Tower Bridge, SE1

Tower Bridge is a combined bascule and suspension bridge, built between 1886 and 1894.

Panorama of Tower Bridge from Shad Thames on a sunny morning.
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Tower Bridge was designed by Horace Jones and engineered by John Wolfe Barry with the help of Henry Marc Brunel. It was constructed to give better access to the East End, which had expanded its commercial potential in the 19th century. The bridge was opened by Edward, Prince of Wales and Alexandra, Princess of Wales in 1894.

It is one of five London bridges owned and maintained by the Bridge House Estates, a charitable trust founded in 1282.

The bridge is 240 m in length and consists of two 65 m bridge towers connected at the upper level by two horizontal walkways, and a central pair of bascules that can open to allow shipping. Originally hydraulically powered, the operating mechanism was converted to an electro-hydraulic system in 1972. It remains an important traffic route with 40 000 crossings every day. The bridge deck is freely accessible to both vehicles and pedestrians.

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Admin Tower Bridge, SE1 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. Reply
Jonathan Cocking Tower Bridge, SE1 Added: 30 Aug 2022 13:38 GMT	Tower Bridge, SE1 The driver subsequently married his clippie (conductress). Reply
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
Tricia Shadwell Added: 27 Apr 2021 12:05 GMT	St George in the East Church This Church was opened in 1729, designed by Hawksmore. Inside destroyed by incendrie bomb 16th April 1941. Rebuilt inside and finished in 1964. The building remained open most of the time in a temporary prefab. Reply
Christine D Elliott Spitalfields 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 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
fariba Tower Bridge Business Complex, S Added: 28 Jun 2021 00:48 GMT	Tower Bridge Business Complex, S need for my coursework Source: university Reply
Martin Eaton Shoreditch Added: 14 Oct 2021 03:56 GMT	Boundary Estate Sunbury, Taplow House. 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
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
Linda Pereira Street, E1 Added: 18 Feb 2021 22:03 GMT	Pereira Street, E1 My grandfather Charles Suett lived in Periera Street & married a widowed neighbour there. They later moved to 33 Bullen House, Collingwood Street where my father was born. Reply
All bar one Added: 3 Jun 2021 15:50 GMT	All Bar One The capitalisation is wrong Reply

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Sue Meyrick Road, SW11 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). Reply
Michael Tyrrell Avenue, DA16 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 Reply
Mike Levy Arbour Square, E1 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" Reply
Lady Townshend Bridge House 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 Reply
Alex Britton Roding Valley 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 Reply
Kevin Pont Roding Valley 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. Reply
Kevin Pont Dollis Hill 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. Reply
Kevin Pont Hampstead 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 Reply

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Eastminster Eastminster (The Abbey of St Mary de Graces) was a Cistercian abbey on Tower Hill and founded by Edward III in 1350.

Eastminster

Mark Lane station Mark Lane is a disused Circle and District line Underground station.

Mark Lane station

Tower of London The Tower of London is a historic castle located on the north bank of the River Thames and lies within the London Borough of Tower Hamlets.

Tower of London

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Barking Court, EC3R Barking Court ran south out of Great Tower Street, east of Beer Lane.

Barking Court, EC3R

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

Beer Lane, EC3R

Bell Tower, EC3N Bell Tower is a block on Unnamed Road.

Bell Tower, EC3N

Bloody Tower, EC3N Bloody Tower is a block on Unnamed Road.

Bloody Tower, EC3N

Boss Street, SE1 Boss Street runs north off Tooley Street.

Boss Street, SE1

Bowyer Tower, EC3N Bowyer Tower is a block on Unnamed Road.

Bowyer Tower, EC3N

Brick Tower, EC3N Brick Tower is a block on Unnamed Road.

Brick Tower, EC3N

Brunswick Court, SE1 Brunswick Court is a road in the SE1 postcode area

Brunswick Court, SE1

Butlers & Colonial Wharf, SE1 A street within the SE1 postcode

Butlers & Colonial Wharf, SE1

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

Butlers Colonial Wharf, SE1

Butlers Wharf, SE1 Located on the south bank of the River Thames, just east of Tower Bridge, Butler’s Wharf is a Grade II listed building that now houses luxury flats and restaurants.

Butlers Wharf, SE1

Byward Street, EC3R Byward Street was laid out between 1895 and 1906.

Byward Street, EC3R

Byward Tower, EC3N Byward Tower is sited on Unnamed Road.

Byward Tower, EC3N

Cambridge House, SE1 Cambridge House is a block on Potters Fields Park.

Cambridge House, SE1

Candishe House, SE1 Candishe House is a block on Queen Elizabeth Street.

Candishe House, SE1

Canvas House, SE1 A street within the SE1 postcode

Canvas House, SE1

Caraway Apartments, SE1 Caraway Apartments is a building on Lafone Street.

Caraway Apartments, SE1

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

Cardamom Building, SE1

Cartwright Street, E1 Cartwright Street is one of the streets of London in the E1 postal area.

Cartwright Street, E1

Catherine Court, Catherine Court is an old East End street.

Catherine Court,

Cayenne Court, SE1 Cayenne Court is a block on Cayenne Court.

Cayenne Court, SE1

Cinnamon Wharf, Cinnamon Wharf lies within the postcode.

Cinnamon Wharf,

Circus, EC3N Circus was built between 1768 and 1774 to the designs of George Dance the Younger.

Circus, EC3N

Commercial Pier Wharf, SE1 Commercial Pier Wharf is a road in the SE16 postcode area

Commercial Pier Wharf, SE1

Commodity Quay, E1W A street within the E1W postcode

Commodity Quay, E1W

Cooperage Court, SE1 Cooperage Court is sited on Gainsford Street.

Cooperage Court, SE1

Coopers Row, Coopers Row is an old East End street.

Coopers Row,

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

Copper Row, SE1

Coriander Court, SE1 Coriander Court is a block on Shad Thames.

Coriander Court, SE1

Crescent, EC3N Crescent lies behind Tower Gateway.

Crescent, EC3N

Crown Apartments, SE1 Crown Apartments is a block on Queen Elizabeth Street.

Crown Apartments, SE1

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

Curlew Street, SE1

Devon House, E1W Devon House is a building on St Katharine’s Way.

Devon House, E1W

Duchess Walk, SE1 Duchess Walk is a location in London.

Duchess Walk, SE1

East Smithfield, E1W East Smithfield, an ancient street, derives from ’smooth field’.

East Smithfield, E1W

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

Fair Street, SE1

Fennel Apartments, SE1 Fennel Apartments is a block on Lafone Street.

Fennel Apartments, SE1

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

Gainsford Street, SE1

Gainsforoad Street, SE1 A street within the SE1 postcode

Gainsforoad Street, SE1

Ginger Apartments, SE1 Ginger Apartments is a block on Curlew Street.

Ginger Apartments, SE1

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.

Gloucester Court, EC3N

Godwin House, SE1 Godwin House is a block on Still Walk.

Godwin House, SE1

Great Tower Hill, Great Tower Hill is an old East End street.

Great Tower Hill,

Hobb’s Court, SE1 Hobb’s Court can be found on Jacob Street.

Hobb’s Court, SE1

Hobbs Court, SE1 A street within the SE1 postcode

Hobbs Court, SE1

Horace Jones House, SE1 Horace Jones House is a block on Duchess Walk.

Horace Jones House, SE1

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

Horselydown Lane, SE1

India House, SE1 India House is a building on Curlew Street.

India House, SE1

International House, International House is a building on Cloister walk

International House,

International House, E1W International House is a block on St Katharineâ€™s Way.

International House, E1W

Ivory House, E1W Ivory House is a block on St Katharine Docks.

Ivory House, E1W

Jacana Court, E1W Jacana Court is a block on Star Place.

Jacana Court, E1W

Johnson Smirke Building, EC3N Johnson Smirke Building is a block on Royal Mint Court.

Johnson Smirke Building, EC3N

King Street, E1W King Street was once next to Queen Street.

King Street, E1W

Knights House, SE1 Knights House is a block on Gainsford Street.

Knights House, SE1

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

Lafone Street, SE1

Lanthorne Tower, EC3N Lanthorne Tower is sited on Unnamed Road.

Lanthorne Tower, EC3N

Lewes House, SE1 Lewes House is located on Druid Street.

Lewes House, SE1

Library Square, EC3N Library Square is a road in the E1 postcode area

Library Square, EC3N

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

Lloyds Wharf, SE1

Maggie Blake’s Cause, SE1 Maggie Blake’s Cause is a road in the SE1 postcode area

Maggie Blake’s Cause, SE1

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

Maguire Street, SE1

Mary Graces Court, E1 A street within the E1 postcode

Mary Graces Court, E1

Merganser Court, E1W Merganser Court is located on Star Place.

Merganser Court, E1W

Middle Tower, EC3N Middle Tower is a building on Three Quays Walk.

Middle Tower, EC3N

Mill Street, SE1 Mill Street runs along the east side of St Saviour’s Dock.

Mill Street, SE1

Millennium Square, SE1 A street within the SE1 postcode

Millennium Square, SE1

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

More London Riverside, SE1

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

Muscovy Street, EC3R

New Concordia Wharf, SE1 The New Concordia Wharf Victorian warehouses were converted into flats by Waterhouse (Andrew Wadsworth and Robert Ackland) in 1983.

New Concordia Wharf, SE1

Paul’s Walk, EC3N A street within the EC3N postcode

Paul’s Walk, EC3N

Pepys Street, EC3N Pepys Street links Seething Lane in the west to Cooper’s Row in the east.

Pepys Street, EC3N

Petty Wales, EC3R Petty Wales is one of the streets of London in the EC3N postal area.

Petty Wales, EC3R

Port of London Authority Building, EC3N Port of London Authority Building can be found on Trinity Square.

Port of London Authority Building, EC3N

Potters Fields, SE1 Potters Fields is a road in the SE1 postcode area

Potters Fields, SE1

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

Queen Elizabeth Street, SE1

Queen Street, E1W Near the Tower of London was one of the many Queen Streets of London.

Queen Street, E1W

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

Raven Wharf, SE1

Royal Mint Court, E1 Royal Mint Court is a block on Royal Mint Court.

Royal Mint Court, E1

Royal Mint Place, E1 Royal Mint Place is one of the streets of London in the E1 postal area.

Royal Mint Place, E1

Royal Mint Street, E1 Royal Mint Street began its life as Rosemary Lane.

Royal Mint Street, E1

Sandringham House, SE1 Sandringham House is a block on Potters Fields.

Sandringham House, SE1

Savage Gardens, EC3N Savage Gardens connects Crutched Friars in the north to Trinity Square in the south, crossing Pepys Street.

Savage Gardens, EC3N

Seething Lane, EC3R Seething Lane is one of the streets of London in the EC3N postal area.

Seething Lane, EC3R

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

Shad Thames, SE1

Shorter Street, EC3N Shorter Street is one of the streets of London in the E1 postal area.

Shorter Street, EC3N

Shorter Street, EC3N Shorter Street is a road in the EC3N postcode area

Shorter Street, EC3N

St Katharine’s Way, E1W St Katharine’s Way is a road in the E1W postcode area

St Katharine’s Way, E1W

St Mary Grace’s Court, E1 St Mary Grace’s Court is a building on Cartwright Street.

St Mary Grace’s Court, E1

St Thomas’s Tower, EC3N St Thomas’s Tower can be found on Unnamed Road.

St Thomas’s Tower, EC3N

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

Sugar Quay Walk, EC3N

Tamarind Court, SE1 Tamarind Court is a block on Gainsford Street.

Tamarind Court, SE1

The Cardamom Building, SE1 The Cardamom Building is a block on Shad Thames.

The Cardamom Building, SE1

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

The Circle, SE1

The Queen’s House, EC3N The Queen’s House is sited on Unnamed Road.

The Queen’s House, EC3N

The Queens Walk, SE1 The Queens Walk is a location in London.

The Queens Walk, SE1

The Queen’s Steps, EC3N The Queen’s Steps is one of the streets of London in the EC3N postal area.

The Queen’s Steps, EC3N

The Tower, SE1 The Tower is a block on Potters Fields.

The Tower, SE1

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

Three Oak Lane, SE1

Tower Bridge Approach, E1W Tower Bridge Approach is a road in the E1W postcode area

Tower Bridge Approach, E1W

Tower Bridge Court, SE1 Tower Bridge Court is a block next to its namesake in Southwark.

Tower Bridge Court, SE1

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

Tower Bridge Piazza, SE1

Tower Hill Terrace, EC3N Tower Hill Terrace is one of the streets of London in the EC3N postal area.

Tower Hill Terrace, EC3N

Tower Hill, EC3N Tower Hill is a street and square, northwest of the Tower of London.

Tower Hill, EC3N

Tower Pier, EC3N Tower Pier is a location in London.

Tower Pier, EC3N

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

Tower Walk, E1W Tower Walk is one of the streets of London in the E1W postal area.

Tower Walk, E1W

Trinity Square, Trinity Square is an old East End street.

Trinity Square,

Trinity Square, EC3N Trinity Square is one of the streets of London in the EC3N postal area.

Trinity Square, EC3N

Truscott Court, SE1 Truscott Court was off Curlew Street.

Truscott Court, SE1

Tudor House, SE1 Tudor House is a block on Duchess Walk.

Tudor House, SE1

Unity Wharf, SE1 Unity Wharf is a road in the SE1 postcode area

Unity Wharf, SE1

Upper East Smithfield, Upper East Smithfield is an old East End street.

Upper East Smithfield,

Vanilla and Sesame Court, SE1 Vanilla and Sesame Court is a block on Curlew Street.

Vanilla and Sesame Court, SE1

Victoria Court, E1 Victoria Court is a block on Cartwright Street.

Victoria Court, E1

Vine Street, SE1 The Vine tavern was recorded here in 1761.

Vine Street, SE1

Vogans Mill Wharf, SE1 Mill Wharf was occupied by Vogan, a company that ground grain and exotic spices from the East and West Indies until 1987.

Vogans Mill Wharf, SE1

Wakefield Tower, EC3N Wakefield Tower is located on Unnamed Road.

Wakefield Tower, EC3N

Wardrobe Tower, EC3N Wardrobe Tower is a building on Unnamed Road.

Wardrobe Tower, EC3N

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

Weavers Lane, SE1

Wessex House, SE1 Wessex House is a block on Still Walk.

Wessex House, SE1

Whistlers House, SE1 Whistlers House is a block on Gainsford Street.

Whistlers House, SE1

White Tower, EC3N White Tower is a block on Unnamed Road.

White Tower, EC3N

Windlesham House, SE1 Windlesham House is a block on Duchess Walk.

Windlesham House, SE1

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All Bar One

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The Great Synagogue of London (1810) Credit: Thomas Rowlandson (1756â TUM image id: 1518368926 Licence: CC BY 2.0	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. Credit: Unknown TUM image id: 1518792376 Licence:	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	The Third Goodmans Fields Theatre, Great Alie Street (1801) Credit: W. W. Hutchings TUM image id: 1520855916 Licence:	A drawing published in 1907 of the west front of the Church of Holy Trinity, Minories Credit: Uncredited TUM image id: 1523993568 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:
Byward Tower, 1893 TUM image id: 1556882285 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Bridge House, George Row, Bermondsey (1926) TUM image id: 1557151298 Licence:	Battle of Cable Street mural The Battle of Cable Street took place on the corner of Cable Street and Dock Street, and other places Credit: Wiki CommonsAlan Denney TUM image id: 1642775177 Licence:	HMS Belfast (2022) Credit: IG/city visual TUM image id: 1653838128 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Optician built into the facade of St Ethelburga’s, Bishopsgate, c.1910 Credit: Bishopsgate Institute TUM image id: 1665401859 Licence:

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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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Bridge House, George Row, Bermondsey (1926)
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HMS Belfast (2022)
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Folly Ditch, Jacob’s Island in the 19th century. Jacob’s Island was a notorious Bermondsey slum, cleared in the 1860s.
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Bermondsey Street (1881) "One cannot help speculating as to the origins of this singular group of houses, with their eight gables. Mr Rendle, who was good enough to take great pains - unfortunately fruitless- to glean something for me about the history of these houses, tells me that in the early part of this century, houses of this type were exceedingly common in the main thoroughfares and bye places of Southwark. They are good specimens of the houses of the time of Elizabeth and somewhat later; the frame of massive timber, else mere shells of lath and plaster; but though often out of shape and leaning in all directions, wonderfully durable." This description was written by Alfred Marks.
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Jamaica Road (1900s) Despite being a road of eighteenth century origin, the western end of Jamaica Road, Bermondsey only dates from the 1960s.
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Circus, EC3 (1918) Designed in 1768 by George Dance the Younger
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