A London Inheritance
@alondoninheritance.bsky.social
Exploring London's history starting with my father's photos from 1946, to the present day.
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The church of St Mary-le-Bow with some of the bombed buildings of the City. Post war photo by my father, from my post on the church at alondoninheritance.com/london-churc...
November 25, 2025 at 1:02 PM
The church of St Mary-le-Bow with some of the bombed buildings of the City. Post war photo by my father, from my post on the church at alondoninheritance.com/london-churc...
Today’s new post - The King’s Chapel of the Savoy. The story of a chapel, prison, hospital on the site of the Savoy estate at
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November 23, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Today’s new post - The King’s Chapel of the Savoy. The story of a chapel, prison, hospital on the site of the Savoy estate at
alondoninheritance.com
alondoninheritance.com
The King’s Chapel of the Savoy. Exploring the story of this historic chapel between the Strand and Embankment in today’s new post at alondoninheritance.com
November 23, 2025 at 7:48 AM
The King’s Chapel of the Savoy. Exploring the story of this historic chapel between the Strand and Embankment in today’s new post at alondoninheritance.com
London's population density in 1951 from the Royal Commission Report on Local Government in Greater London 1957-60. More maps and details from the report in my post at alondoninheritance.com/london-books...
November 20, 2025 at 12:28 PM
London's population density in 1951 from the Royal Commission Report on Local Government in Greater London 1957-60. More maps and details from the report in my post at alondoninheritance.com/london-books...
The Golden Lion – Dean Street, from my post on Soho Pubs at alondoninheritance.com/londonpubs/s...
November 19, 2025 at 12:57 PM
The Golden Lion – Dean Street, from my post on Soho Pubs at alondoninheritance.com/londonpubs/s...
Bluecoat School, Caxton Street, Westminster. Plaque dates the building to 1709 however the school was founded 21 years earlier in 1688 at the expense of “Divers well disposed persons Inhabitants of ye Parish of St. Margaret Westminster”, more in my post: alondoninheritance.com/london-build...
November 18, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Bluecoat School, Caxton Street, Westminster. Plaque dates the building to 1709 however the school was founded 21 years earlier in 1688 at the expense of “Divers well disposed persons Inhabitants of ye Parish of St. Margaret Westminster”, more in my post: alondoninheritance.com/london-build...
Today's new post - It Happened Again and the City in Autumn. A week of website problems, and a look back at autumn in the City of London at alondoninheritance.com
November 16, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Today's new post - It Happened Again and the City in Autumn. A week of website problems, and a look back at autumn in the City of London at alondoninheritance.com
This week’s new post - blog hosting problems and a look back at Autumn in the City at alondoninheritance.com
November 16, 2025 at 8:45 AM
This week’s new post - blog hosting problems and a look back at Autumn in the City at alondoninheritance.com
Last Sunday's new post - Union Chapel, Islington – Live Music and a Nonconformist History at alondoninheritance.com/london-churc...
November 15, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Last Sunday's new post - Union Chapel, Islington – Live Music and a Nonconformist History at alondoninheritance.com/london-churc...
Attenborough Jewellers and Pawnbrokers shop at 244 Bethnal Green Road in east London photographed in 1986 from my post on the shop and area at alondoninheritance.com/london-build...
November 15, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Attenborough Jewellers and Pawnbrokers shop at 244 Bethnal Green Road in east London photographed in 1986 from my post on the shop and area at alondoninheritance.com/london-build...
The Impact of the M25 - the title of a 1982 report from the Standing Conference on London and South East Regional Planning which, despite the title, is rather interesting. More images and details in my post at alondoninheritance.com/london-infra...
November 14, 2025 at 12:33 PM
The Impact of the M25 - the title of a 1982 report from the Standing Conference on London and South East Regional Planning which, despite the title, is rather interesting. More images and details in my post at alondoninheritance.com/london-infra...
Policing the City of London - The story of Cloak Lane Police Station in my post at alondoninheritance.com/london-build...
November 14, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Policing the City of London - The story of Cloak Lane Police Station in my post at alondoninheritance.com/london-build...
I wrote about the SS Montgomery which left the US in August 1944 loaded with over 6,000 tonnes of munitions and explosives, and is now in the Thames estuary, in this post back in 2015:
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November 12, 2025 at 6:50 PM
I wrote about the SS Montgomery which left the US in August 1944 loaded with over 6,000 tonnes of munitions and explosives, and is now in the Thames estuary, in this post back in 2015:
alondoninheritance.com/the-thames/f...
alondoninheritance.com/the-thames/f...
Myths and Legends of the London Stone - exploring the long history and stories surrounding this resident of Cannon Street at alondoninheritance.com/london-histo...
November 12, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Myths and Legends of the London Stone - exploring the long history and stories surrounding this resident of Cannon Street at alondoninheritance.com/london-histo...
Today's new post: Exploring the story of the Union Chapel, Islington – Live Music and a Nonconformist History at alondoninheritance.com
November 9, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Today's new post: Exploring the story of the Union Chapel, Islington – Live Music and a Nonconformist History at alondoninheritance.com
Today’s new post: Exploring the wonderful Union Chapel, Islington – Live Music and a Nonconformist History at alondoninheritance.com
November 9, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Today’s new post: Exploring the wonderful Union Chapel, Islington – Live Music and a Nonconformist History at alondoninheritance.com
Union Chapel, Islington – Live Music and a Nonconformist History. Today’s new post at alondoninheritance.com
November 9, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Union Chapel, Islington – Live Music and a Nonconformist History. Today’s new post at alondoninheritance.com
The story of the first East Ham Fire Station and Fire Brigade, from a time when the service recruited only ex seamen and naval personnel as the Brigade was run on Naval discipline and familiarity of climbing rigging and working at heights, more at alondoninheritance.com/london-histo...
November 7, 2025 at 12:54 PM
The story of the first East Ham Fire Station and Fire Brigade, from a time when the service recruited only ex seamen and naval personnel as the Brigade was run on Naval discipline and familiarity of climbing rigging and working at heights, more at alondoninheritance.com/london-histo...
The Middlesex Guildhall, built between 1906 and 1913. Once the home of Middlesex County Council and Quarter Sessions, the building is now home to the Supreme Court, from my post on 3 very different London buildings at alondoninheritance.com/london-build...
November 4, 2025 at 12:03 PM
The Middlesex Guildhall, built between 1906 and 1913. Once the home of Middlesex County Council and Quarter Sessions, the building is now home to the Supreme Court, from my post on 3 very different London buildings at alondoninheritance.com/london-build...
St Martin in the Fields and Historical maps of Southwark and City Ward Maps - todays new post at alondoninheritance.com
November 2, 2025 at 8:57 AM
St Martin in the Fields and Historical maps of Southwark and City Ward Maps - todays new post at alondoninheritance.com
St Martin in the Fields and Historical maps of Southwark and City Ward Maps. Today’s new post at alondoninheritance.com
November 2, 2025 at 7:48 AM
St Martin in the Fields and Historical maps of Southwark and City Ward Maps. Today’s new post at alondoninheritance.com
In 1977 I took some photos of the Globe in Borough Market, from my post exploring the area at alondoninheritance.com/londonpubs/t...
November 1, 2025 at 8:14 AM
In 1977 I took some photos of the Globe in Borough Market, from my post exploring the area at alondoninheritance.com/londonpubs/t...
The 1861 Great Fire at London Bridge that led to the death of a key person in the formation of professional fire fighting in London, more in my post at alondoninheritance.com/london-monum...
October 30, 2025 at 12:38 PM
The 1861 Great Fire at London Bridge that led to the death of a key person in the formation of professional fire fighting in London, more in my post at alondoninheritance.com/london-monum...
London with a Leica - film photography using an old camera explored in my post at
alondoninheritance.com/london-photo...
alondoninheritance.com/london-photo...
October 30, 2025 at 7:55 AM
London with a Leica - film photography using an old camera explored in my post at
alondoninheritance.com/london-photo...
alondoninheritance.com/london-photo...
Jubilee Gardens, July 1979 and the World’s Longest Safety Poster, from my post on the story of the gardens at alondoninheritance.com/london-parks...
October 29, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Jubilee Gardens, July 1979 and the World’s Longest Safety Poster, from my post on the story of the gardens at alondoninheritance.com/london-parks...