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ON THIS DAY IN LONDON
26th July 1973 Peter Shaffers Equus, premieres in London
26th July 1973 Underworld actress Kate Beckinsale born in London.
26th July 1966 England beat Portugal 2-1 at Wembley Stadium to reach the World Cup Final.
26th July 1950 Born today: Susan George, London England, actress (Straw Dogs, Mandingo)
26th July 1895 Born today: Jerry Verno, London England, actor (River of Unrest, Sweeney Todd)
26th July 1895 Born today: Robert Graves, London England, writer/poet (I Claudius) [or 6/26]
26th July 1891 Henry James' American, premieres in London
26th July 1842 Born today: Alfred Marshall, London, economist
26th July 1802 Born today: Winthrop Mackworth Praed, London, poet/politician
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. Moll King's Houses of Ill Repute @ 106 Haverstock Hill, Chalk Farm
12. The Tyburn Tree @ Bayswater Road, London
13. Poirot's London Pad @ Charterhouse Square
14. Lord Lucan's Murder House @ 46 Lower Belgrave Street, London
15. Buster Edwards died here @ Greet Street, Southwark
16. The Carpenters Arms @ 73 Cheshire Street, Bethnal Green
17. The Cock Tavern Debauchery @ Bow Street, London
18. The Clink @ Clink Street, London
19. Captain Kidd Hung Here @ Tilbury Point, Essex
20. The Ship and Blue Ball @ 13 Boundary Street, Shoreditch, London
21. Foreign Anarchist Club @ 6 Windmill Street, Tottenham Court Road
22. Wilfred Brambles arrest was here @ 1 Shepherd's Bush Green, London
23. Cynthia Paynes House of Cyn @ 32 Ambleside Avenue, Streatham, London
24. Did Jack the Ripper live here? @ 3 Sion Square, Whitechapel, London
25. Dick Turpin's Cave @ Wellington Hill, High Beech, Epping Forest
26. 1909 Tottenham Outrage Robbery @ Tottenham High Road, London
27. Bow Street Magistrates Court @ Bow Street, Covent Garden, London
28. The London Cage, WW2 torture @ 7 Kensington Palace Gardens
29. Catherine Wheel Alley @ Bishopsgate, Broadgate
30. The Devil and the Lady @ Bleeding Heart Yard, off Greville Street
31. Balcombe Street Siege @ 21 Balcombe St, Marylebone, London
32. John Christies House of Horror @ Near Barton Mews, Ladbroke Grove, London
33. Lord Lucan's Home @ 72a Elizabeth Street
34. The Clockwork Orange Underpass @ Trinity Road, Wandsworth, London
35. The Battle of Waterloo 2 @ 81 Waterloo Road, Waterloo
36. Tony Blair lived here @ 1 Richmond Crescent, Islington
37. The Spaghetti House Siege @ 77 Knightsbridge, Knightsbridge
38. Ripper's First Victim @ Durward Street, Whitechapel
39. Sherlock's Speedy Sarnie @ 187 North Gower Street, Camden
40. Pirates Execution Dock @ Off Wapping High Street, Wapping, London
41. The Oliver Twist @ 90 Church Road, Leyton, London
42. Spring Heeled Jacks 1st Victim @ 1 Tredegar Road, Tower Hamlets, London
43. The Calthorpe Arms @ 252 Grays Inn Road, City of London
44. Sweeney Todd was born here @ 85 Brick Lane, Spitalfields, London
45. Created by an Almost-Bard @ 99 Buckingham Palace Road
46. JG Ballard's Millenium People @ Chelsea Marina Harbour, Fulham, London
47. Notting Hill Race Riots @ Latimer Road, London
48. The Blind Beggar @ 337 Whitechapel Road
49. St Matthews Church @ Hereford Street, Whitechapel, London
50. The Lion Public House @ Tapp Street
51. The Markham Square Siege @ Markham Square, Chelsea
52. Home to a Murderer @ 23 Cranley Gardens, Muswell Hill
53. The Spaniard's Inn @ Spaniards Road, Hampstead
54. Hanged Ruth Ellis lived here @ 44 Egerton Gardens, Ealing, London
55. Captain Kidd Public House @ Off Wapping Rose Garden
56. Francis Bacon's Drug Bust @ 80 Narrow Street, Limehouse
57. The Start of the 2011 Riots @ Ferry Lane, Tottenham
58. Writers Poison Umbrella Stabbing @ Waterloo Bridge, London
59. Oliver Cromwell's resting place @ 72 High Holborn, Holborn
60. Green Jackets Bandstand bomb @ Bandstand, Regents Park
61. The Highbury Barn @ Highbury Hill, London
62. Home of Russian spy Kim Philby @ 18 Carlyle Square, Chelsea, London
63. The Grave Maurice @ 269 Whitechapel High Street, Whitechapel
64. Albion House @ Albion House, New Oxford Street, London
65. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's House @ 2 Devonshire Place, London
66. Lenin Memorial @ Bevin Court, Cruickshank Street, London
67. Pickles World Cup Find @ St Valery, Beulah Hill, Norwood
68. A Beatle gets Busted @ 34 Montagu Square, Marylebone
69. The Star Tavern @ 6 Belgrave Mews West
70. King's Bench Debtors Prison @ Borough, Southwark, London
71. Broadwater Farm @ Willan Road, Tottenham
72. Death of God's Banker @ Blackfriar's Bridge, London
73. Spend a Night as a Kray @ 28 Bow Street
74. First Whitechapel Murder @ Wentworth Street, Whitechapel
75. Adam Ant's Last Stand @ 22 Chalcot Road, London
76. The Aubergine Robbery Mystery @ 11 Park Walk, London
77. Itsu: Litvinenko Poisoned @ 167 Piccadilly, London
78. Wandsworth Prison @ Heathfield Road
79. Gunpowder Plot was foiled here @ Under House of Lords, Westminster
80. The Magdala @ 2a South Hill Park
81. Charlie Peace Arrested here @ 2 St John's Park, Blackheath
82. A Pub on the Wagon @ 66 Bayswater Road
83. A barbers with a secret @ 156 Caledonian Road
84. The Tower of London @ Tower of London
85. House of Reeves @ 120 Church Street, Croydon
86. Hackney Mafia Shoe Shop @ 5 Hackney Road, Bethnal Green, London
87. A Park once filled with Vice @ Whetstone Park, Camden
88. Prospect of Whitby @ 57 Wapping Wall
89. Handbag Gang Strike Again @ New Bond Street
90. Poor Lazarus Isaacs @ Tower Street, London
91. Once a Gun Safe House @ 257 Caledonian Road
92. Ted Terry dealt a Red Card @ Unit 4/Retail Park/Fleming Rd, Chafford Hundred
93. The Islington Gibbett @ Holloway Road, Islington
94. The Ye Olde Mitre @ 1 Ely Court
95. The Crown of villainy @ 43 Monmouth Street, Covent Garden, London
96. The Garrick Arms @ 8 Charing Cross Road, London
97. Brinks Mat Bullion @ 117 Wilton Way
98. Lucan, Cubitt and some Plumbers @ 14 Lower Belgrave Street
99. Robber Claude Duval Caught here @ The Marquis, 51-52 Chandos Place, Covent Garden
100. World's 1st Drink Driving Arrest @ 165 Bond Street
101. Bouncers bounce back at KFC @ 37 Camden High Street
102. BT Telecoms Tower @ 60 Cleveland Street, London
103. Botched Anti-Terror Police Raid @ 46 Lansdown Road, Forest Gate, London
104. The Jowell's scandal home @ Raveley Street, Kentish Town
105. River Police Boatyard @ Nr Wapping Rose Garden
106. Shot Prime Minister born here @ Audley Square, Westminster, London
107. Brockley Jack @ 410 Brockley Road, Brockley
108. Solicitor's Armed Siege @ 46 Markham Square, Chelsea, London
109. Banksy's Poundland @ 12-14 High Road, Wood Green
110. Barry George's Flat @ 2b Crookham Road, Fulham, London
mapping London's most interesting and unusual places and history
