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ON THIS DAY IN LONDON
21st July 1964 Tottenham Hotspur's Scottish striker John White is killed by lightning playing golf in North London.
21st July 1938 Paul Hindemith and Leonide Massines ballet premieres in London
21st July 1884 The First Test was held at Lord's Cricket Ground.
21st July 1866 Cholera-epidemic kills hundreds in London
21st July 1863 Born today: C[harles] Aubrey Smith, London England, actor (Prisoner of Zenda)
Top Crime-related places to visit in London.
Crime is one of the most intriguing and captivating themes in modern life, and London's history is full of real life escapades, robberies, murders and other nefarious criminal intent. Find out here exactly where they happened.
TOP 10 CRIME RELATED SIGHTS IN LONDON:
MORE CRIME SIGHTS:
11. Acid Murderer worked here @ 79 Gloucester Road, Kensington, London
12. Dr Crippen's Murder Home @ 39 Hilldrop Crescent, Holloway, London
13. The Kray twins were born here @ 64 Stean Street, Hoxton
14. Cynthia Paynes House of Cyn @ 32 Ambleside Avenue, Streatham, London
15. The Oliver Twist @ 90 Church Road, Leyton, London
16. Moll King's Houses of Ill Repute @ 106 Haverstock Hill, Chalk Farm
17. Lord Lucan's Murder House @ 46 Lower Belgrave Street, London
18. Poirot's London Pad @ Charterhouse Square
19. A barbers with a secret @ 156 Caledonian Road
20. The Walkie-Talkie Bank Job @ 185 Baker Street, London
21. Pickles World Cup Find @ St Valery, Beulah Hill, Norwood
22. The Cock Tavern Debauchery @ Bow Street, London
23. The Carpenters Arms @ 73 Cheshire Street, Bethnal Green
24. The Clink @ Clink Street, London
25. The Clockwork Orange Underpass @ Trinity Road, Wandsworth, London
26. The Battle of Waterloo 2 @ 81 Waterloo Road, Waterloo
27. Francis Bacon's Drug Bust @ 80 Narrow Street, Limehouse
28. Foreign Anarchist Club @ 6 Windmill Street, Tottenham Court Road
29. The Highbury Barn @ Highbury Hill, London
30. The Zizzi Penis Lop @ 73-75 The Strand, London
31. Lord Lucan's Home @ 72a Elizabeth Street
32. The Ship and Blue Ball @ 13 Boundary Street, Shoreditch, London
33. Did Jack the Ripper live here? @ 3 Sion Square, Whitechapel, London
34. The Blind Beggar @ 337 Whitechapel Road
35. Spend a Night as a Kray @ 28 Bow Street
36. Bow Street Magistrates Court @ Bow Street, Covent Garden, London
37. Wilfred Brambles arrest was here @ 1 Shepherd's Bush Green, London
38. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's House @ 2 Devonshire Place, London
39. The Spaniard's Inn @ Spaniards Road, Hampstead
40. The Lion Public House @ Tapp Street
41. Elephant & Castle Subway @ Elephant & Castle Station
42. Brockley Jack @ 410 Brockley Road, Brockley
43. John Wilkes' House Riots @ 35 Grosvenor Square
44. St Matthews Church @ Hereford Street, Whitechapel, London
45. Sweeney Todd was born here @ 85 Brick Lane, Spitalfields, London
46. Captain Kidd Hung Here @ Tilbury Point, Essex
47. The Aubergine Robbery Mystery @ 11 Park Walk, London
48. Hanged Ruth Ellis lived here @ 44 Egerton Gardens, Ealing, London
49. Home of Russian spy Kim Philby @ 18 Carlyle Square, Chelsea, London
50. John Christies House of Horror @ Near Barton Mews, Ladbroke Grove, London
51. Tony Blair lived here @ 1 Richmond Crescent, Islington
52. 1909 Tottenham Outrage Robbery @ Tottenham High Road, London
53. The Garrick Arms @ 8 Charing Cross Road, London
54. Itsu: Litvinenko Poisoned @ 167 Piccadilly, London
55. The Devil and the Lady @ Bleeding Heart Yard, off Greville Street
56. The Start of the 2011 Riots @ Ferry Lane, Tottenham
57. Holloway Prison @ Parkhurst Road, Islington
58. The Grave Maurice @ 269 Whitechapel High Street, Whitechapel
59. The Green Man @ Putney Heath
60. The Spaghetti House Siege @ 77 Knightsbridge, Knightsbridge
61. Pirates Execution Dock @ Off Wapping High Street, Wapping, London
62. Albion House @ Albion House, New Oxford Street, London
63. The Markham Square Siege @ Markham Square, Chelsea
64. Broadwater Farm @ Willan Road, Tottenham
65. Home to a Murderer @ 23 Cranley Gardens, Muswell Hill
66. Created by an Almost-Bard @ 99 Buckingham Palace Road
67. Captain Kidd Public House @ Off Wapping Rose Garden
68. A Park once filled with Vice @ Whetstone Park, Camden
69. The Magdala @ 2a South Hill Park
70. The Calthorpe Arms @ 252 Grays Inn Road, City of London
71. The Tower of London @ Tower of London
72. London Sculpture Comes Home @ 8 Hart Street, City of London
73. Hackney Mafia Shoe Shop @ 5 Hackney Road, Bethnal Green, London
74. Writers Poison Umbrella Stabbing @ Waterloo Bridge, London
75. Once a Gun Safe House @ 257 Caledonian Road
76. Catherine Wheel Alley @ Bishopsgate, Broadgate
77. Wandsworth Prison @ Heathfield Road
78. First Whitechapel Murder @ Wentworth Street, Whitechapel
79. A Pub on the Wagon @ 66 Bayswater Road
80. Electric Avenue @ Electric Avenue, Brixton, London
81. Lenin Memorial @ Bevin Court, Cruickshank Street, London
82. House of Reeves @ 120 Church Street, Croydon
83. Balcombe Street Siege @ 21 Balcombe St, Marylebone, London
84. Brinks Mat Bullion @ 117 Wilton Way
85. A Beatle gets Busted @ 34 Montagu Square, Marylebone
86. The Star Tavern @ 6 Belgrave Mews West
87. Bouncers bounce back at KFC @ 37 Camden High Street
88. Death of God's Banker @ Blackfriar's Bridge, London
89. A Royal Wake-Up Call @ Buckingham Palace
90. Handbag Gang Strike Again @ New Bond Street
91. Vere Street Coterie @ White Swan, Vere Street
92. Poor Lazarus Isaacs @ Tower Street, London
93. 21/7 Bomb Factory @ 58 Curtis House, Ladderswood Way, New Southgate,
94. Adam Ant's Last Stand @ 22 Chalcot Road, London
95. Barry George's Flat @ 2b Crookham Road, Fulham, London
96. The Ye Olde Mitre @ 1 Ely Court
97. King's Bench Debtors Prison @ Borough, Southwark, London
98. Sherlock's Speedy Sarnie @ 187 North Gower Street, Camden
99. Gunpowder Plot was foiled here @ Under House of Lords, Westminster
100. Dr Crippen Lived Here @ 34-37 Store Street, Bloomsbury
101. Stone Newington 8 @ 359 Amhurst Road, Stoke Newington
102. Ted Terry dealt a Red Card @ Unit 4/Retail Park/Fleming Rd, Chafford Hundred
103. Shot Prime Minister born here @ Audley Square, Westminster, London
104. The Goat @ 3a Kensington High Street
105. Notting Hill Race Riots @ Latimer Road, London
106. Botched Anti-Terror Police Raid @ 46 Lansdown Road, Forest Gate, London
107. River Police Boatyard @ Nr Wapping Rose Garden
108. A more level-headed Nephew @ 26 Priory Gardens, Highgate
109. Wainewright the Poisoner @ 48 Great Marlborough Street, London
110. Parking Meter R.I.P. @ Warwick Street, Westminster
mapping London's most interesting and unusual places and history
