Buckingham Palace began as a relatively modest mansion in the early 17thC. It evolved and grew in the following two centuries, with Queen Victoria the first monarch to take up residence. Read the history of the palace here thehistoryoflondon.co.uk/buckingham-pal…
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For almost 10 years from 2001, Brian Haw staged a highly visible daily one-person protest in Parliament Square against UK and US policies and the wars in Iran and Afghanistan. He died in 2011 and this small statue was erected at Lambeth Road, facing the Imperial War Museum.
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In the early 19th century London's water companies formed an illegal cartel. They reduced their costs and increased prices, to the benefit of their shareholders and detriment of consumers. Read about it here thehistoryoflondon.co.uk/londons-water-…
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The riverside Mayflower pub at Rotherhithe is named after the ship that began its voyage from there in 1620 to carry the Pilgrim Fathers to New England. The current building dates from the 17thC but stands on the site of the 16thC Shippe tavern.
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The Virginia Company of London played a brief but important role in the founding of English colonies in North America. Read here about the Virginia Company thehistoryoflondon.co.uk/the-virginia-c…
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With the population of West Ham increasing rapidly in the second half of the 19thC, this pumping station opened to pump local sewage up to the higher level of Joseph Bazalgette's Northern Outfall Sewer, using two beam engines. It fell out of use but is currently being restored.
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Today in 1605 the Gunpowder Plot conspirators met to make final plans to assassinate King James I. Read here about Guy Fawkes and the Gunpowder Plot thehistoryoflondon.co.uk/the-gunpowder-…
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The world’s first regular high-definition television service began from Alexandra Palace today in 1936. Read the history of Alexandra Palace palace thehistoryoflondon.co.uk/alexandra-pala…
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All Jews were forced by Edward I to leave England today in 1290 or face death. Read here about the Jews of medieval London and their expulsion from the country. thehistoryoflondon.co.uk/the-jews-of-me…
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The foundation stone of the original Blackfriars Bridge was laid today in 1760 by the Lord Mayor of London, Sir Thomas Chitty. Remarkably, it was the first work of a young (and then unknown) Scotsman. Read here about the creation of the bridge thehistoryoflondon.co.uk/the-original-b…
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The coronation of Henry VII took place today at Westminster Abbey in 1485. To help legitimize his right to the crown Henry commissioned the abbey's incredible Lady Chapel. Read here about Westminster Abbey in the Tudor period thehistoryoflondon.co.uk/westminster-ab…
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These almshouses at Highgate were founded in the mid-17thC by merchant Sir John Wollaston for 6 men and 6 women of the parish of Hornsey. Rebuilt in 1722 by Sir Edward Pauncefort for 12 women, with a school added for girls. Now merged into larger sheltered homes for the elderly.
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Today in 1647 the Putney debates began between Oliver Cromwell and the army commanders and the rank and file of the New Model Army. Read here about London and Parliament following the defeat and imprisonment of Charles I thehistoryoflondon.co.uk/towardstheseco…
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By the 19thC the churchyards of the City were overflowing, bodies buried on top of others. Land owned by the 2nd Duke of Wellington at Manor Park was purchased and the City of London Cemetery opened for new burials. Many remains from City churchyards have also been reinterred.
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The London-born artist William Hogarth died at his home at Leicester Square today in 1764. Read here about his life thehistoryoflondon.co.uk/william-hogart…
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The St. Katharine Docks were opened today in 1828. To create them 11,000 people were displaced from their homes and an ancient and historic church destroyed. Read here about the creation of the St. Katharine Docks thehistoryoflondon.co.uk/st-katharines-…
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The opulent Dudley House is one of the last surviving grand houses on Park Lane. It was rebuilt for the Earl of Dudley in the 1820s, replacing the former house of the Earls of Dudley that was acquired by the family in the 1740s. It remains as a private residence.
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The East India Docks were opened at Blackwall in East London in 1806 for ships bringing tea, spices, silk and other goods from the Far East. Read the history of the East India Docks here thehistoryoflondon.co.uk/the-east-india…
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This wall survives from the notorious Marshalsea Prison at Borough in South London, which closed in 1842. The father of Charles Dickens was imprisoned there in 1824 and it features in two of his books, David Copperfield and Little Dorrit.
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Fulham Palace, beside the Thames in West London, was the home of the Bishops of London for almost 1,300 years. Read the history of the palace here thehistoryoflondon.co.uk/the-bishops-of…
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