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Sep 234 min read

The Islington pub with a carved fireplace more than 400 years old

The Old Queen's Head, Victorian on the outside and Tudor inside. The popular North London watering hole on Essex Road appears to be like...

London On The Ground

Jul 216 min read

Islington Cattle Market: lost secret of Essex Road

The challenger to Smithfield closed in 1837 after less than a year. A couple of years ago, at one of the excellent exhibitions at the...

London On The Ground

Sep 22, 20222 min read

See London from the steeple of St Mary's Islington

Compare the view today with how it appeared in 1789. St Mary's Church on Upper Street in Islington is offering a rare opportunity to tour...

London On The Ground

Aug 28, 20227 min read

Would Elizabeth I recognise Islington today?

An old greetings card shows 'The Village of Islington or Iseldon In the Reign of Queen Elizabeth I'. I recently came across an old...

London On The Ground

Mar 16, 202215 min read

Wall to wall: Britannia Row, Pink Floyd & the City of London

A quiet Islington side street tells of urbanisation, social history, post war reconstruction - and two walls. Britannia Row is a quiet...

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