@HistoryLondon

Historian (FRHistS), author of THE BOSS OF BETHNAL GREEN, a true foundation story of London’s East End and biography of Regency godfather Joseph Merceron.

 London
amazon.co.uk/Boss-Bethnal-Green-Merceron-Godfather-ebook/dp/B086XFTWXK
Joined April 2011
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THE BOSS OF BETHNAL GREEN - a foundation story of London’s East End. At its centre a Regency Godfather with fingers in every pie and whose legacy was Victorian London’s worst slums. amazon.co.uk/Boss-Bethnal-Gr…
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Municipal Dreams@MunicipalDreamsMar 9
1/ The Hogarth Stair, Barts North Wing - dating to the 1730s, now fully refurbished and open (at set times) to the public. Well worth a visit. 'The Pool of Bethesda' depicts Jesus curing a lame man and others seeking treatment. bartsnorthwing.org.uk/visit/
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Jane Davis@janedavisauthorMar 9
Arts correspondent, presenter and author Melvyn Bragg on the wonder of Oxford, the trials of the BBC and his new memoir about student life and the neglect of the working class in literary culture. #BookTwitter #booklovers buff.ly/xKVTl4d
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Mark Ellis
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Twickenham by Moonlight. 1835. Henry Pether. #ThamesPaintings
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edwin heathcote@edwinheathcoteMar 9
Clerkenwell dawn.
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'Fog, Hammersmith Bridge' (2020) by Peter Brown peterbrownneac.com
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Doreen Fletcher@DFletcherArtistMar 8
‘Fried Chicken, Silvertown’ 2017 . A later winter view of a cold London street. @ahistoryinart @thegentleauthor @PaintingsLondon
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Claire Ingelow@claireingelowMar 6
#PubFrontFriday
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Jeff Overs@JeffOversMar 6
Lamplight - views in passing from the top deck of a 134 #London bus - from Muswell Hill over Crouch End & distant Canary Wharf
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Mark Ellis
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A View of London from the Thames. 1809. Thomas Rowlandson and Charles Pugin. #ThamesPaintings
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Mark Ellis
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A London Panorama. c.1860s. John MacVicar Anderson. #ThamesPaintings
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Ludgate Larry@ludgatelarryFeb 28
#SteepleSaturday Goodness, tempus fugit. Evidently it was 20 years ago today that I was enjoying teatime at what was then my favourite café. And from my window seat I was surveying various pointy things at the other side of St Andrew Street... google.com/maps/@51.517071,-…
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The Spaniards Inn, Hampstead, photographed in 1948, from my post exploring the history of the inn and the toll gate that was alongside for many years, at alondoninheritance.com/londo…
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'St Paul's Cathedral' (c.1940) by Eve Kirk (Royal Air Force Museum)
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Peter Ricketts@LordRickettsPFeb 26
The Bayeux Tapestry up in lights at Piccadilly Circus! Tickets on sale from 1 July for the exhibition opening in September. First chance in 1,000 years to see this iconic object back on British soil
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Police, Bandits, the Marine Society and Coffee Houses, exploring some of the plaques to be found across the City of London at alondoninheritance.com/londo…
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Londonist
@LondonistFeb 25
Sir Christopher Wren died 303 years ago today at the grand old age of 90. We've mapped every Wren building, to help you explore his monumental legacy londonist.com/london/maps/th…

The Buildings Of Sir Christopher Wren Mapped

Almost 100 buildings on one map.

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ianVisits@ianvisitsFeb 24
Banqueting House to fully reopen in August following major restoration ianvisits.co.uk/articles/ban… The restored Banqueting House in central London has confirmed it will fully reopen to the public in August, following a major restoration. ianvisits.co.uk/articles/ban…

Banqueting House to fully reopen in August following major restoration

The restored Banqueting House in central London has confirmed it will fully reopen to the public in August, following a major restoration.

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London Historians
@LondonHistorianFeb 24
Nice. The British Gas gaslight team kindly gave me this 3D printed statuette. @londongasketeer – at Salisbury, England
Prof. Frank McDonough@FXMC1957Feb 24
PHOTO OF THE DAY. A gas lamplighter in London (1935). 📷 google images
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Londonist
@LondonistFeb 24
In case you missed it... we recently spent many hours colouring in this map of Pimlico and (what would become) Victoria, from the 1740s. Bigger map and high-res on link. londonist.substack.com/p/map…
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Medieval murder map. Homicides in Late Medieval London medievalmurdermap.co.uk/maps…
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