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Aldermanbury water conduit

Erected under the will of Sir W. Eastfield.  Destroyed in the Great Fire but rebuilt.  Finally removed in the 18th century. 2023: A London Inheritance has a very informative post, with photos of t...

Building, Food & Drink

Rawthmell's Coffee House

Braxton's Coffee House (1702) at no.24 Henrietta Street became Rawthmell's Coffee House in 1715 and later moved to no.25, where the (R)SA first met. The image shows the painting by Anna Katrina Zi...

Building, Commerce, Community / Clubs, Food & Drink

Fountains Abbey pub

Sir Alexander Fleming was a loyal regular. Legend says that it was mould spores from this ale house which blew through Fleming’s window, leading him to the discovery of Penicillin in 1928.   The Fo...

Building, Commerce, Food & Drink

Lamb & Flag pub

Building, Commerce, Food & Drink

Shepherd's Well

One of the two sources of the Tyburn river, the other being in the grounds of Belsize Manor (now the area called Belsize Park).  The picture shows the well in 1820.  In 1878 Edward Walford wrote " ...

Place, Food & Drink