Thorpe Close is a redevelopment of the former Thorpe Mews, laid waste by the building of the Westway.
June 2020 archive
Hercules Road, SE1
Hercules Road runs north from Lambeth Road near Lambeth Palace, on the site of Penlington Place.
Oxford Street, W1S
Oxford Street is England’s most famous and popular shopping street.
Old maps collection
HAMPSTEAD John Rocque’s Map of Hampstead (1762)
Shoulder of Mutton Alley, E14
Shoulder of Mutton Alley might derive its name from an inn – or something more earthy.
Lost London
Containing more than 500 unseen photographs from the archives of English Heritage, this collection shows Elizabethan, Georgian and Victorian London before the major 20th century redevelopments. Lost London is the story of the city as told through the buildings, parks and palaces that are no longer with us. Places like the Vauxhall Pleasure Gardens, …