The Eleanor Cross in Waltham Cross which the body of Eleanor would have passed in 1290 from St Albans to Waltham Abbey, and then from Waltham Abbey back to pick up the road to London, from my post on the route at alondoninheritance.com/cycling-arou...

Today’s new post - The Treachery of Sir George Downing. The man behind the name of Downing Street and his role in capturing three regicides at alondoninheritance.com

Today’s new post - The Treachery of Sir George Downing. The man behind the name of Downing Street and his role in capturing three regicides at alondoninheritance.com

Last Sunday's new post - A Microscopic Examination of the Water Supplied to the Inhabitants of London at alondoninheritance.com/london-infra...

The Grade II listed market cross in Grantham in 1952 from my post following the line of Eleanor Crosses in Grantham, Stamford and Geddington at alondoninheritance.com/cycling-arou...

Eleanor of Castile – A 13th Century Journey to London. My first post of a series following the journey from Harby and Lincoln to London at alondoninheritance.com/london-journ...

Police, Bandits, the Marine Society and Coffee Houses, exploring some of the plaques to be found across the City of London at alondoninheritance.com/london-histo...

Leake Street named after Dr John Leake who was responsible for the nearby General Lying-In Hospital. Exploring the history of this pioneering hospital at alondoninheritance.com/london-build...

Walking the New River – Ware to Cheshunt. The first part of a walk along the 400 year old artificial river, still in use, and for the same purpose. Today, the New River provides around 8%, or 220 million litres a day, of London’s water at alondoninheritance.com/rivers-and-s...

Leake Street named after Dr John Leake who was responsible for the nearby General Lying-In Hospital. Exploring the history of this pioneering hospital at alondoninheritance.com/london-build...

Niche audience but this is basically the pub in UPSTAIRS DOWNSTAIRS.. barely 50yds from Eaton Pl, in a mews, full of servants, exactly the sort of ground-floor-of-a-house room depicted

The Grenadier in Wilton Mews, near Upper Belgrave Street: from my post on Early 20th Century London in Photos at alondoninheritance.com/london-photo...

“one of London’s lunch-time gathering grounds” from my post Early 20th Century London in Photos at alondoninheritance.com/london-photo...

The Grenadier in Wilton Mews, near Upper Belgrave Street: from my post on Early 20th Century London in Photos at alondoninheritance.com/london-photo...

Today's new post - water from the Chelsea and Southwark Companies in 1850. A Microscopic Examination of the Water Supplied to the Inhabitants of London at alondoninheritance.com

Today's new post - water from the Chelsea and Southwark Companies in 1850. A Microscopic Examination of the Water Supplied to the Inhabitants of London at alondoninheritance.com

Last Sunday's new post - His & Hers Hairdressers, Middleton Road, Hackney, photographed in 1986. Exploring the story of the shop and street at alondoninheritance.com/london-stree...

As featured in a booklet from my favourite album, Quadrophenia (1973) by The Who.

Exploring the history and construction of the Greenwich Foot Tunnel in my post at alondoninheritance.com/under-london...

The George, looking towards Borough High Street, with a sign above the entrance to the offices of the Great Northern Railway, from my post exploring the history of this historic Southwark coaching inn at alondoninheritance.com/londonpubs/g...

The George, looking towards Borough High Street, with a sign above the entrance to the offices of the Great Northern Railway, from my post exploring the history of this historic Southwark coaching inn at alondoninheritance.com/londonpubs/g...

Sans Walk, a Fenian Outrage and the Edge of London. Stories from a historical area of Clerkenwell explored in my post at alondoninheritance.com/london-stree...

Sans Walk, a Fenian Outrage and the Edge of London. Stories from a historical area of Clerkenwell explored in my post at alondoninheritance.com/london-stree...

Today’s new post - 1980s hair from His & Hers Hairdressers, Middleton Road, Hackney at alondoninheritance.com

Today’s new post - 1980s hair from His & Hers Hairdressers, Middleton Road, Hackney at alondoninheritance.com

Last Sunday's new post - The Flower Sellers and London Fields at alondoninheritance.com/london-parks...

Amos Jones and S. Krantz. A look at Drury Lane in the 1980s in my post at alondoninheritance.com/london-stree...

Amos Jones and S. Krantz. A look at Drury Lane in the 1980s in my post at alondoninheritance.com/london-stree...

Frederick Albert Victor Moore of G Division of the Metropolitan Police in 1886 left his Devonport Naval Dockyard collar number in Myddleton Passage - 365 PLYMOUTH, from my post on New River Head at alondoninheritance.com/rivers-and-s...

Walcot Square And Lost Prefabs - A 1986 corner shop from my post exploring the area and searching for the site of some prefabs at alondoninheritance.com/london-stree...

Frederick Albert Victor Moore of G Division of the Metropolitan Police in 1886 left his Devonport Naval Dockyard collar number in Myddleton Passage - 365 PLYMOUTH, from my post on New River Head at alondoninheritance.com/rivers-and-s...

Walcot Square And Lost Prefabs - A 1986 corner shop from my post exploring the area and searching for the site of some prefabs at alondoninheritance.com/london-stree...

French’s Dairy in Rugby Street, photographed in 1986 from my post on Rugby Street, French’s Dairy And Emerald Court at alondoninheritance.com/london-stree...

“In the High Street is this 17th century bow-windowed inn, the ‘castle’, a picturesque reminder of coaching days.” from Curious Battersea. More in my post at alondoninheritance.com/london-books...

Today’s new post - The Flower Sellers and London Fields. Exploring a historic part of Hackney at alondoninheritance.com

The Lost Alleys Of Cloth Fair, including 41 and 42 Cloth Fair, the oldest residential buildings within the current boundaries of the City of London, photographed by my father in 1951, from my post on Cloth Fair at alondoninheritance.com/london-stree...

Cheyne Row – Chelsea, photographed in 1949. The view is much the same today, apart from far more parked cars. From my post exploring the area at alondoninheritance.com/london-stree...

Cheyne Row – Chelsea, photographed in 1949. The view is much the same today, apart from far more parked cars. From my post exploring the area at alondoninheritance.com/london-stree...

The Prospect of Whitby in the distance and the lifting bridge over the channel into Shadwell Basin. One of my father's post-war photos, from my post which explores the area at alondoninheritance.com/londonpubs/t...

The Prospect of Whitby in the distance and the lifting bridge over the channel into Shadwell Basin. One of my father's post-war photos, from my post which explores the area at alondoninheritance.com/londonpubs/t...

A Zone map and Charges for Watermen on the Thames in 1803, from today's new post - Watermen’s Rates, The Shock of America and a 19th Century Street View at alondoninheritance.com

Today’s new post - Watermen’s Rates, The Shock of America and a 19th Century Street View at alondoninheritance.com

Last Sunday's new post - Pageant Stairs, Pageant’s Wharf, a Fire Station, Obelisk, and Bus Stop, Rotherhithe at alondoninheritance.com/the-thames/p...

Exploring Down Street Station, one of London's closed underground stations at alondoninheritance.com/under-london...

St James Garlickhythe in 1948. It had a lucky escape when a 500lb bomb fell into the church but failed to explode. A monument to the Nesham family records the death of fifteen of their children, the majority of whom did not reach the age of one. More at alondoninheritance.com/london-churc...

Today’s new post - Pageant Stairs, Pageant’s Wharf, a Fire Station, Obelisk, and Bus Stop, Rotherhithe at alondoninheritance.com

Today’s new post - Pageant Stairs, Pageant’s Wharf, a Fire Station, Obelisk, and Bus Stop, Rotherhithe at alondoninheritance.com

Last Sunday's new post - New Smithfield and Billingsgate Markets, Horn Stairs and a Confusion of Greshams at alondoninheritance.com/london-histo...

The Lost Wharfs of Upper Thames Street and St. Benet’s Welsh Church, seen here in this 1948 photo, explored in my post at alondoninheritance.com/london-churc...

Here's the 'Agas' map section of the same area. What is now Godliman Street, north of St Benet, was Paul's Chain, which was the route up from Paul's wharf to the southern side of Paul's churchyard