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ON THIS DAY IN LONDON
18th January 1973 Born today: Crispian Mills, London, vocalist/guitarist (Kula Shaker)
18th January 1950 Christopher Fry's Venus Observed, premieres in London
18th January 1884 General Charles Gordon departs London for Khartoum
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. John and Yoko's Nude Scene @ 38 Montagu Square, London
12. The Walkie-Talkie Bank Job @ 185 Baker Street, London
13. The Ship and Blue Ball @ 13 Boundary Street, Shoreditch, London
14. Dick Turpin's Cave @ Wellington Hill, High Beech, Epping Forest
15. A barbers with a secret @ 156 Caledonian Road
16. The Kray Twins lived here @ 178 Vallance Road, Bethnal Green, London
17. Cynthia Paynes House of Cyn @ 32 Ambleside Avenue, Streatham, London
18. The Kray twins were born here @ 64 Stean Street, Hoxton
19. The Oliver Twist @ 90 Church Road, Leyton, London
20. Balcombe Street Siege @ 21 Balcombe St, Marylebone, London
21. The London Cage, WW2 torture @ 7 Kensington Palace Gardens
22. The Spaghetti House Siege @ 77 Knightsbridge, Knightsbridge
23. The Battle of Waterloo 2 @ 81 Waterloo Road, Waterloo
24. Tony Blair lived here @ 1 Richmond Crescent, Islington
25. Adam Ant's Last Stand @ 22 Chalcot Road, London
26. Poirot's London Pad @ Charterhouse Square
27. Lord Lucan's Murder House @ 46 Lower Belgrave Street, London
28. St Matthews Church @ Hereford Street, Whitechapel, London
29. Moll King's Houses of Ill Repute @ 106 Haverstock Hill, Chalk Farm
30. The Cock Tavern Debauchery @ Bow Street, London
31. The Clockwork Orange Underpass @ Trinity Road, Wandsworth, London
32. Lord Lucan's Home @ 72a Elizabeth Street
33. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's House @ 2 Devonshire Place, London
34. A Beatle gets Busted @ 34 Montagu Square, Marylebone
35. Acid Murderer worked here @ 79 Gloucester Road, Kensington, London
36. Hanged Ruth Ellis lived here @ 44 Egerton Gardens, Ealing, London
37. Wandsworth Prison @ Heathfield Road
38. Albion House @ Albion House, New Oxford Street, London
39. 1909 Tottenham Outrage Robbery @ Tottenham High Road, London
40. JG Ballard's Millenium People @ Chelsea Marina Harbour, Fulham, London
41. The Lion Public House @ Tapp Street
42. Broadwater Farm @ Willan Road, Tottenham
43. Pickles World Cup Find @ St Valery, Beulah Hill, Norwood
44. The Markham Square Siege @ Markham Square, Chelsea
45. The Carpenters Arms @ 73 Cheshire Street, Bethnal Green
46. Electric Avenue @ Electric Avenue, Brixton, London
47. The Calthorpe Arms @ 252 Grays Inn Road, City of London
48. Robber Claude Duval Caught here @ The Marquis, 51-52 Chandos Place, Covent Garden
49. Hackney Mafia Shoe Shop @ 5 Hackney Road, Bethnal Green, London
50. Writers Poison Umbrella Stabbing @ Waterloo Bridge, London
51. Home to a Murderer @ 23 Cranley Gardens, Muswell Hill
52. Bow Street Magistrates Court @ Bow Street, Covent Garden, London
53. Bouncers bounce back at KFC @ 37 Camden High Street
54. The Highbury Barn @ Highbury Hill, London
55. Spring Heeled Jacks 1st Victim @ 1 Tredegar Road, Tower Hamlets, London
56. Barry George's Flat @ 2b Crookham Road, Fulham, London
57. A Royal Wake-Up Call @ Buckingham Palace
58. The Garrick Arms @ 8 Charing Cross Road, London
59. London Sculpture Comes Home @ 8 Hart Street, City of London
60. Metropolis @ Metropolis, 70 Chiswick High Road, London
61. A more level-headed Nephew @ 26 Priory Gardens, Highgate
62. Bomb Plotters Flat @ 386A Forest Road, Walthamstow
63. John Christies House of Horror @ Near Barton Mews, Ladbroke Grove, London
64. Home of Russian spy Kim Philby @ 18 Carlyle Square, Chelsea, London
65. The Blind Beggar @ 337 Whitechapel Road
66. Sweeney Todd was born here @ 85 Brick Lane, Spitalfields, London
67. Foreign Anarchist Club @ 6 Windmill Street, Tottenham Court Road
68. The Zizzi Penis Lop @ 73-75 The Strand, London
69. Created by an Almost-Bard @ 99 Buckingham Palace Road
70. John Wilkes' House Riots @ 35 Grosvenor Square
71. The Start of the 2011 Riots @ Ferry Lane, Tottenham
72. Gunpowder Plot was foiled here @ Under House of Lords, Westminster
73. The Devil and the Lady @ Bleeding Heart Yard, off Greville Street
74. Ripper's First Victim @ Durward Street, Whitechapel
75. OAP's Fake Money Press @ Flat 3, 21 Bolton Road, Chiswick
76. 21/7 Bomb Factory @ 58 Curtis House, Ladderswood Way, New Southgate,
77. Not a nice way to go @ London Bridge
78. Charlie Peace Arrested here @ 2 St John's Park, Blackheath
79. Green Jackets Bandstand bomb @ Bandstand, Regents Park
80. World's 1st Drink Driving Arrest @ 165 Bond Street
81. Spend a Night as a Kray @ 28 Bow Street
82. Catherine Wheel Alley @ Bishopsgate, Broadgate
83. Sherlock's Speedy Sarnie @ 187 North Gower Street, Camden
84. The Ye Olde Mitre @ 1 Ely Court
85. The Crown of villainy @ 43 Monmouth Street, Covent Garden, London
86. A Pub on the Wagon @ 66 Bayswater Road
87. Death of God's Banker @ Blackfriar's Bridge, London
88. Parking Meter R.I.P. @ Warwick Street, Westminster
89. The Star Tavern @ 6 Belgrave Mews West
90. Solicitor's Armed Siege @ 46 Markham Square, Chelsea, London
91. Lenin Memorial @ Bevin Court, Cruickshank Street, London
92. The Jowell's scandal home @ Raveley Street, Kentish Town
93. The Magdala @ 2a South Hill Park
94. The Spaniard's Inn @ Spaniards Road, Hampstead
95. The Clink @ Clink Street, London
96. World Cup was stolen from here @ Central Hall, Westminster
97. Elephant & Castle Subway @ Elephant & Castle Station
98. Dr Crippen Lived Here @ 34-37 Store Street, Bloomsbury
99. Oliver Cromwell's resting place @ 72 High Holborn, Holborn
100. Brockley Jack @ 410 Brockley Road, Brockley
101. First Whitechapel Murder @ Wentworth Street, Whitechapel
102. The Old Palace Yard @ Abingdon Street, Westminster
103. Handbag Gang Strike Again @ New Bond Street
104. Once a Gun Safe House @ 257 Caledonian Road
105. Pirates Execution Dock @ Off Wapping High Street, Wapping, London
106. The Green Man @ Putney Heath
107. Poor Lazarus Isaacs @ Tower Street, London
108. Lucan, Cubitt and some Plumbers @ 14 Lower Belgrave Street
109. The Islington Gibbett @ Holloway Road, Islington
110. Francis Bacon's Drug Bust @ 80 Narrow Street, Limehouse
mapping London's most interesting and unusual places and history
