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ON THIS DAY IN LONDON
27th May 1993 Jan Wiley, actress (Underdog, Brute Man, She Wolf of London), dies
27th May 1957 Siouxsie Sioux, singer of punk rockers Siouxsie and the Banshees, was born in London.
27th May 1922 Born today: Christopher Lee, London England, actor (Hound of Baskervilles)
27th May 1898 Arthur Pinero's Trelawney of the 'Wells', premieres in London
27th May 1199 The Coronation of John I in Westminster Abbey.
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. Cynthia Paynes House of Cyn @ 32 Ambleside Avenue, Streatham, London
12. Peter the Great trashed here @ 146 Deptford High Street, London
13. The Oliver Twist @ 90 Church Road, Leyton, London
14. Acid Murderer worked here @ 79 Gloucester Road, Kensington, London
15. Parking Meter R.I.P. @ Warwick Street, Westminster
16. John and Yoko's Nude Scene @ 38 Montagu Square, London
17. Dick Turpin's Cave @ Wellington Hill, High Beech, Epping Forest
18. The Spaghetti House Siege @ 77 Knightsbridge, Knightsbridge
19. The Walkie-Talkie Bank Job @ 185 Baker Street, London
20. Poirot's London Pad @ Charterhouse Square
21. The Ship and Blue Ball @ 13 Boundary Street, Shoreditch, London
22. Wanstead's Stolen Cherry Pie @ Kingfisher Avenue, Wanstead
23. The London Cage, WW2 torture @ 7 Kensington Palace Gardens
24. The Kray twins were born here @ 64 Stean Street, Hoxton
25. A barbers with a secret @ 156 Caledonian Road
26. Lord Lucan's Murder House @ 46 Lower Belgrave Street, London
27. The Cock Tavern Debauchery @ Bow Street, London
28. The Clockwork Orange Underpass @ Trinity Road, Wandsworth, London
29. Pickles World Cup Find @ St Valery, Beulah Hill, Norwood
30. The Battle of Waterloo 2 @ 81 Waterloo Road, Waterloo
31. The Carpenters Arms @ 73 Cheshire Street, Bethnal Green
32. The Blind Beggar @ 337 Whitechapel Road
33. Spring Heeled Jacks 1st Victim @ 1 Tredegar Road, Tower Hamlets, London
34. Albion House @ Albion House, New Oxford Street, London
35. The Markham Square Siege @ Markham Square, Chelsea
36. The Aubergine Robbery Mystery @ 11 Park Walk, London
37. Balcombe Street Siege @ 21 Balcombe St, Marylebone, London
38. Foreign Anarchist Club @ 6 Windmill Street, Tottenham Court Road
39. The Calthorpe Arms @ 252 Grays Inn Road, City of London
40. Tony Blair lived here @ 1 Richmond Crescent, Islington
41. 1909 Tottenham Outrage Robbery @ Tottenham High Road, London
42. Created by an Almost-Bard @ 99 Buckingham Palace Road
43. Lord Lucan's Home @ 72a Elizabeth Street
44. Writers Poison Umbrella Stabbing @ Waterloo Bridge, London
45. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's House @ 2 Devonshire Place, London
46. The Lion Public House @ Tapp Street
47. Hanged Ruth Ellis lived here @ 44 Egerton Gardens, Ealing, London
48. Francis Bacon's Drug Bust @ 80 Narrow Street, Limehouse
49. The Zizzi Penis Lop @ 73-75 The Strand, London
50. Sweeney Todd was born here @ 85 Brick Lane, Spitalfields, London
51. The Tower of London @ Tower of London
52. The Clink @ Clink Street, London
53. Adam Ant's Last Stand @ 22 Chalcot Road, London
54. Catherine Wheel Alley @ Bishopsgate, Broadgate
55. John Christies House of Horror @ Near Barton Mews, Ladbroke Grove, London
56. Ripper's First Victim @ Durward Street, Whitechapel
57. First Whitechapel Murder @ Wentworth Street, Whitechapel
58. The Spaniard's Inn @ Spaniards Road, Hampstead
59. The Grave Maurice @ 269 Whitechapel High Street, Whitechapel
60. Once a Gun Safe House @ 257 Caledonian Road
61. Barry George's Flat @ 2b Crookham Road, Fulham, London
62. Death of God's Banker @ Blackfriar's Bridge, London
63. Brinks Mat Bullion @ 117 Wilton Way
64. The Star Tavern @ 6 Belgrave Mews West
65. Wandsworth Prison @ Heathfield Road
66. Prospect of Whitby @ 57 Wapping Wall
67. The Islington Gibbett @ Holloway Road, Islington
68. Robber Claude Duval Caught here @ The Marquis, 51-52 Chandos Place, Covent Garden
69. Spend a Night as a Kray @ 28 Bow Street
70. Green Jackets Bandstand bomb @ Bandstand, Regents Park
71. Electric Avenue @ Electric Avenue, Brixton, London
72. The Highbury Barn @ Highbury Hill, London
73. House of Reeves @ 120 Church Street, Croydon
74. Pirates Execution Dock @ Off Wapping High Street, Wapping, London
75. Broadwater Farm @ Willan Road, Tottenham
76. Lenin Memorial @ Bevin Court, Cruickshank Street, London
77. John Wilkes' House Riots @ 35 Grosvenor Square
78. Sherlock's Speedy Sarnie @ 187 North Gower Street, Camden
79. Hackney Mafia Shoe Shop @ 5 Hackney Road, Bethnal Green, London
80. The Old Palace Yard @ Abingdon Street, Westminster
81. A Park once filled with Vice @ Whetstone Park, Camden
82. Brockley Jack @ 410 Brockley Road, Brockley
83. Wainewright the Poisoner @ 48 Great Marlborough Street, London
84. St Matthews Church @ Hereford Street, Whitechapel, London
85. Holloway Prison @ Parkhurst Road, Islington
86. The Magdala @ 2a South Hill Park
87. The Garrick Arms @ 8 Charing Cross Road, London
88. The Devil and the Lady @ Bleeding Heart Yard, off Greville Street
89. Captain Kidd Public House @ Off Wapping Rose Garden
90. BT Telecoms Tower @ 60 Cleveland Street, London
91. Home to a Murderer @ 23 Cranley Gardens, Muswell Hill
92. Gunpowder Plot was foiled here @ Under House of Lords, Westminster
93. Shot Prime Minister born here @ Audley Square, Westminster, London
94. Bow Street Magistrates Court @ Bow Street, Covent Garden, London
95. Charlie Peace Arrested here @ 2 St John's Park, Blackheath
96. 21/7 Bomb Factory @ 58 Curtis House, Ladderswood Way, New Southgate,
97. Bomb Plotters Flat @ 386A Forest Road, Walthamstow
98. Poor Lazarus Isaacs @ Tower Street, London
99. King's Bench Debtors Prison @ Borough, Southwark, London
100. The Goat @ 3a Kensington High Street
101. The Hand and Shears @ 1 Middle Street
102. World's 1st Drink Driving Arrest @ 165 Bond Street
103. Botched Anti-Terror Police Raid @ 46 Lansdown Road, Forest Gate, London
104. Stone Newington 8 @ 359 Amhurst Road, Stoke Newington
105. Dr Crippen Lived Here @ 34-37 Store Street, Bloomsbury
106. Metropolis @ Metropolis, 70 Chiswick High Road, London
107. Elephant & Castle Subway @ Elephant & Castle Station
108. Handbag Gang Strike Again @ New Bond Street
109. OAP's Fake Money Press @ Flat 3, 21 Bolton Road, Chiswick
110. The Start of the 2011 Riots @ Ferry Lane, Tottenham
mapping London's most interesting and unusual places and history
