Clerkenwell’s Lost Monasteries
Visit the sites of four great monasteries which dominated Clerkenwell for hundreds of years and have left their mark to this day. This year Bart’s Hospital is celebrating its 900th … Read more
Islington
Canonbury Tower Tour
Canonbury Tower near Canonbury Square is a survivor of Islington’s Tudor and even earlier history. It was built in the late 16th century as an addition to an earlier manor house, … Read more
Rosemary Gardens Health & History
This walk is one of a series run by Islington Guided Walks in conjunction with Islington Council. They are shorter, gentler walks than my more typical 2 hour plus guided … Read more
Canonbury Tower Tour
Canonbury Tower near Canonbury Square is a survivor of Islington’s Tudor and even earlier history. It was built in the late 16th century as an addition to an earlier manor house, … 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
Canonbury Tower Tour
Canonbury Tower near Canonbury Square is a survivor of Islington’s Tudor and even earlier history. It was built in the late 16th century as an addition to an earlier manor house, … 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
Clerkenwell Crime and Punishment
Turbulent centuries of monasteries, vengeance, courthouses, prisons, murder, social reformers, a bomb plot and more…. Clerkenwell lies just outside the old City, originally the location of the monastic houses from … Read more
A watery wander around the Angel Islington
A circular walk from Angel tube, exploring the influences of water sources. Islington and Clerkenwell developed around a hilly area with an abundance of water from natural springs, wells and … Read more
Churches of the past
This view, from around 1900, is looking south down Southgate Road N1 from near the junction with Englefield Road. The pub on the right is the Lord Raglan, now replaced … Read more