Cardboard City, Waterloo
Cardboard City was the name for an informal settlement consisting of temporary cardboard shelters that occupied a site, known as the Bullring, near Waterloo station. It was lived in by homeless peo...
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The Rookery - Streatham
A landscaped area surrounded by Streatham Common. As well as the formal garden there are areas of woodland. Has provided a setting for many theatrical productions. The text off a number of informa...
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Surrey Docks Farm
The farm provides opportunities for the people of Southwark to learn about farming and food production. Originally it was located on derelict land near Greenland Dock, and moved to its present site...
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Ingleton House Boys Home
In about 1903, numbers 2 - 4 Rectory Grove, (built c.1790), were combined to form St. Hugh’s Boys Home, later named Ingleton House Boys Home,  run by an Anglican religious society named the Society...
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Licensed Victuallers' Benevolent Institution Asylum
Almshouses built in the early 19th century. They were originally known as the Licensed Victuallers' Benevolent Institution Asylum. In this case, the word 'asylum' didn't indicate a home for mental ...
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Borough of Finchley
Former London borough. It was merged with the municipal borough of Hendon, and the urban districts of Barnet, East Barnet and Friern Barnet to form the London Borough of Barnet.
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Mile End Old Town
Initially a hamlet, then an administrative area but without its own associated church, a vestry. Wikipedia explains: “Mile End is recorded in 1288 as La Mile ende. It is formed from the Middle Eng...
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Shoreditch Triangle
What is the "Shoreditch Triangle"? Well, there's a Shoreditch Christmas triangle - an area comprising shops, studios etc in the Shoreditch area; the Shoreditch Design triangle - founded in 2008 to ...
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Star Brewhouse, Wapping
The Star Brewhouse is shown on John Rocque's map of 1746, situated immediately north of what is now the junction of Wapping High Street and Hilliard's Court. It was first recorded in 1688 and was ...
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Hogsmill River
Tributary of the Thames rising in Ewell, with five tributaries of its own. It was the setting for the John Everett Millais painting of Ophelia (pictured), although the model posed in a bath. Willia...
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