July 2021 archive

Conlan Street, W10

Conlan Street is one of the newer roads of Kensal Town.

Queen’s Crescent, NW5

Queen’s Crescent played a seminal role in the story of the Sainsbury’s supermarket chain.

Bostall Hill, SE2

Bostall Hill was an old route leading east from Plumstead.

Battersea High Street, SW11

Battersea High Street is anything but the high street of Battersea.

Allen Street, W8

Allen Street extends south from Kensington High Street.

Denmark Place, WC2H

Denmark Place was an alleyway one block north of Denmark Street.

Centre Point, WC2H

Centre Point is a controversial 1960s-built tower block.

Upper Holloway

Upper Holloway is a district in the London Borough of Islington centred on the upper part of Holloway Road.

The growth of the outer suburbs

At the turn of the twentieth century, the built-up area of London extended about eight miles in any direction as measured from Charing Cross – even within that boundary, there was still countryside. The road vehicle had not come of age and the limit of the expansion was largely governed by the railways – those …

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Greenwich Foot Tunnel

The Greenwich Foot Tunnel crosses beneath the River Thames linking Greenwich on the south bank with Millwall (Island Gardens) on the north.