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ON THIS DAY IN LONDON
16th July 1985 Bill to abolish Greater London Council receives royal assent
16th July 1939 Born today: Corin Redgrave, London, actor (Excalibur, Man For All Seasons)
16th July 1924 Conference over German recovery payments begins in London
16th July 1877 Spencer Gore wins the first ever Wimbledon tennis tournament - after 3 days rain delay.
16th July 1377 The Coronation of Richard II in Westminster Abbey.
Top Historical-related places to visit in London.
Some of the great stories and places from historic London.
TOP 10 HISTORICAL RELATED SIGHTS IN LONDON:
MORE HISTORICAL SIGHTS:
11. Soho...Fruit and Veg...Porn @ Berwick Street
12. A ghostly Bricklayer @ South Black Lion Lane
13. Devils Tavern and Apollo Club @ 2 Fleet Street, London
14. Wapping Pier Head @ Off Wapping High Street
15. Harcourt House's Odd Duke @ Harcourt House, Cavendish Square, London
16. Loughton's Iron Age Camp @ Loughton Camp, Loughton, Epping Forest
17. The worst street in London @ Dorset Street, Spitalfields, London
18. The Walthamstow Windmill @ Oak Hill Gardens, Walthamstow
19. How To Measure A Cockney? @ St Mary-Le-Bow, Cheapside
20. Where Was Wych Street? @ Aldwych
21. Friday Hill House @ 7 Simmons Lane, Chingford
22. Leadenhall Market @ 48-51 Leadenhall Market
23. Green Pond Road Stadium @ Green Pond Road, Walthamstow
24. Lets All Drive On The Right! @ Savoy, The Strand
25. The Old Bedford @ 123-133 Camden High Street, Camden
26. Cittie Of Yorke @ 22 High Holborn
27. A Park once filled with Vice @ Whetstone Park, Camden
28. Facts on Selfridges @ 400 Oxford Street
29. Chalk... but no Cheese @ Limehouse
30. Bagnigge House @ 61-63 Kings Cross Road
31. Fortune Street Park @ Fortune Street, Barbican, London
32. Westminster Bridge @ Westminster and South Bank
33. Wimbledon, Lawn Tennis Club @ Church Road, Wimbledon
34. Earls Court Big Wheel @ Earl's Court, London
35. Dick Whittington lived here. @ College Street
36. Peter Pan - Still a Legend @ Great Ormond Street, Bloomsbury
37. Tyburn Convent @ 8 Hyde Park Place
38. Milroy's of Soho @ 3 Greek Street, Westminster
39. Punch Tavern @ 95 Fleet Street
40. Queen Elizabeth's Hunting Lodge @ 6 Rangers Road, Chingford, London
41. Parliament Hill Park, But Why? @ Parliament Hill
42. Ancient Hunting Cry In London @ Soho
43. St John's Churchyard @ Nr Wapping Gardens
44. The BBC...visually gorgeous @ Regent Street
45. The Wernher Collection @ Ranger's House, Chesterfield Walk, Blackheath
46. London's First Railway Bookstall @ Euston Station
47. St James Palace @ St James Palace
48. Top Hat Madness @ Strand
49. Punch and Judy Birthplace @ St Pauls Portico, Westminster
50. 150 Not Out in Paddington @ 8-9 London Street
51. Leighton House & Arab Hall @ Leighton House Museum, 12 Holland Park Road
52. Legendary Soho Eaterie In Flames @ Chez Victor, 45 Wardour Street
53. London's Longest Pub? @ 25 London Street
54. Exchange Alley @ Bank, London
55. The Turkish Baths @ Old Broad Street from Liverpool Street
56. The Monument.... is leaning! @ Near King William Street
57. Fancy a Brew? @ 40 Southwark Street
58. Charterhouse @ Charterhouse Square, Smithfield, London
59. Bob Hope was born here @ 44 Craigton Road, Eltham
60. St Katherine's Dock Marina @ Off Smithfield
61. The George and Vulture @ 3 Castle Court, London
62. The Butler's Retreat @ 2 Rangers Road, Chingford
63. Old Operating Theatre @ 9a St Thomas Street
64. Severndroog Castle @ Eltham Common, Greenwich
65. Telephonic History... @ Burlington House, Piccadilly
66. The East Ends most famous market @ Petticoat Lane
67. A Spy called The White Rabbit @ Queen Court, Guildford Street, Camden
68. Five Fields becomes One @ Belgrave Square
69. The World's First Tube Line @ Off Faringdon Road
70. Berezovsky's Stanley House @ Stanley House, Chelsea, London
71. The First Coffee Shop in London @ St Michaels Alley, Cornhill, Bank
72. The Devil and the Lady @ Bleeding Heart Yard, off Greville Street
73. Anchor Tap @ 28 Horsleydown Lane
74. Orphaned Boys make a Stand @ 2 Greencoat Place, Victoria
75. Merrick of Mile End @ Mile End Road
76. Captain Kidd Public House @ Off Wapping Rose Garden
77. Sylvia's Suffragette Shop @ 198 Bow Road, Bow, London
78. A meeting of Literary Minds @ 87-89 Marchmont Street, Bloomsbury
79. The Coal Hole @ 91 Strand, Westminster, London
80. Time to Honour and Respect @ Hyde Park Corner, Nr Park Lane
81. The Volunteer @ 247 Baker Street
82. The London Wall @ London Wall
83. Spiral Escalator @ Holloway Road, Islington
84. 1st petrol car was built here @ 1 Connaught Road, Walthamstow, London
85. A Stiff Collar's The Clue @ Piccadilly
86. Wapping Old Stairs @ Nr Wapping high Street
87. The Spaniard's Inn @ Spaniards Road, Hampstead
88. Not a nice way to go @ London Bridge
89. Dr John Snow's Pump @ Broadwick Street, Soho, London
90. Linley Sambourne House @ 18 Stafford Terrace, Kensington, London
91. East London's Oldest House @ 2 - 4 Homerton High Street, Hackney
92. Lenin's London Newspaper @ 37a Clerkenwell Green
93. Jack Straw's Castle @ North End Way , London
94. The Samuel Gurney Memorial @ Broadway, Stratford, London
95. A Famous Artistic Church @ Battersea Church Road, Battersea
96. The Bull @ 100 Upper Street, Islington, London
97. John Wilkes' House Riots @ 35 Grosvenor Square
98. A Pint and a Perm @ 38 Maddox Street
99. A Horse and a Pint @ Knightsbridge Green
100. Food, Drink and Exercise @ 217 Uxbridge Road
101. Topham Beauclerk's house @ Great Russell Street, Bloomsbury, London
102. Bromley Hall @ 43 Gillender Street, London
103. London's oldest parish church @ West Smithfield, London
104. Wimbledon Turnstile @ Church Road, Wimbledon
105. Secret Tunnels - 100 feet down @ Craig Court, off Trafalgar Square
106. Batman.....at St Pancras @ King's Cross/St. Pancras Station
107. Francisco de Miranda's Statue @ Fitzroy Sqaure
108. St. Pancras New Church @ Euston Road
109. The Phoney Houses @ 23-24 Leinster Terrace, Bayswater
110. The Estorick Collection @ 39a Canonbury Square, Islington, London
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