Covent Garden Market
The piazza, created in 1630 by Inigo Jones for Francis the 4th Earl of Bedford, attracted stalls and hawkers so in 1670 the 5th Earl decided to formalise and profit from the situation and obtained ...
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Old Slaughters Coffee House
At 74 - 75 St Martin's Lane. Â Mentioned in Thackeray's "Vanity Fair".Â
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Westminster College, Fulton, Missouri, USA,
In 1966 the remains of Church of St Mary Aldermanbury were removed to this college and restored as a memorial to Sir Winston Churchill.
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Atkinsons Carillon
The only carillon in London. Dictionary definition of 'Carillon': a set of bells usually hung in a tower and played either from a set of keys and pedals or mechanically.
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Jubilee Walkway
The first phase of what was initially called the Silver Jubilee Walkway was opened by the unveiling of a bronze plaque at the South Bank Lion, in 1977. The unveiling of panels marking new sections ...
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Texas
After Texas won its independence from Mexico in 1836, Britain was one of the first countries in the world to recognize the Republic of Texas as a nation. From Statesman: The United Kingdom enjoys ...
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Coal Hole Tavern
The meeting place of the Wolf Club of which in about 1826 Edmund Kean was a leading member.  Lawrence Silverman tells us that, later, this was the tavern where Renton Nicholson staged his very rude...
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Hampstead Garden Suburb
Henrietta Barnett formed a board of trustees to build this urban utopia following strict social principles: all classes accommodated, places of education provided, places for the handicapped and el...
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Ship Tavern
Founded: AD 1549. Rebuilt: AD 1923 The Ship Tavern This tavern was established in the year 1549. During the proscription of the Roman Catholic religion it was used as a shelter for priests and se...
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The Polygon
Polygon Road was the site of The Polygon - a fifteen sided building of 32 houses situated around a garden. William Godwin and Mary Wollstonecraft lived at No 29 for a time and their daughter, later...
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