Undercurrent: Wandering the Walbrook
An intriguing walk from Moorgate to Old Street exploring the lost river Walbrook and other watery undercurrents, from the medieval to today. I am leading this walk on behalf of … Read more
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Walking the Hackney/ Islington border from the Rosemary Branch to Old St
This boundary walk between Hackney and Islington boroughs weaves around the areas either side of Regent’s Canal, City Rd basin and City Rd. ‘Beating the Bounds’ to mark and confirm … Read more
‘Beating the Bounds’ from King’s Cross to Farringdon
A historic walk winding either side of the border between Camden and Islington boroughs – also the route of the now-buried River Fleet ‘Beating the Bounds’ around the borders between … Read more
Priss Fotheringham, ‘the second best whore in the city’
The above blue plaque in Whitecross Street, Finsbury, has recently been obscured by a new artwork. Whilst sad that we can no longer see it, the plaque itself was part … Read more
The French Hospital
This discreet wall plate on a school in Bath Street, Finsbury commemorates the ‘French Hospital’, founded in 1718 close to the old City Pest House which housed sufferers from the … Read more
Walking the Hackney/Islington border from the Rosemary Branch to Old St
This boundary walk between Hackney and Islington boroughs weaves around the areas either side of Regent’s Canal, City Rd basin and City Rd ‘Beating the Bounds’ to mark and confirm … Read more
Whitbread Stables
Whitbread started brewing in Finsbury in 1742 and became very successful. By the late 1800s, they needed more stabling for their horses than they had room for at the huge … Read more
Historic Finsbury
A fascinating walking exploration of an area immediately bordering the old City of London to the north. Now part of the borough of Islington, this area and adjacent Clerkenwell formed … Read more
The City Pest House
If you lived in the City of London and showed symptoms of plague in 1593, you were sent to one of the ‘Pest Houses’ outside the City boundaries to recover….or … Read more