Waterloo Bridge was opened today on the second anniversary of the battle. Read about the original Waterloo bridge here www.thehistoryoflondon.co.uk/the-original...
During the 12thC the priory of the Order of the Knights of St. John was established just outside the City of London at Clerkenwell. It was dissolved by Henry VIII and most of the knights went to Malta. All that remains are its South Gate and parts of the priory church.
Today in 1854 Queen Victoria opened the Crystal Palace pleasure park at Sydenham Hill. The Crystal Palace had been moved there following the end of the Great Exhibition of 1851, which the Queen had also opened. Read here about its creation www.thehistoryoflondon.co.uk/the-great-ex...
The Rotherhithe Tunnel was created by the London County Council and opened in 1908 by the Prince of Wales. It then took horse-drawn traffic and pedestrians between the London Docks on the north of the river and the Surrey Commercial Docks on the south side.
Passing by the Royal Courts of Justice this afternoon. Pro-Palestinian demonstrators being arrested.
In the Peasants' Revolt King Richard II met Wat Tyler and his rebels outside the City at Mile End Green today in 1381. Read here about the early history of East London www.thehistoryoflondon.co.uk/the-early-hi...
Today in 1719 weavers from Spitalfields rioted because of hardship caused by the importation of new fabrics from India. Read here about the Huguenots and Spitalfield weavers www.thehistoryoflondon.co.uk/huguenots/
The foundation stone of John Rennie's new London Bridge was laid today in 1825 by the Duke of York. Read here about Rennie's London Bridge www.thehistoryoflondon.co.uk/john-rennies...
Lambeth Palace, the London home of the Archbishopsof Canterbury, was ransacked by the mob today in 1381 during the Peasants’ Revolt. Read the history of Lambeth Palace here www.thehistoryoflondon.co.uk/lambeth-pala...
The wine merchants Berry Bros. & Rudd continue to trade from the same premises where they were founded in 1698 by Widow Bourne. Over the centuries it has continued to be owned by descendents, the Pickering, then the Berry families. In 1920 the Rudd family also joined the company.
