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Stratford Langthorne Abbey

A Cistercian monastery. Also called St Mary's or West Ham Abbey, one of the largest Cistercian abbeys in England, it existed until the Dissolution of the Monasteries. Although the ruins were pillag...

Building, Religion

Kilburn Bridge

The ever-useful Underground Map gives "Kilburn Bridge once marked the spot where the Edgware Road crossed the River Westbourne. Kilburn Bridge, which was recorded in 1398 and thought to have been b...

Building, Transport

Friends’ Meeting House - Hammersmith

Hammersmith Quakers gives: "Members of the Society of Friends (better known as Quakers) have been living and worshipping in Hammersmith since 1658 when Hammersmith and Chiswick were farming village...

Building, Religion

Shadwell Drill Shed

We can find no image of the Drill Hall but have found a "Drill Shed" on a 1887 map.  In Google Satellite View we can see about 3 buildings labelled Shadwell Basin Activities Centre on the site. 

Building, Armed Forces

Tavistock House

Built 1796 by property developer James Burton, who probably lived here while developing the surrounding area. The 1834 Davies & Bartlett map (bottom right corner) shows the house surrounded by ...

Building, Property

Bartram House

This Georgian house was on The Green, Hampstead, in an area now occupied by the west-most part of the Hampstead Royal Free Hospital. It was Sir Rowland Hill's home for 30 years, during which time S...

Building, Property

Oldest building on Cheapside

Building, Property

Goldhawk Social Club

Pop music venue in the 1960s. The Who made some of their early performances here, as well as many other artistes including Adam Faith and Screaming Lord Sutch. It is now known as the Shepherd's Bus...

Building, Music / songs

Fawcett house in Vauxhall

From Friends of Vauxhall Park: "In 1725 Edward Lovibond of St James, Clerkenwell, bought the Carroun estate. The Lovibonds let part of the estate, subsequently known as The Lawn, to James Gubbins a...

Building, Property

King's Hall Picture Palace

It is thought to have been the first purpose built cinema in Britain, with a seating capacity of 850. Over the years it was renamed as the 'Gaiety Picture House' and then the 'Regent Cinema'. It wa...

Building, Cinema