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ON THIS DAY IN LONDON
22nd August 1937 Born today: Max Hebditch, director (Museum of London)
22nd August 1925 Actress Honor Blackman (Pussy Galore-Goldfinger) was born today in Plaistow, East London.
22nd August 1916 Born today: John Slater, London England, actor (Deadlock, Cartel, Devil's Pass)
22nd August 1866 George Shillibeer, pioneer of London's 1st bus service, dies
22nd August 1620 Oliver Cromwell married Elizabeth Bourchier at St Giles-without-Cripplegate.
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. Sutton House @ Sutton House, Hackney, London
12. Syon House & Gosford Park @ Syon Park, Brentford, Middlesex
13. Friday Hill House @ 7 Simmons Lane, Chingford
14. Charlton House: Lusty Ghost @ Charlton Road, Charlton, London
15. Tyburn Convent @ 8 Hyde Park Place
16. Green Pond Road Stadium @ Green Pond Road, Walthamstow
17. The Roman Bath @ 5 Strand Lane, London
18. Wimbledon, Lawn Tennis Club @ Church Road, Wimbledon
19. Cittie Of Yorke @ 22 High Holborn
20. The First Coffee Shop in London @ St Michaels Alley, Cornhill, Bank
21. The worst street in London @ Dorset Street, Spitalfields, London
22. Shadwell Basin @ Off Glamis Road
23. King of the Zulu's @ 18 Melbury Road, London
24. Secret Tunnels - 100 feet down @ Craig Court, off Trafalgar Square
25. Birch's Immortal Shop @ 15 Cornhill, London
26. Captain Kidd Public House @ Off Wapping Rose Garden
27. The Great Fire of London @ Pudding Lane
28. Another 'Pie & Mash' gem @ 9 Broadway Market
29. Wanstead Park's Grotto @ Ornamental Waters, Wanstead Park
30. London's oldest parish church @ West Smithfield, London
31. Spiral Escalator @ Holloway Road, Islington
32. The Phoney Houses @ 23-24 Leinster Terrace, Bayswater
33. A ghostly Bricklayer @ South Black Lion Lane
34. The Turkish Baths @ Old Broad Street from Liverpool Street
35. Bob Hope was born here @ 44 Craigton Road, Eltham
36. Top Hat Madness @ Strand
37. Devils Tavern and Apollo Club @ 2 Fleet Street, London
38. Site of Lord Byrons famous duel @ 100 Pall Mall, London
39. Ancient Hunting Cry In London @ Soho
40. Sylvia's Suffragette Shop @ 198 Bow Road, Bow, London
41. A Park once filled with Vice @ Whetstone Park, Camden
42. Facts on Selfridges @ 400 Oxford Street
43. A House of Laughter @ Glenshaw Mansions, Brixton Road / Mowll Street
44. The Spaniard's Inn @ Spaniards Road, Hampstead
45. The Monument.... is leaning! @ Near King William Street
46. London's Smallest Pub, U Decide? @ 43 Linhope Street
47. Harcourt House's Odd Duke @ Harcourt House, Cavendish Square, London
48. Once there were Herrings @ 137 Cannon Street
49. The Green Man @ Putney Heath
50. How To Measure A Cockney? @ St Mary-Le-Bow, Cheapside
51. St. Pancras New Church @ Euston Road
52. Tower Hill @ Nr Tower Hill Tube Station
53. Wapping Station @ Nr Wapping Rose Garden
54. Southwark Cathedral @ London Bridge
55. Grand Seraglio... What? @ Covent Garden
56. Lucan, Cubitt and some Plumbers @ 14 Lower Belgrave Street
57. Berezovsky's Stanley House @ Stanley House, Chelsea, London
58. Once a Gun Safe House @ 257 Caledonian Road
59. Oliver Cromwell's resting place @ 72 High Holborn, Holborn
60. History of St Sepulchre Church @ Church of St Sepulchre, London
61. The BBC...visually gorgeous @ Regent Street
62. The Lady Well Spring @ 148 Ladywell Road, Ladywell, Lewisham
63. London's Most Female Street @ Sloane Street, Knightsbridge, London
64. Where Was Wych Street? @ Aldwych
65. John Wilkes' House Riots @ 35 Grosvenor Square
66. East London's Oldest House @ 2 - 4 Homerton High Street, Hackney
67. Ophelia's River @ off Church Road
68. King's Bench Debtors Prison @ Borough, Southwark, London
69. The French House @ 49 Dean Street, Soho
70. Parliament Hill Park, But Why? @ Parliament Hill
71. The Devil and the Lady @ Bleeding Heart Yard, off Greville Street
72. G Nissel & Co - Contact Lenses @ Mornington Terrace, Camden
73. Poet's Corner @ Westminster Abbey
74. A Market With Mexican Roots @ Portobello Road
75. The Two Puddings @ 27 Broadway, Stratford
76. A Very Long Speech @ House of Commons
77. The Butler's Retreat @ 2 Rangers Road, Chingford
78. The College of Arms @ Queen Victoria Street, London
79. The Ancient House @ Walthamstow Village, London
80. A Spy called The White Rabbit @ Queen Court, Guildford Street, Camden
81. Earls Court Big Wheel @ Earl's Court, London
82. Fortune Street Park @ Fortune Street, Barbican, London
83. The Samuel Gurney Memorial @ Broadway, Stratford, London
84. Headstone Manor @ Pinner View, Middlesex
85. Bagnigge House @ 61-63 Kings Cross Road
86. 1st petrol car was built here @ 1 Connaught Road, Walthamstow, London
87. Artist Piet Mondrian's House @ 60 Parkhill Road, Hampstead
88. Orphaned Boys make a Stand @ 2 Greencoat Place, Victoria
89. A gilded-gold Memorial @ Albert Memorial, Kensington Gardens, Kensington
90. St Matthias Church @ 113 Poplar High St, Tower Hamlets
91. The Gatehouse @ 1 North Road
92. The World's First Tube Line @ Off Faringdon Road
93. Merrick of Mile End @ Mile End Road
94. Black Cap @ 171 Camden High Street, London
95. A Blue Plaque for a War Hero @ Petersham Mews, Kensington
96. Leighton House & Arab Hall @ Leighton House Museum, 12 Holland Park Road
97. Fancy a Brew? @ 40 Southwark Street
98. St Katherine's Dock Marina @ Off Smithfield
99. The Red Lion @ 23 Crown Passage, Off Pall Mall
100. Punch and Judy Birthplace @ St Pauls Portico, Westminster
101. A unique Victorian Townhouse @ 18 Stafford Terrace
102. The Freud's Lived Here @ Freud Museum, 20 Maresfield Gardens
103. London's Longest Pub? @ 25 London Street
104. The Ealing Club @ 42A The Broadway, Ealing
105. So Why New Scotland Yard? @ Victoria Street
106. Prospect of Whitby @ 57 Wapping Wall
107. Barmy Balmes House @ Downham Road, Hackney, London
108. Russians, Stags and Knights @ 1 Westbourne Road
109. A Stiff Collar's The Clue @ Piccadilly
110. Not a nice way to go @ London Bridge
mapping London's most interesting and unusual places and history
