Tickets for my final Southbank walk until next summer: The South Bank – Marsh, Industry, Culture and the Festival of Britain, on the 20th of October, are now available by clicking here. As well...
https://alondoninheritance.com/london-streets/strand-lane-a-tragic-story-and-william-lilly/
Three of my father’s photos in today’s post, which goes by the title of “The Gates of Stationers’ Hall – Perhaps”. The reason for “Perhaps” at the end of the title is that I am st...
https://alondoninheritance.com/thebombedcity/the-gates-of-stationers-hall-perhaps/
Two new dates for my walks are now available on Eventbrite. Walks, dates, and link for details and booking, here: Bankside to Pickle Herring Street – History between the Bridges – Sunday 29th...
Walk around London today, and for a major city, the air is generally good to breath. Much of this improvement has been down to the move away from coal as a fuel for heating homes. The change has ...
https://alondoninheritance.com/london-infrastructure/kings-road-st-pancras-power-station/
There are two areas of London that probably have the highest concentration of pubs in the whole city – the City of London and Soho. Much of the wider London area once had a far higher number of...
One ticket has just become free for my walk next Sunday, the 18th of August, exploring the Lost Landscape and Transformation of Puddle Dock and Thames Street, an area that could soon change drama...
https://alondoninheritance.com/london-photography/late-victorian-london-in-photos/
Two tickets have just become free for my walk on Sunday, the 18th of August, exploring the Lost Landscape and Transformation of Puddle Dock and Thames Street, an area that could soon change drama...
https://alondoninheritance.com/london-history/greater-london-1937-highway-development-survey/
St. Olave, on the corner of Hart Street and Seething Lane is a wonderful City church. One of the few medieval churches that survived the Great Fire of 1666, it was badly bombed in the last war wi...
https://alondoninheritance.com/london-churches/st-olaves-hart-street/
There is an area around Archway underground station where the name Whittington, and the symbol of a cat features prominently, and this area is the subject of today’s post, to track down the loc...
https://alondoninheritance.com/london-parks-and-gardens/whittingtons-stone-and-whittington-park/
A few week’s ago, my post was about London Maps, and I included one of the strip maps by John Ogilby, who had the impressive title of His Majesties Cosmographer. John Ogilby was a fascinating c...
https://alondoninheritance.com/london-monuments/the-standard-cornhill/