William Kent’s Arch In Bow Click here to book for this Saturday . ‘a curious vestige from a catalogue of destruction’ This fine eighteenth century rusticated arch designed by the celebrated architect and designer William Kent was originally part of Northumberland House, the London residence of the Percy family in the Strand which was demolished in 1874. Then the arch […]
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The Horticultural History Of The East End Writer & horticultural historian, Margaret Willes, introduces her lecture on the horticultural history of the East End which takes place in the Hanbury Hall on Tuesday 7th May at 7pm. CLICK HERE TO BOOK A TICKET Early twentieth century garden at the rear of WF Arber & C0 Ltd, Printing Works Today Spitalfields and Shoreditch […]
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John Stow’s Spittle Fields In 1999, I bought this coin that I wear around my neck for £2.60 from a grave robber in the Spitalfields Market at the time of the excavation of the Roman cemetery. Somebody wore this coin in London all those centuries ago and although I will never know who they were, now I wear it […]
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London in Quotations: Helene Hanff A bad day in London is still better than a good day anywhere else - Anon
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Ernest George’s London Click here to book for this Saturday’s tour of Spitalfields . Aldgate Stefan Dickers, Archivist at Bishopsgate Institute, introduced me to these fine copper plate etchings by Ernest George (1839-1922). In the eighteen-eighties, George set out to immortalise those fragments of London which spoke of times gone by and Londoners long dead, recording buildings and […]
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