Top 100 Indie London History Reels

Ranked by (likes + comments) / followers across indie/non-institution accounts with at least 5 stored reels. Accounts included: 20. Rows shown: 100. Thumbnails use scraped preview images; click a thumbnail to lazy-load the scraped video URL. Transcript column included for 77 rows with extractable local audio.

Rank Account Category Engagement % Likes + comments Likes Comments Followers Length Post Preview / video Caption Transcript
1 @jdraperlondon
J Draper London
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170.22% 47,949 47,231 718 28,169 29s Instagram post
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2024-11-22
I'm fine
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The difference between an abbey and a cathedral? Oh, no one cares. An abbey used to have monks in it and the head monk was called an abbot and a cathedral is a bishop's church and a bishop has a seat called a cathedral. That's why it's called that.
2 @londonhiddenhistory
London Hidden History
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London history core
162.32% 129,207 128,398 809 79,601 1:55 Instagram post
DXCkGbltklg
2026-04-12
When I found out about this place, I had to go and take a look for myself! Unfortunately, when I got there, I realised that the Hardy Tree had long since disappeared. However, in its place, the mound of gravestones remains. And dare I say it makes this place…even spookier? (Imagine coming across th...
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This is one of the most captivating sites you'll see in London. A collection of graves all huddled together as if they're trying to keep warm. But what exactly are we looking at, and why is this here? Well what you're looking at are the remnants of the recently deceased hardy tree, and it makes for quite an interesting story indeed. See, this collection of gravestones sits on the site of Old St. Pancras Church, just behind the station of the same name. Now this area has served as a site of worship for hundreds of...
3 @walkinghistory_yt
Walking History
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DSA8XlFjmUf
2025-12-08
On the 16th of April, 1912, 15 year-old Ned Parfett was captured in one of the most famous photos of the early 20th century...but a tragic tale awaited him. At the outbreak of war Ned was eager to serve his country, and like so many others he would not be coming home. Want more history? Check out o...
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This famous photograph was taken on Tuesday the 16th of April 1912 and it shows 15-year-old Edward Ned Parfitt selling newspapers here on Cockspur Street in central London. Ned was one of six children and was living at the time not too far away with his family on Cornwall Road in Lambeth but after working numerous jobs throughout his childhood had only begun selling newspapers after being injured on his father's building site. Little more than two years after that photograph was taken however on the 4th of August...
4 @jdraperlondon
J Draper London
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74.10% 20,873 20,709 164 28,169 2:51 Instagram post
DLPNDuSt1HO
2025-06-23
Read the whole thing here: https://web.archive.org/web/20240601141642/https://www.unz.com/print/SaturdayRev-1941mar01-00003 #britishhistory #tourguide #history #london #londonhistory #queerhistory #sherlockholmes
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So lately I've been trying to answer the question "Who was the first person to ship Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson?" Who was the first person to read this thing and go, "Were they, uh..." And on my journey I found this 1941 essay by Rex Stout, "Watson was a woman", which I simply must share with you. This frankly glorious shitpost argues that Dr Watson is not Dr Watson but actually Holmes' wife. Now I would love to just read you the whole thing but it is still in copyright so I'm just gonna read you some of my favo...
5 @timthelondonwalker
Tim The London Walker
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London history core
62.14% 56,615 56,042 573 91,111 1:27 Instagram post
DHI-3oEJIgF
2025-03-13
Welcome to London Stories where I endeavour to show you around this marvellous city of London. As it says in the title I'm looking for the oldest things in the city and thought I'd start here near St Paul's.
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Good morning. It's timber London Walker, and I'd like to show you a little secret spot. I know Right here in a city just behind st. Paul's It's in a little public garden It's not many people really know about but what's really unique is that within it is an object which predates the city thousand years And believe it or not It's a brick Behind these blue doors is a quiet little garden and within it are some amazing pieces of history on The wall is a Roman pavement Discovered during the building of a nearby church...
6 @jdraperlondon
J Draper London
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history significant part
57.33% 16,150 16,083 67 28,169 1:51 Instagram post
DSFE5DqDNQ9
2025-12-10
#tourguide #london #thingstodoinlondon #thingstodowithkids I wasn't paid for this video and the theatre didn't have any say over the script, but I did get a free theatre ticket.
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Have you heard of the puppet barge? There's this boat in London that puts on puppet shows. Marionette theatres are really rare anyway, because you have to purpose build a set where the puppeteers can stand above the stage. I've never heard of one on a boat before, so they invited me down to have a look. Hi, my name's Eden, and I'm one of the puppeteers at the puppet theatre barge, and here we are up on the bridge. The show we're doing at the moment is "The Hare and the Tortoise" and other esops fables, so there's...
7 @historyspeak
History Speak
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London history core
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2025-08-11
This Wednesday immerse yourself in a guided walking tour through Westminster that unravels the intertwined history of trade, colonial India, its partition, and the lasting impact on its people. Presented by Rav Singh, founder of @alittlehistoryofthesikhs , and Manasi Pophale, founder of @historyspe...
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Three things to do in London. Come on a free partitioned heritage held this Wednesday exploring the legacy of 1947. Discover how Britain, India, Pakistan and Bangladeshi histories collide in Westminster on this powerful walk through colonialism, struggle and change. Explore history, hear stories you won't find in textbooks and view London like never before with a breath of saying from the little history of the Sikhs and Manasi Pafali from History Speaks. See the caption below to book your free tickets now.
8 @livinglondonhistory
Living London History
creator
London history core
39.19% 303,195 299,504 3,691 773,608 1:04 Instagram post
DSXzCdiDNVH
2025-12-17
In South London, not far from Borough Market, you can find ‘The Scoop’! At 50-52 Union Street is an office block development. Completed in 2024, it was started by Lipton Plant Architects and finished by Corstorphine and Wright. It has a specially designed cut-out from the building to highlight the...
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This is, I think, one of the most interesting bits of modern architecture in London. It's an office block at 50 to 52 Union Street, so we're not too far from Borough Market here. The building dates from 2024, and you can see that it's got a huge, great big gouge out of it, like it's been scooped out with an ice cream scoop or something. The building was designed by Lipton Plant Architects and finished by Caustafin and Wright. You think, "Why on earth have they done that?" But it only makes sense when you go this w...
9 @thelondongasketeers
The London Gasketeers
street furniture
history significant part
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2022-12-02
174 of Westminster’s historic gas lamps are now safe, and we’re currently at work listing the remaining 94 gas lamps which are still under threat. Historic England @historicengland is an independent body, so the decision to list a gas lamp (or not) is very much up to them. In the meantime, please b... No extractable audio / no speech transcript
10 @londondeadpubs
Dead Pubs
pub history
London history core
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DNA4hVJIkzB
2025-08-06
Made this a year ago — easily the most stupid and gratuitous thing Dead Pubs have done. Never posted it on here though, so happy Wednesday.
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He drinks a whiskey drink. He drinks a vodka drink. He drinks a lager drink. He drinks a cider drink.
11 @thelondongasketeers
The London Gasketeers
street furniture
history significant part
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2022-01-24
These historic London gas lamps are disappearing from London’s streets, and @thelondongasketeers need your help to save them. Listen to an episode with Luke and Tim from the London Gasketeers, as well as supporter Simon Callow on a special episode of the Ladies Who London podcast @ladieswholondonpo...
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All over central London you'll find these beautiful historic gas lamps, but they are under threat. In this sweet little alleyway called Goodwin's Court you can see three different gas lamps which still work today and have been here for over a hundred years. But this gorgeous yellow glow is soon to disappear. Lamps all across Westminster are already being ripped out and replaced with replica lamps which have a bright LED glow. To find out how you can help listen to the London Gasketeers on the Ladies Who London pod...
12 @londonhiddenhistory
London Hidden History
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London history core
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DTLaTOODDyW
2026-01-06
2 minutes away from this busy Hackney street, one of London’s biggest mysteries lies in wait… 121 Mortimer Road, was occupied for over 40 years by one of Hackney’s most eccentric characters…The Hackney Moleman. (Real name William Lyttle). And over the course of 4 decades, he dug tunnels underneath...
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Just off of one of Hackney's busiest roads lies a house shrouded in one of London's biggest mysteries. This is 121 Mortimer Road, otherwise known as the Hackney Mole House. It was once occupied by an eccentric character, the Hackney Mole Man himself, William Little, and it was during the 1960s that the mystery of William Little begins. He initially wanted to turn the basement of his house into a wine cellar, but this soon turned into a different obsession altogether. Then over the next 40 years, Little ended up cr...
13 @wander._.be
Wanderbe History
creator
London history core
21.45% 21,138 20,888 250 98,563 55s Instagram post
DZ76NU9MoTj
2026-06-23
🏰 Carcassonne 🏰 Carcassonne’s history spans nearly three millennia, shifting from an ancient hilltop settlement to Europe’s largest conserved medieval fortress. ​Around 800 BC, Celtic tribes established an oppidum (fortified town) on the hill overlooking the Aude River. The Romans colonized the sit... No extractable audio / no speech transcript
14 @old_london_finds
Old London Finds
finds
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20.93% 13,376 13,232 144 63,914 1:39 Instagram post
DXus1UqNqNd
2026-04-29
I was lucky enough to look round an astounding Grade II* 316 year old house in Albury street Deptford. The interior has somehow been largely untouched, and the house (and road) are incredible survivors considering the odds against them. Check out @uniquepropertycompany for more information aboutvth...
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Yesterday I came to Allbridge Street in Deptford to have a look at this incredible grade 2 star listed house that was built in 1710 and remains largely unaltered. This house was one of hundreds laid out in the early 18th century when Deptford was a village to the south of the capital. The street was developed for officers and senior staff working at the Deptford Dockyard. Allbridge Street actually used to be an extension of Creek Road, the main road to Greenwich. It was decided that Creek Road needed to be re-root...
15 @londondeadpubs
Dead Pubs
pub history
London history core
20.77% 21,263 21,027 236 102,385 1:21 Instagram post
DJmAqqpogQJ
2025-05-13
Jimmy Mac on… Pub Words.
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It says that the Inuit people of the Arctic Circle have 50 words for snow. Well, that's good for them, but I've got 51 words for pubs. Pub, boozer, saloon, tavern, inn, ale house, bar, broghole, pint palladium, the dribble drum, drinkery, watering hole, lounge, a righteous establishment, house of Toby, booze box, jug shop, source spot, the doghouse, orchestra, theatre of dreams, the local, the inebriation station, gargle factory, the blind tiger club, the mad story box, the 19th hole, Duke joint, the slop yard, th...
16 @notonlycentrallondon
Not Only Central London
architecture
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CM_aHCmn8_T
2021-03-29
Did you know that the streets of London were once paved in wood?! Check out one of the last surviving pieces of evidence of this often overlooked historical fact! . . . #london #londonhistory #britain #englishhistory #londonhiddengems #londonsecrets #londonfacts #shoreditch #eastlondon #eastlondonh... No extractable audio / no speech transcript
17 @wander._.be
Wanderbe History
creator
London history core
20.50% 20,207 20,028 179 98,563 1:15 Instagram post
DRxcDj0jJFk
2025-12-02
A must see place in the City of London . . #london #londonhistory #travelapps #londontourist #hiddenlondon
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Very few people know that just minutes from the Tower of London is the oldest church in the city of London. One that hides incredible treasures in its crypt. This is All Hallows by the Tower. It was founded by the Abbey of Barking in 675 AD, 300 years before the Tower of London existed. It was badly damaged during the Blitz in World War II, but this revealed some of the incredible things that were buried beneath. As you walk in you can find the Saxon Arch. It's thought to be part of the first stone church that imm...
18 @old_london_finds
Old London Finds
finds
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19.63% 12,548 12,456 92 63,914 2:06 Instagram post
DYFA1lLNLhQ
2026-05-08
The Aula Palatina, also called Basilica of Constantine in Trier, Germany, is a Roman palace basilica and an early Christian structure built between AD 300 and 310 during the reigns of Constantius Chlorus and Constantine the Great. Its the largest surviving Roman hall still in use. Also Trier's two...
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This is another amazing building in Tria. It's called the Aula Palatina, or the Basilica of Constantine. It's a Roman palace basilica and an early Christian structure built between AD 300 and 310, during the reigns of Constantius Cloris and Constantine the Great. It's the largest surviving hall from classical antiquity and it's a UNESCO World Heritage site. It's made of solid brick and originally had black and white marble floors. Here's how it would have looked. It didn't start as a freestanding building, it was...
19 @old_london_finds
Old London Finds
finds
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DX7oA7utdOp
2026-05-04
Paid a visit to Trier in Germany, mainly to see this gate, but found out there was so much more! The gate is called the Porta Nigra and is over 1900 years old, an incredible survivor #architecture #roman #history #Germany #fyp
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This is an original Roman gate in Triia, the oldest city in Germany, founded in 16 BC. It was a crucial Roman colony known as Augusta Travororum. By the 3rd century it had become a second Rome and a capital for the Western Roman Empire. The gate is called the Porta Nigra or Black Gate. It's a UNESCO World Heritage Site and the reason I wanted to come here. But I actually had no idea how much other Roman stuff would be in the city. We flew into Luxembourg, which is absolutely beautiful too but I'll do another video...
20 @walkinghistory_yt
Walking History
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2026-05-11
With the Whitechapel murderer still roaming undetected, whoever it was that was stood with Catherine Eddowes made Joseph Lawende suspicious. It was very dark, and his appearance was nothing unusual...but for a brief moment the killer was right there in front of him. #whitechapel #horror #truecrime...
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Only moments away from Old Gate Station, this is the corner of Duke Street and St James' passage, and if you were to walk along the passage, you would find yourself in Mitre Square, at 1.35 in the morning. On Sunday 30th September 1888 however, three men named Joseph Lavender, Joseph Levy and Harry Harris were passing by here when they happened to see 46-year-old Catherine Eddowes standing on this corner with a strange man. In a black jacket and bonnet, her back was turned towards them, but her hand they saw was u...
21 @old_london_finds
Old London Finds
finds
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DYNtZV8Ncf3
2026-05-11
Was lucky enough to get to have a look round an incredible 1770s house on Cable Street, London. have been walking past this for years so was absolutely incredible to see inside. It has recently gone on sale having been lovingly restored over the last 15 years by the current owner. Every room is abs...
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This weekend I was very lucky to get a look around a house that I've passed so much over the years and always pondered how it looked inside. This is the beautiful 202 Cable Street, a grade two listed Jordan house built in the 1770s for a sea captain. This whole row is really nice but this one's particularly special. Cable Street itself started as a long straight path in which hemp was twisted into ships cables or ropes as us land dwellers would call them. These would supply all the nearby docks as everything in wh...
22 @londonhiddenhistory
London Hidden History
creator
London history core
16.67% 13,266 13,128 138 79,601 1:30 Instagram post
DTqXt_bDAlM
2026-01-18
Just a few steps from the Barbican (and Farringdon) tube station is one of London’s biggest mass graves of the Black Death… By some estimates, there could have been up to 10,000 bodies buried in this square at one point, and perhaps as many as 50,000 in the wider area around Smithfields. At the tim... No extractable audio / no speech transcript
23 @timthelondonwalker
Tim The London Walker
creator
London history core
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2025-03-26
In the heart of the city there lies an intriguing juxtaposition where our modern world meets the ancient. Buried deep underneath flows one of London’s lost rivers: the Walbrook. A new piece of public art brings this river once more to life.
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Good morning, it's Tim for London Walker, nice to see you again, hope everyone is well. Last week I took you to some buildings which had prehistoric fossils all over them, and I thought maybe we could explore something similar today, looking at something which looks at London's ancient history, its ancient past. So I thought I'd take you to a piece of public art, which is really, really, really remarkable. Outside Bloomberg's new European headquarters, there lies an intriguing juxtaposition, where our modern world...
24 @notonlycentrallondon
Not Only Central London
architecture
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CMo5uXsnTVR
2021-03-20
Ever come across this beautiful Tudor gem right in the heart of the 📍City of London? . . . #tudor #tudorlondon #tudorhistory #london #londonhistory #notonlycentrallondon #historyoflondon #tudorarchitecture #londonweekend #cityoflondon #londoncity #historiclondon #londonhouses #londonchurch #londonh... No extractable audio / no speech transcript
25 @timthelondonwalker
Tim The London Walker
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London history core
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DJJU9-dJ2e0
2025-05-02
The weather in London this week has been absolutely amazing, as the heat builds, and the streets begin to simmer, it’s a great opportunity to drop into one of the many beautiful churches to cool down. I couldn’t recommend more the intimate splendour of Temple Church just off Fleet Street.
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Good morning, it's Tim for London Walker. I hope you're doing really well and enjoying the weather. The weather is absolutely amazing. Anyway today I want to take you to a place in a part of London called Temple. It's got this amazing old church which dates back to the 1100s and as London becomes increasingly hot and increasingly stifling these wonderful churches become places of great sanctuary from the heat. So anyway let me take you there now. Tucked away among the cobbled lanes and legal chambers of Temple sta...
26 @londondeadpubs
Dead Pubs
pub history
London history core
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DH5yPrwI8LH
2025-04-01
Jimmy Mac’s Out Again on… Caledonian Road.
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Few roads in London are as heinously misunderstood as this one. Caledonian Road. Looking back at its history, the Cali is arguably the least woke road in all of London. A place where thousands of cattle were marched to their end in the 1800s. And where the Suffragettes, IRA members, Oscar Wilde and Peter Doherty have spent time banged up in its penitentiary. Today, the road's a strange arterial snapshot of the unequal city. With bougie Barnsbury and the Google offices rubbing shoulders with boozers that haven't ch...
27 @historyspeak
History Speak
creator
London history core
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Cev6SWmIFcF
2022-06-13
Finally made it to Oxford for the Uncomfortable tour! It was more interactive than I expected but it was a chance to chat with people from different backgrounds and hear their take. Recommended if you are visiting Oxford and want to “see how the sausage is made.” #thingstodoinoxford #oxforduniversi... No extractable audio / no speech transcript
28 @walkinghistory_yt
Walking History
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DYfZmHSoszq
2026-05-18
When Frederick Windborn arrived for work on the site of New Scotland Yard, he could never have expected that such a hideous discovery awaited him. To have brazenly dumped his victim in the basement of police headquarters seemed almost unbelievable...but the Embankment Killer had struck again. #scot...
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Over on the Victoria Embankment, on Monday the 1st of October 1888, construction was taking place here at the Norman Shaw buildings. The site was soon to become the headquarters of the Metropolitan Police, but on arriving for work that morning and heading into the darkened cellar to retrieve his tools, carpenter Frederick Windborn immediately noticed that something was wrong on being startled by a horrible stench. He lit a match to see where it was coming from and discovered, on doing so, that somebody had left a...
29 @wander._.be
Wanderbe History
creator
London history core
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DRiHf73jOTH
2025-11-26
The 350yr old spot in London that sparked a revolution . . #london #londonhistory #londontourist #travelapps #hiddenlondon
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If you struggle to get up in the morning without a coffee, it's probably down to the 350 year old place around the corner from here. If you head down Birch Lane, just here in the city of London, you'll stumble across a place that sparked a revolution. One that has us drinking an average of 2.1 cups of this stuff every single day. But you're going to need help finding it. Heading to the end of one of the narrowest alleys in London, Bengal Court, you will come across this. This is the site of the first coffee house...
30 @walkinghistory_yt
Walking History
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history significant part
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2026-04-27
When the wealthy Turner family fell mysteriously ill with arsenic poisoning, domestic servant Eliza Fenning was quickly arrested - but with no real evidence against her it seemed that her acquittal was inevitable. Magistrate John Sylvester, however, had other plans, and was determined to make an ex...
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At nine o'clock in the evening, on Tuesday the 21st of March 1815, a Dr. John Marshall was called to the home of Mr. Robert Turner at number 68 Chancery Lane. At the time it stood right here, and on heading inside, Marshall found a shocking scene. Lying on the stairs in great agony, something was terribly wrong with 22-year-old domestic servant Eliza Fenning. She was writhing in pain, he saw, and had vomited much. But in the rooms upstairs, Robert, his wife, and his father were all in a similar condition. An opiat...
31 @stokenewingtonhistory
Stoke Newington History
local history
London history core
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DTmut2CiN7r
2026-01-17
Those who have followed my updates for a while will know about my interest in Victorian coalhole covers, cast iron plates that were once common outside houses and covered the hole leading to a narrow coal chute, the shaft through which coal was delivered into the cellar without entering the home. I... No extractable audio / no speech transcript
32 @walkinghistory_yt
Walking History
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DZ5h-8kJ_SA
2026-06-22
The horrible death of Maud Marsh might well have been attributed to natural causes - until Dr. Stoker remembered one disturbing detail. With two more bodies exhumed, an unspeakable series of crimes was uncovered...before the Borough Poisoner was then finally revealed. #truecrime #londonhistory #ser...
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Only the original facade remains today, but this building on Borough High Street used to be the Crown Pub. Back in 1902, 36-year-old George Chapman was the bar manager here and he was living upstairs with 19-year-old barmaid Maud Marsh. This photograph actually shows the pair together, but on the 22nd of October that year something awful was taking place here. In an upstairs bedroom, Marsh was desperately ill. What exactly was wrong with her was a mystery, but for a number of weeks she'd been vomiting excessively...
33 @wander._.be
Wanderbe History
creator
London history core
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DQ2QuYOjFRA
2025-11-09
One of the most incredible museums in London . . #london #londonhistory #travelapps #londontourist #hiddengemlondon #wanderbeapp
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Within these walls lies one of the most incredible but lesser known museums in London. Some of the stuff you will find in here really is not for the faint-hearted. This is the Hunteri Museum in Holborn, a place that takes you on a fascinating journey through the history of surgery. It starts over three and a half thousand years ago with the earliest known written record of surgical treatment. This is the oldest surviving medical text in the world, written around 1600 BC in ancient Egypt. It includes 48 cases and s...
34 @wander._.be
Wanderbe History
creator
London history core
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DaBHXq8Mq-9
2026-06-25
🏰 Belcastel 🏰 The Château de Belcastel is a medieval castle located in the village and commune of Belcastel, within the Aveyron département of France, situated above the north bank of the river Aveyron. The oldest part of the fortress was constructed in the 9th century and grew under the Belcastel... No extractable audio / no speech transcript
35 @historyspeak
History Speak
creator
London history core
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2026-06-04
If you’re a history lover, artist, photographer, architecture enthusiast, or just someone who looks at a building and thinks, “What’s the story here? Manasi @historyspeak is leading a walking tour of Battersea Nine Elms and this one is for you. One of London’s newest neighbourhoods but architectura...
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something about your regular customer you know the one who comes and sits over there all the time so there's a lady that comes like two three four times a week sits on the table use free wi-fi all the time don't consume anything and i was just wondering who this lady is yeah you know her name though manasi yes that's right i wanted to introduce you to manasi she's one of our regulars here from the community she comes here lots of times for weeks she's also the founder of history speak tell us a little bit about yo...
36 @timthelondonwalker
Tim The London Walker
creator
London history core
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2025-05-08
One of my all time favourite buildings in London has to be the remarkable St Bartholomew’s Gatehouse at Smithfield, an absolute Tudor treat of a building, built in 1595 at the height of Elizabethan England. I simply go a little bit weak at the knees when I walk past and look and consider this build...
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Good morning, it's Tim for London Walker. I hope you're doing very well and everything is good with you. I want to take you somewhere which is really, really special. In fact, to this day, it still astonishes me every time I see it. It is so beautiful. In fact, it's drop dead gorgeous. And astonishingly, for a long period of time, no one knew that it was even there. So anyway, let me take you there right now. The gatehouse at St. Bartholomew's has been here since 1595 and rests on a 13th century stone arch. It's a...
37 @wander._.be
Wanderbe History
creator
London history core
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DQUq-I_jPVO
2025-10-27
A truly unique memorial in London . . #london #londontourist #londonhistory #travelapps #hiddengemlondon #wanderbeapp
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Through this gate lies a truly unique memorial in London, one that most people walk past without ever noticing. At first this place looks like any ordinary park, until you notice people closely fixated on a wall just here. What makes this place special is that unlike most memorials which are on acts of heroism in war or within government institutions, this one commemorates the often overlooked acts of bravery by ordinary citizens. Some of these stories are absolutely incredible, such as Mary Rogers, a steamboat st...
38 @wander._.be
Wanderbe History
creator
London history core
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2025-11-05
One of London's most famous cats . . #london #londonhistory #londontourist #travelapps #hiddengemlondon #wanderbeapp
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Hiding in this square lies the statue of one of London's most famous cats, but what makes him so special? If you head to Golf Square just off Fleet Street you'll find Hodge the cat, described by his owner as a very fine cat indeed. He's immortalised by this statue where he sits atop a dictionary with two empty oyster shells beside him. But why? Well his owner was one of the most influential people in the history of the English language. What he created in this house opposite the statue was claimed as one of the gr...
39 @walkinghistory_yt
Walking History
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2026-06-01
The hideous death of Thomas Briggs was a giant news story at the time, and when Franz Müller was exposed as the culprit the hunt was on to find him. After a sensational chase across the Atlantic, he would be brought back to London...but on facing capital charges William Calcraft was waiting for him...
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Here at Fenchurch Street Station, on Saturday the 9th July 1864, 69-year-old banker Thomas Briggs boarded the 9.50pm train to Chalk Farm. All at the time, it seemed to be normal but Briggs would never reach his destination. Around 10 minutes later, saturated in blood and with severe head injuries, his body was found lying on the tracks near Hackney Wick Station. With his watch, watch chain and top hat stolen, someone had beaten him violently and then thrown him from the train, but who exactly had done it was a mys...
40 @historyspeak
History Speak
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London history core
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C-s1VskIAm4
2024-08-15
🎙️Have a listen to my recent package on Pakistan + Indian independence day 🇵🇰🇮🇳 ~ where I joined a ‘Remembering Partition’ walking tour across Westminster 📍 < Organised by @everydaymuslimheritage @historyspeak @alittlehistoryofthesikhs > @bbcasiannetwork @bbcnews
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Then we sent our reporter Gosem Haffijee along. So now we are standing in front of the statue of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi in Parliament Square. This is Mansi, one of the tour guides for the India-Pakistan partition trail in Westminster. It's happening this week to mark Pakistan and India's independence. And he is shown over here wearing Khadi, which is what he was wearing when he came to visit the Houses of Parliament. The walk is part of a bigger project called 'Remembering Partition' that aims to educate peopl...
41 @londondeadpubs
Dead Pubs
pub history
London history core
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DF-URxtIF2n
2025-02-12
Jimmy Mac’s Out Again in… Fitzrovia. #pubcrawl #londonlife #fitzrovia #deadpubs
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What's the coolest area of London? The one's here. Fitzrovia. A place where the public houses are steeped in literary history. Orwell kept the Asperdystra flying in the Fitzroy. Most nights, Dylan Thomas had no dominion over his faculties at the Week Chief. And this pub's even named after J.K. Rowling. Today, the area they call the thinking man's Soho possesses a serene foie deux. Not as desperate to be adored as its seedy cousin to the South, nor as showy and meretricious as Marlobone to its west. It's also got s...
42 @thelondongasketeers
The London Gasketeers
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CZghkpQI1fo
2022-02-03
Thank you to @greigarious for sending me this video. Working gas lamp in Albany Court Yard, Piccadilly, London, W1. Albany was built between 1771-1776 by Sir William Chambers. It was originally called Melbourne House. Past residents include: Lord Byron, William Gladstone, Aldous Huxley, Terence Sta... No extractable audio / no speech transcript
43 @stokenewingtonhistory
Stoke Newington History
local history
London history core
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DRmDtn6iIZV
2025-11-28
July 2024 - BBC London News on my research tracing every business in each shop on Stoke Newington Church Street since the 1840s. https://stokenewingtonhistory.com/documenting-the-evolution-of-stoke-newington-church-streets-shops/ #stokenewington #stokenewingtonhistory #hackneyhistory #londonhistory...
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Now, we all know that high streets have changed a lot in recent years, but quite how much has become clear from a special project in Stone, Newington, where all these shop fronts are from? Historian Amir Dotan has spent 10 years focusing on the church street area and has looked at how different businesses and trends have evolved through the last 200 years. Rob Taylor has been to meet him. It's been a chemist continuously since the 1860s. Different owners, different companies took over, but it's always been a chemi...
44 @notonlycentrallondon
Not Only Central London
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2021-03-03
Sound ON to enjoy this beautiful pre-lockdown music scene in 📍Brixton! . . . 📍@notonlycentrallondon . . . #brixton #southlondon #southldn #brixtonmarket #brixtonvillage #bovril #brixtonlondon #brixtonjamm #londonmusic #londonmusicscene #southlondonmusic #streetartuk #streetartlondon #streetmusician... No extractable audio / no speech transcript
45 @londondeadpubs
Dead Pubs
pub history
London history core
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DTfnQLaiBuD
2026-01-14
Jimmy Mac’s Out Again in… Hackney (Part I).
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Is Hackney the worst borough in London? It's certainly the most transformed. Twenty years into its grand project to scoop out its soul and vitality, for a series of identicate small plates and natty wine bars with anthropomorphic cartoon food as mascots, frequented solely by a middle-manager consumer class, with football scarves daintily wrapped around their pretty little heads. Most of the borough's proper pubs have long been demolished, or turned into cavernous, stripped-back gastro palaces full of hairy babies...
46 @notonlycentrallondon
Not Only Central London
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CK1tTaJnlQo
2021-02-03
We just realised the other day that we can access the roof of our building. Isn’t this the most spectacular view?🌒 . . . . @notonlycentrallondon . . . . #notonlycentrallondon #darksideofthemoon #pinkfloydfans #londonsunset #londontraffic #northlondon #londonlifeinc #londonbylondoners #londondiaries... No extractable audio / no speech transcript
47 @londondeadpubs
Dead Pubs
pub history
London history core
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DIQ5itgId8X
2025-04-10
Jimmy Mac’s Out Again in… Walworth.
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and castle. There's nowhere in London quite like this, a frenzied gyratory devoted to the more, more, more mantra of a soulless city. They hauled down the haygate. They said Sayonara to the shopping centre. It's a miracle the deconstructed techno and trance party is still killing on at Corsica. But stroll a little south of the roundabout and you'll find a glorious slice of old London. One where, from daybreak to the witching hour, pipe men and women congregate in some of the finest pubs around to drink like they'r...
48 @notonlycentrallondon
Not Only Central London
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CRtMkFsnAEy
2021-07-24
Did you know about this unusual spot in 📍London? . . @notonlycentrallondon . . #millwall #millwalllondon #londonhistory #isleofdogs #isleofdogslondon #eastlondon #eastlondonhistory #mysecretlondon #unknownlondon #secretlondonspots #brunel #engineeringhistory #maritimehistory #riverthames #rivertham...
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Gotta get right down to the sea, gotta get to the sea Mind you son, gotta get to the sea Don't you touch the water, don't you barely breathe And if you see it, don't you touch the water, don't you barely breathe
49 @notonlycentrallondon
Not Only Central London
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CKbwlAWn3h9
2021-01-24
❄️What’s your favourite go to place to appreciate #London in the #snow? ✨Watch the video till the end to find out where we went this morning! ✏️New post about this gorgeous glass house on its way! . . . @notonlycentrallondon . . . #londonsnow #snowinlondon #snowing #snowday #snowflakes #snowintheci...
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♪ Ooh ♪ ♪ And it's it's Friday, no ♪
50 @notonlycentrallondon
Not Only Central London
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CNO_A0AIiQ7
2021-04-04
Join us on a quick ride around London’s East End💞 . . . . . . . #cyclinginlondon #londoncycling #londoncyclist #bethnalgreen #shoreditch #victoriapark #victoriaparklondon #londonbike #cyclinglondon #cyclinglover #urbancyclist #urbancyclistworldwide #londonlife #londonbybike #unknownlondon #eastldn... No extractable audio / no speech transcript
51 @walkinghistory_yt
Walking History
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DWhFFZ4DoMP
2026-03-30
You'd never think it when you visit, but something shocking lies beneath the ground here in Charterhouse Square. When a truce brought an end to hostilities during the Hundred Years War, the people of medieval London might have felt that their troubles were over...but something awful was coming. #hi...
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Only moments away from Barbican tube station, this is Charterhouse Square and it has a horrible history attached to it. Believe it or not, more than 50,000 people are buried here and they've been here for nearly 700 years. Back in the 1340s, King Edward III was on the throne. And with the 100 years war raging against France, numerous military conflicts were the biggest news of the day. When a temporary truce was then called, on the 28th of September, 1347 however, the people of London might have breathed a sigh of...
52 @londondeadpubs
Dead Pubs
pub history
London history core
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DRM1fklCKN4
2025-11-18
Jimmy Mac’s Out Again in… Brixton.
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Welcome to Brixton. Depending on who you speak to, it's either the vibiest place in London or a rapidly gentrifying insult to what the city used to be. Brixton is London in microcosm, lesser neighbourhoods and more a big argument between money and things that money can't buy. And in this unwinnable war, many of Brixton's best boozers were the first things to fall. But it's not all doom and gloom, not in the slightest. There are still some wonderful pubs in the area, including up here on Brixton Hill. So come on, w...
53 @wander._.be
Wanderbe History
creator
London history core
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DSnXXC4DHLe
2025-12-23
The lane in the City of London that takes you back to a medieval world . . #london #londonhistory #londontourist #travelapps #hiddenlondon
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There is a lane in London that takes you back to a medieval world, and the view you can find at the end of it is very special. This is Lovett Lane, a place that's been here since the 14th century. Back then it was one of the more desirable streets in London and was home to some of its wealthiest and most famous residents. In the following centuries it became a street market and its original name was "Lovers Lane" due to its ties to Ladies of the Night operating here. Its name was changed to "Lovett Lane" in 1939....
54 @jdraperlondon
J Draper London
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DKepNxJtnJu
2025-06-04
#britishhistory #tourguide #history #london #londonhistory #medieval
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You've time travelled back to the medieval period. You aren't wearing a watch and your phone is dead. How do you tell what time it is? England doesn't get clocks until the 1320s and even then it's not a proper clock as we would think of it with a face. It's just a machine that automatically rings a bell every hour so you still have to remember how many bells you've heard that day. Well I can simply use the stone age technology of the sundial. Fool! You're in England. Sundials don't work here. So medieval people wo...
55 @wander._.be
Wanderbe History
creator
London history core
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DRWV5a-DM0Q
2025-11-22
The bizarre punishment handed out at one of Britains Oldest Bridges . . #london #londonhistory #londontourist #travelapps #hiddengemlondon
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What does this 850-year-old bridge have to do with the bizarre form of punishment for disorderly women? Well, this is Clattin Bridge in Kingston upon Thames. It was built around 1175 over the River Hogsmill and is one of the oldest intact bridges in England. Its various names, such as the Clattinburger, are thought to derive from the clattering of horses hooves as they cross the bridge. But here's what most people don't know. Up until 1745, it was just here that disorderly women and public nuisances, back then kno...
56 @londonhistorian
London Historian
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London history core
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2022-09-08
On behalf of grieving nation and many around the world
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Happy Jubilee moon and thank you for everything that's very kind
57 @historyspeak
History Speak
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London history core
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CtEaVjZIP5c
2023-06-04
So excited to be part of #LFA2023! Come and explore my neighbourhood with me 😊 #thingstodoinlondon #londonarchitecture #battersea #nineelms #batterseapowerstation
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We're part of LFA 2023, so London Festival of Architecture that's happening in June 2023 is a festival across the city and there are amazing events going on and my walking tour is part of it. So please check out the link in the bio, the link wherever you can find it and book and come on the art and architecture walking tour of Battersea Nine Amps.
58 @timthelondonwalker
Tim The London Walker
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London history core
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2025-06-13
In the shadow of the modern London Bridge, nestled in the entrance to St Magnus the Martyr’s Church, lies an incredible relic from London’s ancient past, a piece of the old Roman dock, a heavy beam, which has been here since it was cut in 75AD.
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Morning, it's Tim for London Walker. I hope you're all doing really well. Today I want to take you to a really unique corner of London Bridge. It's often overlooked and it is exceptional for its history. You have tourists above and you have Romans below. Now everyone's always in such a hurry in this city but they often rush past and they don't notice what's there right in front of them. It's a place really unique because it's where history lingers in the shadows. Not much remains from the famous old London Bridge....
59 @notonlycentrallondon
Not Only Central London
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CNkysBnI6N_
2021-04-12
Have you seen this beautiful mosaic in 📍Hackney Downs Park? . . . #londonmosaic #mosaicart #hackney #hackneydowns #hackneydownsstudios #hackneydownspark #mosaici #mosaictiles #mosaicartwork #mosaicproject #londonproject #tessahunkin #hackneylife #animalmosaic #londonhiddengems #londonsecrets #londo...
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♪ I think I'll go for a walk outside now ♪ ♪ The summer sun's calling my name ♪ ♪ I hear you now I just can't stay inside all day ♪ ♪ I gotta get out, give me some of those rays ♪ ♪ Everybody's smiling, sunshine day ♪ ♪ Everybody's laughing, sunshine day ♪ ♪ Everybody seems so happy today ♪ ♪ It's a sunshine day ♪ ♪ I think I'll go for a while ♪
60 @londondeadpubs
Dead Pubs
pub history
London history core
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DVtNyjtCDzX
2026-03-10
Jimmy Mac on… the Worst-rated Pub in London.
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I'm going to the worst rated pub in London. What actually makes a boozer bad? It is, after all, quite rare for a pub on Google Maps to be under a 4.0. Unlike restaurants, which often suffer from negative critiques both real and fake, there seems to be a general acceptance amongst the kind of weirdos who'd actually bother to leave a booger review. But pubs are deeply personal. One man's decrepit sothouse is another's boozy, woozy paradise. But there are some notable low scorers. The nag's head in Belgravia gets a v...
61 @londondeadpubs
Dead Pubs
pub history
London history core
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DQWxygFiMzk
2025-10-28
Jimmy Mac’s Out Again in… Soho, Part II.
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Finally, it's one of the last proper old-school Soho Gats in town. It's the old coffee house. "Vit-Vit! How long's he?" Independent, intimate, and with more tap than a Salvadoran prison yard adorning its deep vermilion walls, it's the sort of place where you can imagine old actors, ingenues and pint-hardened writers rubbing shoulders on a schmokey 1950s Saturday night. And the kind of place today where you'll want to drink and plot and carouze and schmooze. Lovely. Has Soho lost its soul? Well, yes. But there are...
62 @notonlycentrallondon
Not Only Central London
architecture
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CMzxqROnkwM
2021-03-24
Take a look at the LAST working windmill in 📍London!🌾 #brixton #brixtonwindmill #brixtonvillage #brixtonhill #brixtonlondon #windmill #windmillsofinstagram #londonsecrets #londonhiddengems #explorelondon #unknownlondon #windmills #windmillwednesday #southlondon #southlondonbaker #southlondonlife #s... No extractable audio / no speech transcript
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Not Only Central London
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CKW3jrgH0j9
2021-01-22
Check out this #secret council estate near📍#Hampstead by Neave Brown! . . . New post about it on its way!🙌🏽 . . . @notonlycentrallondon ✨ . . . #notonlycentrallondon #secretlondon #londonhiddengems #brutalism #brutalismarchitecture #brutalistarchitecture #neavebrown #brutalist #hampsteadheath #hous... No extractable audio / no speech transcript
64 @notonlycentrallondon
Not Only Central London
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CSHr4hVoIte
2021-08-03
Have you ever visited 📍Crossrail Place Roof Garden? One of London’s green hidden gems, Crossrail Place is a perfect spot to relax in the heart of the city’s financial district 🌱 . . . @notonlycentrallondon . . . #rooftopgarden #rooftoplondon #londonrooftops #rooftopgardens #canarywharf #canarywharf... No extractable audio / no speech transcript
65 @historyspeak
History Speak
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London history core
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Ct2JwSNolmk
2023-06-23
Last tour as part of #WAF2023 done! Apologies on behalf of my Instagram auto caption - it kept changing Wandsworth Arts Fringe to Once More French 😂 One more walk to go for @londonfestivalofarchitecture this Sunday! Back to talking about Empire in Westminster 😎 #wandsworth #battersea #nineelms #bat...
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I just finished the last art and architecture walking tour for Wandsworth Art Fringe and London Festival of Architecture. It was amazing. I had like 20 people today. So it was a full house and it was great to share local stories. That's a horn. But oh well. And yeah, I have just one more event left as part of one London Festival of Architecture. That is the Legacies of Empire tour on this Sunday. And thank you so much Wandsworth Art Fringe for including me and I hope to be part of this next year as well. Bye.
66 @old_london_finds
Old London Finds
finds
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DVJ5cdYjSgg
2026-02-24
Lambeth High street, not much to look at now, but what was there before and was it being lost solely down to WW2? Some glitches on this, Literally on the verge with giving up on tiktok it took me about 4 attempts to upload it!! #architecture #fyp #London #ww2 #historytime
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this is lambith high street you may be forgiven for thinking how the hell is this a high street what are the shops where are the people not even a trace of a londis or a tesco express so let's have a look into it starting with our usual culprit ww2 so we enter the road from the lambith palace end you can spot some post-war buildings so that gives us an inkling as to what has happened here every single thing i've read about lambith high street they said it was bombed in one or two looking at the bond map there's on...
67 @walkinghistory_yt
Walking History
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DZnUfh8Inxe
2026-06-15
When Esther Hibner's horrible crimes sent her quickly to the gallows, it was a big deal for William Calcraft. His first official engagement had finally arrived...but a gruesome incident hours earlier would cause a scene that nobody had expected. #londonhistory #truecrime #morbidmonday #execution #l...
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Any number of hideous events have taken place here at the Old Bailey, and we've mentioned quite a few of them now in our Morbid Monday videos. Here's another one. Back in 1829, 61-year-old Esther Hibner was running a dressmakers business here on Pratt Street in Camden Town, along with her daughter, who was also named Esther, and a woman named Anne Robinson. Working under their care as apprentices, however, were eight orphaned children, and when an investigation was made into their welfare that January, an appallin...
68 @londondeadpubs
Dead Pubs
pub history
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DOLiYlXiKzw
2025-09-04
One from the archive that was never posted to Instagram — currently working away on some very exciting bits, so enjoy this (possibly outdated) dispatch for now.
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It's the drinking fads that swallowed London whole. Splitting the G. But worrying reports to the new and potentially life-threatening version of the game has been taken up by young thrill-seekers on the outskirts of town, where it is running an absolute mock. The name of this game? Splitting the E. One youngster we spoke to explained how to play. It's basically the same thing, but harder. Because the E of the Moretti is much, much further down the glass than the G would be. I used to split the G. But only prats do...
69 @walkinghistory_yt
Walking History
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DYxcBoBoXlT
2026-05-25
By 1829, Sam Patch was a star - and his death-defying stunts had drawn huge crowds to watch him. A breathtaking leap at Niagara had also earned him national attention...but may have led him to believe that the Genesee Falls had presented little danger. #rochester #newyorkhistory #daredevil #history...
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These are the Genesee Falls in Rochester, New York, and at quarter past two in the afternoon. On the sixth of November, 1829, an excited crowd of thousands had gathered here, standing on the edge. In the middle, and 96 feet above the water, was 22-year-old Sam Patch. By that time, death-defying leaps like this one from a wooden platform above Niagara Falls had essentially made Patch America's first celebrity daredevil, and his appearance in Rochester was a huge event. Collection pots for his benefit had been place...
70 @historyspeak
History Speak
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London history core
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C4VzDQvITeL
2024-03-10
Happy mother’s day! Do you know the story of Emmeline Pankhurst’s youngest daughter? . #mothersday #suffragette #womenshistory #womenshistorymonth #womeninpolitics #feminist #feminism
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First walking tour for 2024 is Women and Power in Westminster. I'm so excited to start this walk in front of this iconic statue of Emmeline Pankhurst. Now what a lot of people wouldn't realise about this statue is that it not only commemorates a suffragette but also her daughters. So it is really looking at her as a mother. On this side we see a portrait medallion of Dame Christabel Pankhurst who was Emmeline's oldest daughter. She was also the co-founder of the Women's Social and Political Union alongside her mot...
71 @thelondongasketeers
The London Gasketeers
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Ck1B_v8g5j8
2022-11-11
N E W S F L A S H ! French media interview The London Lamplighters @londonlamplighters this evening. @citywestminster To the chimes of Big Ben.
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(people chattering)
72 @notonlycentrallondon
Not Only Central London
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CLFPRrhHD-b
2021-02-09
🦌Stokey has it all! Among the many charming features of Stoke Newington is 📍Clissold Park. It comprises over 55 acres of landscaped parkland which include two lakes, a section of the historic New River, a Grade II listed Manor, an aviary containing exotic birds and enclosures containing chickens go... No extractable audio / no speech transcript
73 @notonlycentrallondon
Not Only Central London
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CN_vqrLoct-
2021-04-23
⛴ Ever been on the ferry that connects Ham House to Marble Hill in Twickenham? . . . #richmond #richmondhill #richmondferry #twickenham #hamhouse #hammertonsferry #twickenhamriverside #twickenhamcommunity #richmondlondon #richmondpark #richmondriverside #prettylittlelondon #ferryboat #westlondon #s...
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74 @londondeadpubs
Dead Pubs
pub history
London history core
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DXO2k56CD0d
2026-04-17
Dead Pubs Presents… London’s Top 5 After-Hours Drinking Dens. The full Holloway episode is now available for all on YouTube.
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They're late, they're unhinged, and there's surprisingly more of them than you might think. Welcome to Dead Pub's rundown of London's best after-hours drinking dens. In at number five, it's a rambunctious new entry. It's here, it's queer, and it's home till 3am all bloody weekend. It's the Queen Adelaide in sunny, sprightly Cambridge Heath. Climbing two places to four, the old Crown on New Oxford Street. The perfect place to luxuriate in a few scoops of sod after a night spent ogling the Rosetta Stone. Where does...
75 @walkinghistory_yt
Walking History
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DXXLBTPiCoM
2026-04-20
By 1891, a year and half had passed since the murder of Alice MacKenzie in Castle Alley...and her killer, it seems, was laying low. Some might even have thought he'd moved away, died, or been imprisoned for something else - but on the Friday the 13th of February one final horror would take place in...
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This is number eight White's Row in Spitalfields and late into the evening of Thursday the 12th of February 1891 26 year old Francis Coles was sitting in the kitchen here as midnight approached However house deputy Charles Guyver told her that she would have to leave he needed to clean the room He said and so with that she made her way to the front door dressed in a long black jacket and with a hat Trimmed with black crepe she walked out into the street and was gone where exactly she went might now be lost to hist...
76 @old_london_finds
Old London Finds
finds
history significant part
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DT03Oz0DaAE
2026-01-22
A little side quest to find a key and unlock the church. not exactly difficult but definitely fun, and a beautiful church. the Grade I listed Thomas Becket Church in Fairfield, Kent. #fyp #Kent #church #history #quest
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I love it when going to a church as like an RPG side quest, albeit a very easy one. This is St. Thomas Beckett Church in Fairfield, Kent. Once you've located your medieval looking key in a nearby farmhouse, not exactly hard to locate the church, just within viewing distance of where you got the key. Incredibly beautiful part of Kent, especially in this weather. There's been a church here on the site since the 13th century, but this one was built in the 15th. It's been renovated in the 17th, 18th, 19th and the 20th...
77 @notonlycentrallondon
Not Only Central London
architecture
history significant part
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CVNOVpwo4OJ
2021-10-19
A peek inside the University of London’s 📍Senate House Library ✨Have you ever been inside?✨ #londonuniversity #londonuniversities #universityoflondon #senatehouselibrary #londonlibrary #londonlife #universitylife #universitylibrary #universitylifestyle #unilife #studyinlondon #buildingsoflondon #lo... No extractable audio / no speech transcript
78 @londondeadpubs
Dead Pubs
pub history
London history core
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DS4533tCLC5
2025-12-30
Jimmy Mac’s Out Again in… Croydon.
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It was the last Saturday of the year, and I was making my annual pilgrimage to Selhurst Park for another fruitless attempt to vanquish my all-consuming memories of the 5th of May 2014. The referee may have bought an end to proceedings on the pitch, but off the pitch, for tricks to me the last train home, lie free certified DP classics. Thankfully, I'm at my first destination in two shakes of a crystal's pom-pom. Located on the same road as one of the most well-preserved unalive pubs in town, the Pawsons Arms is mo...
79 @notonlycentrallondon
Not Only Central London
architecture
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CMCm0n6n4pP
2021-03-05
Footage from our last trip to 📍Twickenham. Dying to go back on a sunny day! Have you ever been?✨ . . . @notonlycentrallondon . . . @twickenhamcommunity @twickmums @twickenhamrc @richmondcycling @richmondparkcyclists @myrichmond.london @cyclists_of_richmond @london @london_cycling @londonbycycle @so...
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♪ Good day sunshine ♪ ♪ Good day sunshine ♪ ♪ Good day sunshine ♪ ♪ I need to laugh ♪ ♪ And when the sun is out ♪ ♪ I've got something I can laugh about ♪ ♪ I feel good ♪ ♪ In a special way ♪
80 @londondeadpubs
Dead Pubs
pub history
London history core
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DJWrNe0I86I
2025-05-07
Jimmy Mac’s Out Again in… Thamesmead (PART ONE)
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"Do you prefer this, or this? Get you a locale that can do both." Thamesmead, the land that London forgot. Constructed in the 1960s, the original estate was designed to house thousands of people in a vast modernist spaceship hovering above the Aerith Marshes. But from the beginning, Thamesmead felt cursed. After the Jubilee Line decided to veer north to Stratford, the estate was tornicade from the rest of London. Its shadowy alleys became hotbeds for gangs of droogs waiting to smash in your gulliver. And if you wa...
81 @notonlycentrallondon
Not Only Central London
architecture
history significant part
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CJb8vnXHe4i
2020-12-30
An unassuming door on a secondary street off Mile End Road in #London guards one of the East End’s most well kept #secrets... A beautiful alleyway #hidden from the hustle and bustle of the city. Have you ever been here?✨ . . . . @london @mrlondon . . . . #londonhistory #londonhiddengems #londonhidd... No extractable audio / no speech transcript
82 @stokenewingtonhistory
Stoke Newington History
local history
London history core
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DaAA73MIKWJ
2026-06-25
Alexei Sayle’s 1981 “What’s On in Stoke Newington” sketch mocks the area’s ageing hippies and countercultural types who moved in during the 1970s. Sayle playfully sends up their earnest alternative lifestyles, joking about “growing their own denim” and “knitting their own yoghurts”.
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My name's Lexi Sale. I'm actually a journalist. I'm a gossip columnist on what's on in Stoke Newington Yeah, you might have seen it it's a big piece of paper with fuck all that none of you know The lifestyle in Stoke Newington is terribly alternative, you know I mean everybody's growing their own denim, you know, I Actually knit me own yoghurts It's really just stick and I've been on me holdies this year into a Greek island domestic, you know
83 @walkinghistory_yt
Walking History
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DZVYJfToj5h
2026-06-08
Captain Webb's legendary swimming feats had made him a household name and a hero to millions - but by 1883 his star had begun to fade. Eager for the limelight, and in need of the money, he would soon announce his most daring feat of all...but a horrible end awaited him. #niagarafalls #niagara #hist...
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This photograph shows legendary swimmer Captain Matthew Webb, and, back in Victorian times, everyone knew who he was. Born on the 19th January 1848, Webb had joined the Merchant Navy as a young man, and it was there that his extraordinary abilities had first been noticed. On swimming in the sea, it was said he was fearless, and in 1875, at 27 years old, a remarkable event had changed his life forever. After learning of JB Johnson's failed attempt to become the first person to swim the English Channel, Webb set out...
84 @thelondongasketeers
The London Gasketeers
street furniture
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CkknXehAEM9
2022-11-05
Rochester gaslamp adding character to the Covent Garden streetscape, outside the Theatre Royal Drury Lane, Covent Garden. Authentic. The Real Deal. Not a reproduction lantern powered by LED. Follow us @thelondongasketeers and help save @citywestminster Westminster’s historic gaslamps. #coventgarden... No extractable audio / no speech transcript
85 @old_london_finds
Old London Finds
finds
history significant part
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DUodjSIjVSo
2026-02-11
Found a bit of old Victorian road that was Bombed in WW2 but still survives in this park and City farm near Brick Lane. Lots of other cool bits of old architecture around here too! #fyp #architecture #history #victorian #london Absolutely BATTLING with Tiktok editor to get this video made so apolog...
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Here's a fun and interesting thing this area between Brick Lane and Bethnal Green now a part called Allen Gardens and Spittlefield City Farm and School and a few newer houses used to be a load of Victorian streets before they all got bombed in the war Here's the bomb damage maps from layers of London anything purple is damaged beyond repair and black is completely destroyed So this is basically what that area I just showed on the previous map Very sad that a place called Peace Street got bombed so badly a circle i...
86 @walkinghistory_yt
Walking History
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DaLb1wfqX9D
2026-06-29
Although he wasn't actually who he claimed to be, legendary magician Chung Ling Soo was one of the most popular performers of the music hall era. His appearance at the Wood Green Empire, as expected, had drawn an excited crowd to watch him...but something, to their horror, was about to go awfully w...
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This photograph shows Chung Ling Su, the marvellous Chinese conjurer. Except that wasn't his real name, and he wasn't even Chinese. His real name was actually William Robinson, and his story is a very strange one. Born in New York on the 2nd of April, 1861, Robinson, as a young man, had toured as a magician. But when he learned that an agent was seeking a Chinese magician to perform music hall shows in Paris, he suddenly had an idea. He shaved off his mustache, dressed himself in Chinese clothing, and, to darken h...
87 @thelondongasketeers
The London Gasketeers
street furniture
history significant part
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Ckkz1SLAChZ
2022-11-05
With Miles Morgan @milesmorganphoto photographing threatened gaslamps in Exeter Street, Covent Garden. Westminster Council want to replace these with reproduction lanterns powered by LED. And time is running out. Join us @thelondongasketeers and help save Westminster’s historic gaslamps. #coventgar... No extractable audio / no speech transcript
88 @notonlycentrallondon
Not Only Central London
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CRY3yLBH8-k
2021-07-16
We were able to visit the stunning 📍@twotempleplace recently, and were amazed by the beauty of this architectural gem and by the passion of staff. If you fancy a visit, check @twotempleplace website, you surely won’t be disappointed! . . . #hiddenlondon #londongems #londonmuseum #twotempleplace #tw... No extractable audio / no speech transcript
89 @londondeadpubs
Dead Pubs
pub history
London history core
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DZaGE6bouTb
2026-06-10
It’s the Top Five World Cup Pubs in London. Will it be coming home? Probably not, but at least you can get sloshed in style.
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Abbott, tell about you, but I'm rather in the mood to watch a little bit of international football, possibly while consuming eight to ten imperial pints of plop. So, welcome to the DEP rundown of the best pubs to watch the World Cup in this summer. In at five, you'd better brush up on your pilari, because we're going cottaging. It's the nearest good pub to Fulham's ground. It's the ruddy, remarkable Bedford Arms. Past a cheese board and carver, would you? Climbing 63 and a half places to four, it's the Hercules Pi...
90 @jdraperlondon
J Draper London
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DMpUrS4NEim
2025-07-28
#thingstodoinlondon
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Every month I ask my patrons what they'd like me to make a video about and this month they picked. You guys are the only ones I'll let ruin my monetization like this, okay? So this is a tree in Hampstead Heath that's a popular gay cruising spot. It was visited in 2023 by the writer Bron Ma and he said "it's poetically perfect for its role. The roots of the tree splay out like a hand clutching a bed sheet. The trunk is prone and abdomen high, its belly flat to the heath floor before making an abrupt 45 degree lift...
91 @londonhiddenhistory
London Hidden History
creator
London history core
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DV6ftepjMG2
2026-03-15
I didn’t even know this museum existed until we went for coffee nearby! 😯 …now it’s way up there as one of my recommendations for affordable things to do out in London. If you’re looking for an day out on a budget that comes with a nice helping of London history, you’ve got to get yourself down to...
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I think I've just found London's most underrated free museum. Now if you're like me and you love exploring London but hate how expensive it can be, then this museum could be just the thing for you. This is the Pumphouse Museum in East London, dedicated to showcasing the history of Walthamstow's local transport and industry. And this place has everything that makes a museum great, including, and I hope you're ready for this, a model railway and diorama of suburban London as it might have appeared in the 1950s, tube...
92 @londondeadpubs
Dead Pubs
pub history
London history core
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DM-Uez7I85R
2025-08-05
Jimmy Mac on… Early Houses.
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Good morning, it's Sunday, it's just gone 7pm. Let's get a pint, or 5pm. There's been much chatter recently about how London lacks late pubs. Did anyone stop to consider its early houses? Well I did. For the city's market traders, shift workers and post-club painters, these daybreak dives offer the chance to let loose while the sun rises. First up on our list is the Polo Bar in Liverpool Street. It's one of the few places in the capital that's open 24 hours a day. Okay, you've got to grab some grub before they giv...
93 @thelondongasketeers
The London Gasketeers
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CklA-Owgzr6
2022-11-05
On London’s streets with Miles Morgan @milesmorganphoto photographing Westminster’s surviving gaslamps for posterity. Here are two authentic, historic, working gaslamps outside Duke’s Hotel & Bar, St James’s, London, SW1. An original wall-mounted ‘Windsor’(with scalloped finial and foliate detailin... No extractable audio / no speech transcript
94 @notonlycentrallondon
Not Only Central London
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CO7OjmUnzMl
2021-05-16
If you haven’t been to @petershamnurseries yet, you definitely should!🌱💕 . . . #secretlondon #secretgarden #secretgardens #richmond #richmondlondon #richmondpark #richmonduponthames #richmondhill #richmondriverside #petershamnurseries #petershamnurseriesrichmond #petershamcafe #greenhouse #greenhou...
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I'm digging for gold and a hole in my hand Open up and take a look at the way things stand When you're leading it down to the place by the sea I hear your soft voice calling to me
95 @londonhiddenhistory
London Hidden History
creator
London history core
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DS4owYfDFqJ
2025-12-30
This is one of London’s latest additions…and perhaps one of the city’s most interesting. This is the V&A East Storehouse, which opens up the Victoria & Albert Museum’s vast reserves for the whole public to see. There are more than 250,000 objects in here that give you a fascinating glimpse into the...
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♪ And probably we'll be alright ♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪ Can't get me spell on you ♪ ♪ But you won't forget me ♪
96 @old_london_finds
Old London Finds
finds
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DYXMgiAt0Sq
2026-05-15
I took a boat trip to the Maunsell sea forts in the Thames Estuary. Defensive forts built in WW2 to defend the South East and London. #sea #history #ww2 #fyp #fort
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Last week I managed to finally go to the Mansell Fort, so you can find it in the middle of the Thames Estuary. I've been going to Whistable and Hermbaes since I was little, and you could see them out in the sea. I always used to wonder what they were. Well, they actually are defensive sea forts from World War II. Named after their inventor, Guy Mansell. Not sure about the pronunciation here, I'm going by what I've seen on the internet. We used Whistable boat trips. Not an advert for them, I'm not being paid, but t...
97 @londondeadpubs
Dead Pubs
pub history
London history core
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DVsy1oNMQ87
2026-03-10
The TRUTH about Guinness 👀 New episode of Screen Rot and Jimmy Mac of London Dead Pubs joins us. Out now for the Patreons, pigs get it Thursday
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I think I don't get about, and like people do it with Guinness. It's a mass-produced stout Guinness, like it tastes the same. The whole point is, it tastes the same. You either have like a bad Guinness where, you know, maybe the pipes aren't clean, or you have a good one. There's no sliding scale. That was a 7.1, but I had a 7.2, yes. How do you... It's good or bad. I had a lock-in once, a wheat sheaf in Stoke Newington, and I poured a pint of Guinness in one. And you know what? It tasted exactly the same. It had...
98 @historyspeak
History Speak
creator
London history core
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C40zK1RoU-o
2024-03-22
Walking tour in Westminster for the Culture team at the GLA. Great to have such a knowledgable and engaged audience! #greaterlondonauthority #diversityinthepublicrealm #londonunseen #alternativetour #explorelondon #historytours
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One year ago on this day, I took the culture team from the GLA on the British Empire walking tour. We saw statues and monuments that told the story of colonization and decolonization in the heart of Westminster. The last stop was a special bonus, the statue of Jamaican Scottish nurse Mary Seacole.
99 @walkinghistory_yt
Walking History
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DUjf1Qbjp8G
2026-02-09
When Sarah Ann Henley walked out onto the Clifton Suspension Bridge, heartbroken and despondent, it seemed that the end was surely near. With 23 others having gone before her, the fall was surely non-survivable...but what happened next would astound everyone who saw it. #bristol #victorian #bridge...
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Passing 245 feet across the river Avon, the Clifton Suspension Bridge in Bristol is a marvel of Victorian engineering. It is based upon a design by legendary engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel and was the highest bridge in the country when it opened on the 8th of December 1862. Its image as an engineering marvel, however, had soon become horribly tented. Within only a few years it was said it had gained an evil reputation for suicides with one person every 12 months on average throwing themselves over the railing. L...
100 @thelondongasketeers
The London Gasketeers
street furniture
history significant part
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CjN_OITAkJr
2022-10-02
The magic and beauty of an authentic working London gaslamp. Outside Duke’s Hotel, St James’s. But for how much longer? Follow us @thelondongasketeers! #westminster #thelondongasketeers #stjamess #londonheritage #londonconservation #stjamesstreet No extractable audio / no speech transcript