Travellers would rest here overnight rather than risk the open land between Islington and the City, which was infested by highwaymen and other thieves [...]

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He moved his business from this Court to a convenient location in Ludgate Hill, from there he could look out of his window and model wedding cakes on the spire of St Bride's church [...]

After going some hundred yards, City Constable 212 jumped on to the back seat, and, seizing the reins, managed to stop it just as it was running into a railway van [...]

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I've survived ordeal by carbon monoxide and reaching Culling Circus is a relief, this curiously named roundabout must have got its title from the tunnel's ability to kill motorists who dwell too long in [...]

We challenge our contributor to reply to ten devilishly probing questions about their London and we don't take "Sorry Gov" for an answer. From their favourite way to spend a day out in the [...]

The card is smeared on both sides with blood, which has evidently been impressed thereon by the thumb or finger of the writer, the corrugated surface of the skin being plainly shown [...]

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The wealth of detail here was the result of the dangerous and distressing surveys undertaken by 'ruin recorders' in the aftermath of German bombing raids [...]