SE1 Bedale Street is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area.

Bedale Street, SE1

Beer Lane, EC3R Beer Lane ran from the east end of Great Tower Street to Lower Thames Street.

Beer Lane, EC3R

Bell Inn Yard, EC3M Bell Inn Yard has also been simply ’Bell Yard’ on maps.

Bell Inn Yard, EC3M

Bell Wharf Lane, EC4R Bell Wharf Lane is one of the streets of London in the EC4R postal area.

Bell Wharf Lane, EC4R

Billiter Square, EC3M Billiter Square is a former square in the City of London.

Billiter Square, EC3M

Black Raven Alley, EC4R Black Raven Alley ran south from 105 Upper Thames Street down to Swan Wharf, just to the west of London Bridge.

Black Raven Alley, EC4R

Botolph Alley, EC3R Botolph Alley is one of the streets of London in the EC3R postal area.

Botolph Alley, EC3R

Botolph Lane, EC3R Botolph Lane is one of the streets of London in the EC3R postal area.

Botolph Lane, EC3R

Brabant Court, EC3M Brabant Court off Philpot Lane, probably marks the site of a settlement of immigrants from Brabant, a province now split between Belgium and the Netherlands.

Brabant Court, EC3M

Budge Row, EC4N Budge Row lies off the north side of Cannon Street, about 80 yards west of the main line station.

Budge Row, EC4N

Bulls Head Passage, EC3M Bulls Head Passage is one of the streets of London in the EC3V postal area.

Bulls Head Passage, EC3M

Bush Lane, EC4R Bush Lane is one of the streets of London in the EC4R postal area.

Bush Lane, EC4R

Cannon Bridge, EC4R Cannon Bridge is one of the streets of London in the EC4R postal area.

Cannon Bridge, EC4R

Cannon Street, EC4N Cannon Street runs nearly parallel with the River Thames, about 250 metres north of it, in the south of the City of London.

Cannon Street, EC4N

Cannon Street, EC4R Cannon Street follows the route of a riverside path that ran along the Thames.

Cannon Street, EC4R

Cathedral Street, SE1 Cathedral Street is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area.

Cathedral Street, SE1

Centennium House, EC3R A block within the EC3R postcode

Centennium House, EC3R

Clements Lane, EC4N Clements Lane is one of the streets of London in the EC4N postal area.

Clements Lane, EC4N

Clink Street, SE1 Clink Street is best known as the historic location of the Clink Prison.

Clink Street, SE1

Clink Wharf, SE1 A street within the SE1 postcode

Clink Wharf, SE1

Cloak Lane, EC4N Cloak Lane is one of the streets of London in the EC4R postal area.

Cloak Lane, EC4N

Clothworkers Hall, EC3M Clothworkers Hall is one of the streets of London in the EC3R postal area.

Clothworkers Hall, EC3M

College Hill, EC4R College Hill is named after Sir Richard Whittington’s college, set up here in the early 1400s.

College Hill, EC4R

College Street, EC4R College Street is one of the streets of London in the EC4R postal area.

College Street, EC4R

Cottons Centre, SE1 A street within the SE1 postcode

Cottons Centre, SE1

Cottons Lane, SE1 Cottons Lane is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area.

Cottons Lane, SE1

Counter Street, SE1 Counter Street is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area.

Counter Street, SE1

Cousin Lane, EC4R Cousin Lane is one of the streets of London in the EC4R postal area.

Cousin Lane, EC4R

Cullum Street, EC3M Cullum Street is one of the streets of London in the EC3M postal area.

Cullum Street, EC3M

Custom House Walkway, EC3R Custom House Walkway is one of the streets of London in the EC3R postal area.

Custom House Walkway, EC3R

Dark Horse Walk, EC3R Dark Horse Walk is one of the streets of London in the EC3R postal area.

Dark Horse Walk, EC3R

Dowgate Hill, EC4R Dowgate Hill is a continuation of Walbrook along the west side of Cannon Street Station, leading to Dowgate Dock.

Dowgate Hill, EC4R

Duke St Hill, SE1 Duke St Hill is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area.

Duke St Hill, SE1

Duke Street Hill, SE1 Duke Street Hill is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area.

Duke Street Hill, SE1

Dunster Court, EC3R Dunster Court is one of the streets of London in the EC3R postal area.

Dunster Court, EC3R

East Building 1, SE1 A street within the SE1 postcode

East Building 1, SE1

Eastcheap, EC3M A street within the EC3M postcode

Eastcheap, EC3M

Eastcheap, EC3R Eastcheap is the western continuation of Great Tower Street towards the Monument junction.

Eastcheap, EC3R

English Grounds, SE1 English Grounds is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area.

English Grounds, SE1

Fenchurch Avenue, EC3M Hogarth Court runs from Fenchurch Avenue to Fenchurch Street.

Fenchurch Avenue, EC3M

Fenchurch Avenue, EC3M Fenchurch Avenue runs from Lime Street to Billiter Street.

Fenchurch Avenue, EC3M

Fenchurch Mews, EC3M A street within the EC3M postcode

Fenchurch Mews, EC3M

Fenchurch Street, EC3M Fenchurch Street is one of the streets of London in the EC3M postal area.

Fenchurch Street, EC3M

Fish Street Hill, EC3M Fish Street Hill is one of the streets of London in the EC3R postal area.

Fish Street Hill, EC3M

French Ordinary Court, EC3M French Ordinary Court is one of the streets of London in the EC3M postal area.

French Ordinary Court, EC3M

Garlick Hill, EC4N Garlick Hill is one of the streets of London in the EC4V postal area.

Garlick Hill, EC4N

Gatehouse Square, SE1 A street within the SE1 postcode

Gatehouse Square, SE1

George Yard, EC3V George Yard is a yard off of Lombard Street.

George Yard, EC3V

Gloucester Court, EC3R Gloucester Court is one of the streets of London in the EC3R postal area.

Gloucester Court, EC3R

Gracechurch Street, EC3V Gracechurch Street is in the heart of Roman Londinium - it runs directly over the site of the basilica and forum.

Gracechurch Street, EC3V

Grant’s Quay Wharf, EC3R Grant?s Quay Wharf is one of the streets of London in the EC3R postal area.

Grant’s Quay Wharf, EC3R

Great St Thomas Apostle, EC4R Great St Thomas A postle, a rather odd streetname, between Garlick Hill and Queen Street.

Great St Thomas Apostle, EC4R

Great St Thomas, EC4R Great St Thomas is one of the streets of London in the EC4V postal area.

Great St Thomas, EC4R

Great Tower Street, EC3R Great Tower Street, originally known just as Tower Street, forms an eastern continuation of Eastcheap.

Great Tower Street, EC3R

Green Dragon Court, SE1 Green Dragon Court ran off Bedale Street.

Green Dragon Court, SE1

Hanseatic Walk, EC4R Hanseatic Walk is one of the streets of London in the EC4R postal area.

Hanseatic Walk, EC4R

Hanseatic Walk, EC4R Hanseatic Walk is a road in the SE1 postcode area

Hanseatic Walk, EC4R

Harp Lane, EC3R Harp Lane once connected Thames Street with Great Tower Street.

Harp Lane, EC3R

Hart Street, EC3R Hart Street is one of the streets of London in the EC3R postal area.

Hart Street, EC3R

Hay’s Lane, SE1 This is a street in the SE1 postcode area

Hay’s Lane, SE1

Hays Galleria, SE1 Hays Galleria is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area.

Hays Galleria, SE1

Hays Lane, SE1 Hays Lane is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area.

Hays Lane, SE1

Horseshoe Wharf Apartments, SE1 A street within the SE1 postcode

Horseshoe Wharf Apartments, SE1

Idol Lane, EC3R Idol Lane is one of the streets of London in the EC3R postal area.

Idol Lane, EC3R

Joiner Street, SE1 Joiner Street is a road in the SE1 postcode area

Joiner Street, SE1

Junction Approach, SE1 A street within the SE1 postcode

Junction Approach, SE1

King William Street, EC4N The northern section of King William Street runs diagonally northwards of the Monument junction.

King William Street, EC4N

King William Street, EC4R King William Street runs from a junction with Lombard Street to Monument junction from where continues south into London Bridge.

King William Street, EC4R

Laurence Pountney Hill, EC4R Laurence Pountney Hill is one of the streets of London in the EC4R postal area.

Laurence Pountney Hill, EC4R

Laurence Pountney Lane, EC4N Laurence Pountney Lane is one of the streets of London in the EC4N postal area.

Laurence Pountney Lane, EC4N

Laurence Pountney Lane, EC4R Laurence Pountney Lane is one of the streets of London in the EC4R postal area.

Laurence Pountney Lane, EC4R

Lime Street, EC3M The name Lime Street comes from the lime burners who once sold lime from there for use in construction.

Lime Street, EC3M

Little Trinity Lane, EC4V Little Trinity Lane is one of the streets of London in the EC4V postal area.

Little Trinity Lane, EC4V

Lombard Court, EC3V Lombard Court is a small street between Gracechurch Street and Clements Lane in the heart of London’s financial district.

Lombard Court, EC3V

Lombard Street, EC3V Lombard Street has a history stretching back to medieval times.

Lombard Street, EC3V

London Bridge Street, SE1 London Bridge Street is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area.

London Bridge Street, SE1

London Bridge Walk, London Bridge Walk is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area.

London Bridge Walk,

London Bridge, EC4R London Bridge is one of the streets of London in the EC4R postal area.

London Bridge, EC4R

London Bridge, SE1 London Bridge is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area.

London Bridge, SE1

London Street, EC3M London Street is one of the streets of London in the EC3R postal area.

London Street, EC3M

Lovat Lane, EC3R Lovat Lane is one of the streets of London in the EC3R postal area.

Lovat Lane, EC3R

Lower Thames Street, EC3R Lower Thames Street is one of the streets of London in the EC3R postal area.

Lower Thames Street, EC3R

Maiden Lane, SE1 Maiden Lane is a road in the SE1 postcode area

Maiden Lane, SE1

Mark Lane, EC3R Mark Lane is one of the streets of London in the EC3R postal area.

Mark Lane, EC3R

Martin Lane, EC4N Martin Lane is one of the streets of London in the EC4R postal area.

Martin Lane, EC4N

Mincing Lane, EC3R Mincing Lane is one of the streets of London in the EC3R postal area.

Mincing Lane, EC3R

Minster Court, EC3R Minster Court can be found on Mincing Lane

Minster Court, EC3R

Minster Pavement, EC3R Minster Pavement is one of the streets of London in the EC3R postal area.

Minster Pavement, EC3R

Montague Close, SE1 Montague Close is a street close to London Bridge.

Montague Close, SE1

Monument Street, EC3R Monument Street is one of the streets of London in the EC3R postal area.

Monument Street, EC3R

More London Place, SE1 More London Place is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area.

More London Place, SE1

Morgans Lane, SE1 Morgan’s Lane runs down to HMS Belfast.

Morgans Lane, SE1

Munster Court, EC3R Munster Court is a road in the SW6 postcode area

Munster Court, EC3R

Nicholas Lane, EC3V Nicholas Lane is one of the streets of London in the EC3V postal area.

Nicholas Lane, EC3V

Nicholas Lane, EC4N Nicholas Lane has two non-contiguous sections, separated by King William Street.

Nicholas Lane, EC4N

Old Billingsgate Walk, EC3R Old Billingsgate Walk is one of the streets of London in the EC3R postal area.

Old Billingsgate Walk, EC3R

Oystergate Walk, EC4R Oystergate Walk is one of the streets of London in the EC4R postal area.

Oystergate Walk, EC4R

Oystergate Walk, SE1 Oystergate Walk is a road in the SE1 postcode area

Oystergate Walk, SE1

Park Street, SE1 Park Street runs one block south of Bankside.

Park Street, SE1

Perkins Square, SE1 Perkins Square is a road in the SE1 postcode area

Perkins Square, SE1

Philpot Lane, EC3M Philpot Lane is one of the streets of London in the EC3M postal area.

Philpot Lane, EC3M

Plantain Gardens, EC3M A street within the EC3V postcode

Plantain Gardens, EC3M

Plantain Gardens, EC3M A street within the EC3V postcode

Plantain Gardens, EC3M

Plantation Lane, EC3M Plantation Lane is one of the streets of London in the EC3R postal area.

Plantation Lane, EC3M

Plantation Place, EC3R Plantation Place takes its name from a previous Plantation House, once the recognised centre of the tea trade.

Plantation Place, EC3R

Plough Court, EC4R Plough Court was named for the Plough tavern which stood here.

Plough Court, EC4R

Porter Street, SE1 Porter Street is a road in the SE1 postcode area

Porter Street, SE1

Providian House, EC3R A block within the EC3R postcode

Providian House, EC3R

Pudding Lane, EC3R Pudding Lane is one of the streets of London in the EC3R postal area.

Pudding Lane, EC3R

Queen St Place, EC4R Queen St Place is one of the streets of London in the EC4R postal area.

Queen St Place, EC4R

Queen Street Place, EC4R Queen Street Place is a location in London.

Queen Street Place, EC4R

Queen Street, EC4R Queen Street is a street in the City of London which runs between Upper Thames Street and Cheapside.

Queen Street, EC4R

Queenhithe, EC4V Queenhithe is a small and ancient ward of the City of London, situated by the River Thames and a minor street.

Queenhithe, EC4V

Railway Approach, SE1 Railway Approach is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area.

Railway Approach, SE1

Rochester Walk, SE1 A street within the SE1 postcode

Rochester Walk, SE1

Rood Lane, EC3M Rood Lane is one of the streets of London in the EC3M postal area.

Rood Lane, EC3M

Rose Alley, SE1 Rose Alley is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area.

Rose Alley, SE1

Shard Arcade, SE1 A street within the SE1 postcode

Shard Arcade, SE1

Ship Tavern Passage, EC3M Ship Tavern Passage is a City of London alleyway.

Ship Tavern Passage, EC3M

Sky Garden, EC3M Sky Garden is a location in London.

Sky Garden, EC3M

Soho Wharf, SE1 Soho Wharf is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area.

Soho Wharf, SE1

Southwark Bridge, SE1 This is a street in the EC4R postcode area

Southwark Bridge, SE1

St Dunstans Hill, EC3R St Dunstans Hill is one of the streets of London in the EC3R postal area.

St Dunstans Hill, EC3R

St Georges Lane, EC3R St Georges Lane is one of the streets of London in the EC3R postal area.

St Georges Lane, EC3R

St Mary At Hill, EC3R St Mary At Hill is one of the streets of London in the EC3R postal area.

St Mary At Hill, EC3R

St Swithin’s Lane, EC4N St Swithin’s Lane runs from King William Street to Cannon Street.

St Swithin’s Lane, EC4N

Stoney Street, SE1 Stoney Street is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area.

Stoney Street, SE1

Suffolk Lane, EC4R Suffolk Lane is one of the streets of London in the EC4R postal area.

Suffolk Lane, EC4R

Sugar Quay Walk, EC3N Sugar Quay Walk is part of the Thames Path near to the Tower of London.

Sugar Quay Walk, EC3N

Swan Lane, EC4R Swan Lane is one of the streets of London in the EC4R postal area.

Swan Lane, EC4R

Talbot Court, EC3V Talbot Court was next to the Talbot Inn until the Great Fire of London.

Talbot Court, EC3V

The Hop Exchange, SE1 A street within the SE1 postcode

The Hop Exchange, SE1

The Terrace, SE1 The Terrace is a road in the SE1 postcode area

The Terrace, SE1

Thrale Street, SE1 Thrale Street is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area.

Thrale Street, SE1

Three Cranes Wharf, EC4R Three Cranes Wharf is one of the streets of London in the EC4R postal area.

Three Cranes Wharf, EC4R

Three Crown Square, SE1 Three Crown Square is an official address within Borough Market.

Three Crown Square, SE1

Tower Place East, EC3R A street within the EC3R postcode

Tower Place East, EC3R

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

Tower Place West, EC3R

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

Tower Place, EC3R

Two London Bridge, SE1 A street within the SE1 postcode

Two London Bridge, SE1

Upper Thames Street, EC4R Upper Thames Street is one of the streets of London in the EC4R postal area.

Upper Thames Street, EC4R

Vestry House, EC4R Residential block

Vestry House, EC4R

Victor Wharf, SE1 A street within the SE1 postcode

Victor Wharf, SE1

Winchester Square, SE1 Winchester Square is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area.

Winchester Square, SE1

Winchester Walk, SE1 Winchester Walk is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area.

Winchester Walk, SE1

Winchester Wharf, SE1 A street within the SE1 postcode

Winchester Wharf, SE1

NEARBY PUBS

Agenda This pub existed immediately prior to the 2020 global pandemic and may still do so.

Agenda

All bar one This pub existed immediately prior to the 2020 global pandemic and may still do so.

All bar one

Balls Brothers @ Minster Court This pub existed immediately prior to the 2020 global pandemic and may still do so.

Balls Brothers @ Minster Court

Balls Brothers, Mark Lane This pub existed immediately prior to the 2020 global pandemic and may still do so.

Balls Brothers, Mark Lane

Bar 20 This pub existed immediately prior to the 2020 global pandemic and may still do so.

Bar 20

Barrow boy & banker This pub existed immediately prior to the 2020 global pandemic and may still do so.

Barrow boy & banker

Bedales Wine Bar This pub existed immediately prior to the 2020 global pandemic and may still do so.

Bedales Wine Bar

Brokers Wine Bar This pub existed immediately prior to the 2020 global pandemic and may still do so.

Brokers Wine Bar

Cannick Tapps This pub existed immediately prior to the 2020 global pandemic and may still do so.

Cannick Tapps

City Flogger This pub existed immediately prior to the 2020 global pandemic and may still do so.

City Flogger

Davys, 1 Plantation Place This pub existed immediately prior to the 2020 global pandemic and may still do so.

Davys, 1 Plantation Place

Dirty Martini Monument This pub existed immediately prior to the 2020 global pandemic and may still do so.

Dirty Martini Monument

Harry’s Bar This pub existed immediately prior to the 2020 global pandemic and may still do so.

Harry’s Bar

Jamies This pub existed immediately prior to the 2020 global pandemic and may still do so.

Jamies

Jamies St Mary At Hill This pub existed immediately prior to the 2020 global pandemic and may still do so.

Jamies St Mary At Hill

Katzenjammers This pub existed immediately prior to the 2020 global pandemic and may still do so.

Katzenjammers

Loose Cannon This pub existed immediately prior to the 2020 global pandemic and may still do so.

Loose Cannon

Old Swan The Old Swan Inn was one of the most well-known in the City of London.

Old Swan

Old thameside inn This pub existed immediately prior to the 2020 global pandemic and may still do so.

Old thameside inn

Oyster Shed This pub existed immediately prior to the 2020 global pandemic and may still do so.

Oyster Shed

Planet Of The Grapes This pub existed immediately prior to the 2020 global pandemic and may still do so.

Planet Of The Grapes

Planet of the Grapes Ltd This pub existed immediately prior to the 2020 global pandemic and may still do so.

Planet of the Grapes Ltd

Roma This pub existed immediately prior to the 2020 global pandemic and may still do so.

Roma

Salotto 31 This pub existed immediately prior to the 2020 global pandemic and may still do so.

Salotto 31

Sir John Hawkshaw This pub existed immediately prior to the 2020 global pandemic and may still do so.

Sir John Hawkshaw

Skinkers This pub existed immediately prior to the 2020 global pandemic and may still do so.

Skinkers

Steam Wine Bar This pub existed immediately prior to the 2020 global pandemic and may still do so.

Steam Wine Bar

The Anchor The Anchor is a pub on the south bank of the River Thames, close to Southwark Cathedral and London Bridge station.

The Anchor

The Banker This pub existed immediately prior to the 2020 global pandemic and may still do so.

The Banker

The Bell This pub existed immediately prior to the 2020 global pandemic and may still do so.

The Bell

The Bootlegger’s Club Ltd This pub existed immediately prior to the 2020 global pandemic and may still do so.

The Bootlegger’s Club Ltd

The Britannia This pub existed immediately prior to the 2020 global pandemic and may still do so.

The Britannia

The Bunch Of Grapes This pub existed immediately prior to the 2020 global pandemic and may still do so.

The Bunch Of Grapes

The Draft House This pub existed immediately prior to the 2020 global pandemic and may still do so.

The Draft House

The Folly This pub existed immediately prior to the 2020 global pandemic and may still do so.

The Folly

The globe tavern This pub existed immediately prior to the 2020 global pandemic and may still do so.

The globe tavern

The horniman at hays This pub existed immediately prior to the 2020 global pandemic and may still do so.

The horniman at hays

The Hung Drawn & Quartered This pub existed immediately prior to the 2020 global pandemic and may still do so.

The Hung Drawn & Quartered

The Hydrant, Equitable House This pub existed immediately prior to the 2020 global pandemic and may still do so.

The Hydrant, Equitable House

The market porter This pub existed immediately prior to the 2020 global pandemic and may still do so.

The market porter

The Monument This pub existed immediately prior to the 2020 global pandemic and may still do so.

The Monument

The mudlark This pub existed immediately prior to the 2020 global pandemic and may still do so.

The mudlark

The mug house This pub existed immediately prior to the 2020 global pandemic and may still do so.

The mug house

The Olde Wine Shades This pub existed immediately prior to the 2020 global pandemic and may still do so.

The Olde Wine Shades

The Pelt Trader, Arch 3 This pub existed immediately prior to the 2020 global pandemic and may still do so.

The Pelt Trader, Arch 3

The rake This pub existed immediately prior to the 2020 global pandemic and may still do so.

The rake

The Ship This pub existed immediately prior to the 2020 global pandemic and may still do so.

The Ship

The Ship This pub existed immediately prior to the 2020 global pandemic and may still do so.

The Ship

The southwark tavern This pub existed immediately prior to the 2020 global pandemic and may still do so.

The southwark tavern

The Sugarloaf This pub existed immediately prior to the 2020 global pandemic and may still do so.

The Sugarloaf

The Swan This pub existed immediately prior to the 2020 global pandemic and may still do so.

The Swan

The Three Cranes This pub existed immediately prior to the 2020 global pandemic and may still do so.

The Three Cranes

The Walrus & The Carpenter This pub existed immediately prior to the 2020 global pandemic and may still do so.

The Walrus & The Carpenter

Unknown as yet This pub existed immediately prior to the 2020 global pandemic and may still do so.

Unknown as yet

Unknown as yet This pub existed immediately prior to the 2020 global pandemic and may still do so.

Unknown as yet

Vinopolis city of wine This pub existed immediately prior to the 2020 global pandemic and may still do so.

Vinopolis city of wine

Wine Lodge This pub existed immediately prior to the 2020 global pandemic and may still do so.

Wine Lodge

City of London

The City of London constituted most of London from its settlement by the Romans in the 1st century AD to the Middle Ages, but the conurbation has since grown far beyond its borders.

As the City's boundaries have remained almost unchanged since the Middle Ages, it is now only a tiny part of the metropolis of Greater London, though it remains a notable part of central London. It holds city status in its own right and is also a separate ceremonial county.

It is widely referred to as 'The City' (often written on maps as City and differentiated from the phrase 'the city of London') or 'the Square Mile' as it is 1.12 square miles in area. These terms are also often used as metonyms for the United Kingdom's financial services industry, which continues a notable history of being largely based in the City.

The local authority for the City, the City of London Corporation, is unique in the UK and has some unusual responsibilities for a local council, such as being the police authority. It also has responsibilities and ownerships beyond the City's boundaries. The Corporation is headed by the Lord Mayor of the City of London, an office separate from (and much older than) the Mayor of London.

The City is a major business and financial centre, ranking as the world's leading centre of global finance. Throughout the 19th century, the City was the world's primary business centre, and continues to be a major meeting point for businesses.

The City had a resident population of about 7000 in 2011 but over 300,000 people commute to it and work there, mainly in the financial services sector. The legal profession forms a major component of the northern and western sides of the City - especially in the Temple and Chancery Lane areas where the Inns of Court are located, of which two—Inner Temple and Middle Temple - fall within the City of London boundary.

LOCAL PHOTOS

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Bank station Credit: IG/steven.maddison TUM image id: 1653840363 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Postal area SE1 TUM image id: 1483541461 Licence: CC BY 2.0	"Cheapside and Bow Church" engraved by W. Albutt (1837) First published in The History of London: Illustrated by Views in London and Westminster. Steel engraved print after a picture by T.H. Shepherd. Credit: W. Albutt TUM image id: 1507465321 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Georg Giese from Danzig, 34-year-old German merchant at the Steelyard, painted in London by Hans Holbein in 1532 Credit: Hans Holbein TUM image id: 1490827371 Licence:	Walbrook Wharf is an operating freight wharf located in the City of London adjacent to Cannon Street station. TUM image id: 1508582712 Licence: CC BY 2.0
The Great Synagogue of London (1810) Credit: Thomas Rowlandson (1756â TUM image id: 1518368926 Licence: CC BY 2.0	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. Credit: Wellcome Images TUM image id: 1518792844 Licence:	Bevis Marks Synagogue Credit: John Salmon TUM image id: 1519475277 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Exterior of St Katherine Cree, City of London Credit: Prioryman TUM image id: 1519729630 Licence: CC BY 2.0	St James Duke Credit: Robert William Billings and John Le Keux TUM image id: 1520552156 Licence: CC BY 2.0
Petticoat Lane in the 1920s Credit: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress) TUM image id: 1523993996 Licence:	Etching of All Hallows Staining tower, drawn in 1922 Credit: Public domain TUM image id: 1585749143 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Mark Lane station Credit: London Transport TUM image id: 1585759751 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Wagstaff Buildings, Sumner Road, Bankside, c. 1920. TUM image id: 1557142019 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Hopton Street, Borough, 1977. TUM image id: 1557142131 Licence: CC BY 2.0

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Bank station
Credit: IG/steven.maddison
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"Cheapside and Bow Church" engraved by W. Albutt (1837) First published in The History of London: Illustrated by Views in London and Westminster. Steel engraved print after a picture by T.H. Shepherd.
Credit: W. Albutt
Licence: CC BY 2.0

Georg Giese from Danzig, 34-year-old German merchant at the Steelyard, painted in London by Hans Holbein in 1532
Credit: Hans Holbein
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Walbrook Wharf is an operating freight wharf located in the City of London adjacent to Cannon Street station.
Licence: CC BY 2.0

Southwark Cathedral
Credit: IG/aleks london diary
Licence: CC BY 2.0

"London Bridge from the Old Swan" by the Irish painter Hubert Pugh (1780) Shooting the tidal rapids at old London Bridge was dangerous; many passengers preferred to get off at the Old Swan, and walk. Immediately across the river in the painting is St Saviour’s Church, now Southwark Cathedral.
Credit: Hubert Pugh (Bank of England Museum)
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HMS Belfast (2022)
Credit: IG/city visual
Licence: CC BY 2.0

The Church of All Hallows Lombard Street as seen from Ball Alley in the 1820s. All Hallows was a rare City of London church not demolished due to the Great Fire or the Blitz but to falling attendances. Taken from ’The Churches of London’ by George Godwin (1839)
Credit: Robert William Billings and John Le Keux
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The Shard, taken from the Sky Garden on top of the ’Walkie-Talkie’ (2015)
Credit: Wiki Commons/Colin
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Adelaide House from above
Credit: https://manchesterhistory.net/
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