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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 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. Cittie Of Yorke @ 22 High Holborn
12. St John's Churchyard @ Nr Wapping Gardens
13. The Clerk's Well @ Well Court, Clerkenwell, London
14. Green Pond Road Stadium @ Green Pond Road, Walthamstow
15. London's Smallest Pub, U Decide? @ 43 Linhope Street
16. Harcourt House's Odd Duke @ Harcourt House, Cavendish Square, London
17. Site of Lord Byrons famous duel @ 100 Pall Mall, London
18. Spiral Escalator @ Holloway Road, Islington
19. Another 'Pie & Mash' gem @ 9 Broadway Market
20. Syon House & Gosford Park @ Syon Park, Brentford, Middlesex
21. Wimbledon, Lawn Tennis Club @ Church Road, Wimbledon
22. The Turkish Baths @ Old Broad Street from Liverpool Street
23. The Phoney Houses @ 23-24 Leinster Terrace, Bayswater
24. Bagnigge House @ 61-63 Kings Cross Road
25. The Devil and the Lady @ Bleeding Heart Yard, off Greville Street
26. The Roman Bath @ 5 Strand Lane, London
27. London's oldest parish church @ West Smithfield, London
28. Wanstead Park's Grotto @ Ornamental Waters, Wanstead Park
29. Birch's Immortal Shop @ 15 Cornhill, London
30. The worst street in London @ Dorset Street, Spitalfields, London
31. The Wernher Collection @ Ranger's House, Chesterfield Walk, Blackheath
32. Southwark Cathedral @ London Bridge
33. How To Measure A Cockney? @ St Mary-Le-Bow, Cheapside
34. Walnut Tree House @ 500 High Street, Leyton
35. Bob Hope was born here @ 44 Craigton Road, Eltham
36. Facts on Selfridges @ 400 Oxford Street
37. St John's Gate @ Clerkenwell Road
38. History of St Sepulchre Church @ Church of St Sepulchre, London
39. A ghostly Bricklayer @ South Black Lion Lane
40. Wapping Pier Head @ Off Wapping High Street
41. Berezovsky's Stanley House @ Stanley House, Chelsea, London
42. Secret Tunnels - 100 feet down @ Craig Court, off Trafalgar Square
43. Seven Dials (nee Six) @ Monmouth Street, Covent Garden, London
44. A Very Long Speech @ House of Commons
45. Devils Tavern and Apollo Club @ 2 Fleet Street, London
46. Where Was Wych Street? @ Aldwych
47. Notre Dame de France @ 5 Leicester Place, Leicester Square
48. The 'Portable' Crosby Hall @ Crosby Hall, Cheyne Walk, Chelsea
49. King of the Zulu's @ 18 Melbury Road, London
50. Ancient Hunting Cry In London @ Soho
51. Top Hat Madness @ Strand
52. Friday Hill House @ 7 Simmons Lane, Chingford
53. Tower Hill @ Nr Tower Hill Tube Station
54. The Spaniard's Inn @ Spaniards Road, Hampstead
55. Wapping Station @ Nr Wapping Rose Garden
56. Captain Kidd Public House @ Off Wapping Rose Garden
57. Fortune Street Park @ Fortune Street, Barbican, London
58. St. Pancras New Church @ Euston Road
59. Once there were Herrings @ 137 Cannon Street
60. St James Church @ Clerkenwell Close
61. Oliver Cromwell's resting place @ 72 High Holborn, Holborn
62. Shadwell Basin @ Off Glamis Road
63. Parliament Hill Park, But Why? @ Parliament Hill
64. The Monument.... is leaning! @ Near King William Street
65. Queen Vic's Hubby Hall @ Kensington Gore
66. The Granville Theatre @ Walham Green, Hammersmith & Fulham
67. Dr John Snow's Pump @ Broadwick Street, Soho, London
68. Soho...Fruit and Veg...Porn @ Berwick Street
69. Westminster Bridge @ Westminster and South Bank
70. Dennis Severs House @ 18 Folgate Street, London
71. Charterhouse @ Charterhouse Square, Smithfield, London
72. The Butler's Retreat @ 2 Rangers Road, Chingford
73. Bromley Hall @ 43 Gillender Street, London
74. King's Bench Debtors Prison @ Borough, Southwark, London
75. The Red Lion @ 23 Crown Passage, Off Pall Mall
76. The Freud's Lived Here @ Freud Museum, 20 Maresfield Gardens
77. Punch and Judy Birthplace @ St Pauls Portico, Westminster
78. Nelson in Somerset @ Somerset House, Strand
79. St Katherine's Dock Marina @ Off Smithfield
80. The Ancient House @ Walthamstow Village, London
81. The PM's Street @ Downing Street
82. Five Fields becomes One @ Belgrave Square
83. 1st petrol car was built here @ 1 Connaught Road, Walthamstow, London
84. Sylvia's Suffragette Shop @ 198 Bow Road, Bow, London
85. Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese @ 145 Fleet St
86. Orphaned Boys make a Stand @ 2 Greencoat Place, Victoria
87. A Garden with a Gruesome Past @ West Smithfield Garden
88. Leighton House & Arab Hall @ Leighton House Museum, 12 Holland Park Road
89. G Nissel & Co - Contact Lenses @ Mornington Terrace, Camden
90. The Painter Of Light @ 21 Maiden Lane, Covent Garden
91. WWII and Goodge Street @ Tottenham Court Road
92. The London Stone @ Cannon Street, London
93. The Maya's home from home @ 94 Wandsworth Bridge Road
94. A Tunnel & a Workhouse @ 44 Glasshouse Street, Piccadilly
95. Artist Piet Mondrian's House @ 60 Parkhill Road, Hampstead
96. Exchange Alley @ Bank, London
97. Ardizzone's home of Inspiration @ 130 Elgin Avenue, Westminster
98. Grand Seraglio... What? @ Covent Garden
99. The Great Fire of London @ Pudding Lane
100. Trains, Films and Lara @ Lincoln's Inn Fields, off Holborn
101. A gilded-gold Memorial @ Albert Memorial, Kensington Gardens, Kensington
102. Gunpowder Plot was foiled here @ Under House of Lords, Westminster
103. The Gatehouse @ 1 North Road
104. A Pub on the Wagon @ 66 Bayswater Road
105. Brunel's Tree...Alive & Kicking @ Railway Avenue
106. Charles II 's Special Road @ King's Road
107. A barbers with a secret @ 156 Caledonian Road
108. Lord Shaftesbury - A.K.A. - Eros @ Piccadilly Circus
109. A Famous Artistic Church @ Battersea Church Road, Battersea
110. Headstone Manor @ Pinner View, Middlesex
mapping London's most interesting and unusual places and history
