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ON THIS DAY IN LONDON
20th September 1989 Musical Miss Saigon, premieres in London
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20th September 1721 Irish actor Thomas Doggett, founder of the Doggett's Coat and Badge boat race, died in London.
London's Smallest House
The smallest house in London, only 3 feet wide at its smallest.
Location: 10 Hyde Park Place, Marble Arch
Description: Now part of Tyburn Convent, this building is 3 feet 6 inches wide. One theory for its existence is that it blocked a public right of way to serve as a watch house overlooking the old St George's graveyard - extremely popular with bodysnatchers in the 18th Century!
With the ground floor consisting of nothing more than an alleyway behind the front door and the first floor just a tiny bathroom.
It was built in 1805, and was damaged by a bomb in 1941.
Lewis Grant Wallace was the first and only tenant. This 3 foot wide house is smaller than most custom closets in homes today. Most people can't imagine living in a space that small.
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Tyburn Convent
Catholic retreat on the Bayswater Road and very weird and spooky
2005-11-12
Merrick of Mile End», 4.9km
Old Parr aged 152 lived here», 1.8km
Hanging Gardens of Paddington», 0.4km
Lets All Drive On The Right!», 1.9km
London Pride Morris Men», 1.8km
A Grassy Event», 1.6km
Granary Square and its Fountains», 2.2km
Baby born on a Bus», 5.1km
The Phoney Houses», 0.7km
Secret Cashpoint», 1.5km
mapping London's most interesting and unusual places and history
