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ON THIS DAY IN LONDON
22nd September 1924 Illustrator and author Charles Keeping was born in Lambeth.
22nd September 1891 Footballer and writer Charlie Buchan was born in Plumstead.
22nd September 1870 5-time British Wimbledon tennis champion Charlotte Cooper was born in Ealing.
22nd September 1788 Author, practical joker and inventor of the postcard, Theodore Hook, was born in London.
22nd September 1761 The Coronation of George III in Westminster Abbey.
22nd September 1735 Robert Walpole the first British Prime Minister to live at 10 Downing Street.
22nd September 1694 Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield, creator of Gregorian calendar, was born in London.
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. The Battle of Waterloo 2 @ 81 Waterloo Road, Waterloo
12. Wanstead's Stolen Cherry Pie @ Kingfisher Avenue, Wanstead
13. Captain Kidd Hung Here @ Tilbury Point, Essex
14. The Ship and Blue Ball @ 13 Boundary Street, Shoreditch, London
15. Buster Edwards died here @ Greet Street, Southwark
16. Dick Turpin's Cave @ Wellington Hill, High Beech, Epping Forest
17. Acid Murderer worked here @ 79 Gloucester Road, Kensington, London
18. A barbers with a secret @ 156 Caledonian Road
19. The Kray Twins lived here @ 178 Vallance Road, Bethnal Green, London
20. Cynthia Paynes House of Cyn @ 32 Ambleside Avenue, Streatham, London
21. Lord Lucan's Murder House @ 46 Lower Belgrave Street, London
22. The Kray twins were born here @ 64 Stean Street, Hoxton
23. The Lion Public House @ Tapp Street
24. The Spaghetti House Siege @ 77 Knightsbridge, Knightsbridge
25. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's House @ 2 Devonshire Place, London
26. Tony Blair lived here @ 1 Richmond Crescent, Islington
27. The Oliver Twist @ 90 Church Road, Leyton, London
28. The Calthorpe Arms @ 252 Grays Inn Road, City of London
29. The Cock Tavern Debauchery @ Bow Street, London
30. Lord Lucan's Home @ 72a Elizabeth Street
31. The London Cage, WW2 torture @ 7 Kensington Palace Gardens
32. The Blind Beggar @ 337 Whitechapel Road
33. 1909 Tottenham Outrage Robbery @ Tottenham High Road, London
34. The Clockwork Orange Underpass @ Trinity Road, Wandsworth, London
35. Poirot's London Pad @ Charterhouse Square
36. The Garrick Arms @ 8 Charing Cross Road, London
37. The Zizzi Penis Lop @ 73-75 The Strand, London
38. Robber Claude Duval Caught here @ The Marquis, 51-52 Chandos Place, Covent Garden
39. Moll King's Houses of Ill Repute @ 106 Haverstock Hill, Chalk Farm
40. Albion House @ Albion House, New Oxford Street, London
41. Brinks Mat Bullion @ 117 Wilton Way
42. Sweeney Todd was born here @ 85 Brick Lane, Spitalfields, London
43. Spend a Night as a Kray @ 28 Bow Street
44. Catherine Wheel Alley @ Bishopsgate, Broadgate
45. Hanged Ruth Ellis lived here @ 44 Egerton Gardens, Ealing, London
46. Ripper's First Victim @ Durward Street, Whitechapel
47. The Grave Maurice @ 269 Whitechapel High Street, Whitechapel
48. The Jowell's scandal home @ Raveley Street, Kentish Town
49. Broadwater Farm @ Willan Road, Tottenham
50. Barry George's Flat @ 2b Crookham Road, Fulham, London
51. Foreign Anarchist Club @ 6 Windmill Street, Tottenham Court Road
52. Pickles World Cup Find @ St Valery, Beulah Hill, Norwood
53. The Graff Diamonds Heist @ 6 - 7 New Bond Street
54. Metropolis @ Metropolis, 70 Chiswick High Road, London
55. Captain Kidd Public House @ Off Wapping Rose Garden
56. The Start of the 2011 Riots @ Ferry Lane, Tottenham
57. A Pub on the Wagon @ 66 Bayswater Road
58. The Markham Square Siege @ Markham Square, Chelsea
59. The Highbury Barn @ Highbury Hill, London
60. Spring Heeled Jacks 1st Victim @ 1 Tredegar Road, Tower Hamlets, London
61. The Star Tavern @ 6 Belgrave Mews West
62. House of Reeves @ 120 Church Street, Croydon
63. Parking Meter R.I.P. @ Warwick Street, Westminster
64. World's 1st Drink Driving Arrest @ 165 Bond Street
65. Created by an Almost-Bard @ 99 Buckingham Palace Road
66. Writers Poison Umbrella Stabbing @ Waterloo Bridge, London
67. Brockley Jack @ 410 Brockley Road, Brockley
68. Adam Ant's Last Stand @ 22 Chalcot Road, London
69. Wandsworth Prison @ Heathfield Road
70. Shot Prime Minister born here @ Audley Square, Westminster, London
71. The Old Palace Yard @ Abingdon Street, Westminster
72. Once a Gun Safe House @ 257 Caledonian Road
73. Bouncers bounce back at KFC @ 37 Camden High Street
74. Home to a Murderer @ 23 Cranley Gardens, Muswell Hill
75. The Clink @ Clink Street, London
76. Charlie Peace Arrested here @ 2 St John's Park, Blackheath
77. Bow Street Magistrates Court @ Bow Street, Covent Garden, London
78. Not a nice way to go @ London Bridge
79. JG Ballard's Millenium People @ Chelsea Marina Harbour, Fulham, London
80. Hackney Mafia Shoe Shop @ 5 Hackney Road, Bethnal Green, London
81. St Matthews Church @ Hereford Street, Whitechapel, London
82. The Tower of London @ Tower of London
83. World Cup was stolen from here @ Central Hall, Westminster
84. The Aubergine Robbery Mystery @ 11 Park Walk, London
85. The Magdala @ 2a South Hill Park
86. Balcombe Street Siege @ 21 Balcombe St, Marylebone, London
87. Francis Bacon's Drug Bust @ 80 Narrow Street, Limehouse
88. A Park once filled with Vice @ Whetstone Park, Camden
89. Home of Russian spy Kim Philby @ 18 Carlyle Square, Chelsea, London
90. OAP's Fake Money Press @ Flat 3, 21 Bolton Road, Chiswick
91. John Christies House of Horror @ Near Barton Mews, Ladbroke Grove, London
92. Green Jackets Bandstand bomb @ Bandstand, Regents Park
93. Lenin Memorial @ Bevin Court, Cruickshank Street, London
94. John Wilkes' House Riots @ 35 Grosvenor Square
95. Holloway Prison @ Parkhurst Road, Islington
96. Famous Drinkers to die for @ 127 Gloucester Road, Kensington
97. Death of God's Banker @ Blackfriar's Bridge, London
98. Pirates Execution Dock @ Off Wapping High Street, Wapping, London
99. Electric Avenue @ Electric Avenue, Brixton, London
100. The Islington Gibbett @ Holloway Road, Islington
101. Botched Anti-Terror Police Raid @ 46 Lansdown Road, Forest Gate, London
102. The Spaniard's Inn @ Spaniards Road, Hampstead
103. 21/7 Bomb Factory @ 58 Curtis House, Ladderswood Way, New Southgate,
104. Sherlock's Speedy Sarnie @ 187 North Gower Street, Camden
105. Stone Newington 8 @ 359 Amhurst Road, Stoke Newington
106. Banksy's Poundland @ 12-14 High Road, Wood Green
107. London Sculpture Comes Home @ 8 Hart Street, City of London
108. Bomb Plotters Flat @ 386A Forest Road, Walthamstow
109. Gunpowder Plot was foiled here @ Under House of Lords, Westminster
110. Itsu: Litvinenko Poisoned @ 167 Piccadilly, London
mapping London's most interesting and unusual places and history
