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One of the society's photos of the Oxford Arms, which started the project. The Society for Photographing Relics of Old London was founded in 1875 in London, England, initially with the purpose of recording the Oxford Arms, a traditional galleried public house on Warwick Lane that was to be demolished as part of the redevelopment of the Old Bailey.
London Underground A60 Stock (left) and 1938 Stock (right) trains showing the difference in the sizes of the two types of rolling stock operated on the system. A60 stock trains operated on the surface and sub-surface sections of the Metropolitan line from 1961 to 2012 and 1938 Stock operated on various deep level tube lines from 1938 to 1988.
In 1875 the brothers were hired by Alfred Marks, the director of the Society for Photographing Relics of Old London, [3] and would go on to photograph historic buildings including the Oxford Arms Inn, Lincoln's Inn, the Smithfield area, Temple Bar, Gray's Inn, St. Bartholomew's and the Cloth Fair. [4]
"A New Hollar Panorama of London", John Orrell, The Burlington Magazine, Vol. 124, No. 953 (Aug., 1982), pp. 498–499 and 501-502; Lithographed copy of Wenceslaus Hollar's 1647 Long View of London, by Robert Martin, 1832, Museum of London; The Prospect of London and Westminster taken from Lambeth by W Hollar, c.1647, British Museum
The name "London Bridge" refers to several historic crossings that have spanned the River Thames between the City of London and Southwark in central London since Roman times. The current crossing, which opened to traffic in 1973, is a box girder bridge built from concrete and steel.
It has become one of London's most enduring landmarks and was London's tallest building from 1710 until 1963 with the completion of the Millbank Tower. [34] The dome, alongside the main west facade on Ludgate Hill which utilises a double Corinthian order similar to Claude Perrault's facade at The Louvre (1665), is arguably more akin to ...
Old & New London: A Narrative of Its History, Its People & Its Places, 6 vols., London, 1881, vol 4, pp. 370–372. Young, John. A Catalogue of the Pictures at Grosvenor House, London; with etchings from the whole collection ... accompanied by historical notices of the principal works. London, 1820.
London Roman Wall – Museum of London Walking Tour Plaque 5: Transcript of the London Wall Walk plaque 5. Transcript of tile 1 'The London Wall Walk follows the line of the City Wall from the Tower of London to the Museum of London. The Walk is 1 + 3 ⁄ 4 miles (2.8 km) long and is marked by twenty-one panels which can be followed in either ...