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20th June 1837 Queen Victoria receives the news from the Archbishop of Canterbury that her uncle William IV had died and she was now queen.
Houndsditch Murder Scene
This is where Latvian murderers dargged their leader to in 1910.
Location: 59 Golding Street, Tower Hamlets, London, E1 1QH
Description: After the murder of two Sergeants in Houndsditch on 16th December 1910, the gang of Latvian revolutionaries dragged their wounded leader George Gardstein here - almost 3/4 mile away. An intense search followed, and a number of the gang or their associates were soon arrested.
The episode ended with the Sidney Street Siege on January 1911.
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The Siege of Sidney Street
This is where the Siege of Sidney Street took place.
2007-09-11
Jill Dando's House», 6.8km
Voisin Murdered Mme Gerard», 3.2km
John Christies House of Horror», 6.5km
Pistols at Dawn», 4.5km
The Murder of Aristos», 6.2km
The 1st Railway Murder», 2.5km
First Murder solved by Identikit», 2.7km
Alexander Litvenenko's Home», 7.2km
The Demon Barber of Fleet Street», 2.0km
The Lauriston & a wooden Leg», 1.9km
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