Tag: London

ENGLAND 2023 – I

HAMPTON COURT PALACE

Our first day in England and we re-visited Hampton Court Palace having previously done so on our first UK visit in 2013.

Hampton Court Palace is a Grade I listed royal palace in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, 12 miles (19 kilometres) south-west and upstream of central London on the River Thames.

The building of the palace began in 1514 for Cardinal Thomas Wolsey, the chief minister of Henry VIII. In 1529, as Wolsey fell from favour, the cardinal gave the palace to the king to check his disgrace. The palace went on to become one of Henry’s most favoured residences; soon after acquiring the property, he arranged for it to be enlarged so it could accommodate his sizeable retinue of courtiers. The palace is in the possession of King Charles III and the Crown.

Hampton Court Palace Across The Thames, Hampton Court Bridge, Molesey, London, England UK

River Thames & Hampton Court Palace, Hampton Court Bridge, Molesey, London, England UK

Hampton Court Palace, Molesey, London, England UK


Light Standards, Hampton Court Bridge, Molesey, London, England UK


Palace Entrance, Hampton Court Palace, Hampton Court Way, Molesey, London, England UK

Moat, Hampton Court Palace, Molesey, London, England UK

A decorative feature but it has flooded in years gone by depending on weather.

A Side Gate, Hampton Court Palace, Molesey, London, England UK

Base Court Entry, Hampton Court Palace, Molesey, London, England UK

Sculpture at Base Court Entry, Hampton Court Palace, Molesey, London, England UK

Inside of Base Court Entry, Hampton Court Palace, Molesey, London, England UK

Lead Lined Window, Base Court, Hampton Court Palace, Molesey, London, England UK

Decorative Ceiling, Anne Boelyn’s Gateway, Hampton Court Palace, Molesey, London, England UK

Hammerbeam Ceiling, The Great Hall, Hampton Court Palace, Molesey, London, England UK

Interior Staircase, Hampton Court Palace, Molesey, London, England UK

Fountain Court, Hampton Court Palace, Molesey, London, England UK

Light Standard, Fountain Court, Hampton Court Palace, Molesey, London, England UK

Cloister off Chapel Court Garden, Hampton Court Palace, Molesey, London, England UK

Passageway Staircase, Hampton Court Palace, Molesey, London, England UK

Royal Crest, Chapel Royal, Hampton Court Palace, Molesey, London, England UK

Chapel Court Garden, Hampton Court Palace, Molesey, London, England UK

Wine Cellar, Hampton Court Palace, Molesey, London, England UK

Astronomical Clock, Anne Boleyn’s Gatehouse, Hampton Court Palace, Molesey, London, England UK

The clock was installed in 1540 on the gatehouse to the inner court at Hampton Court Palace. This pre-Copernican and pre-Galilean astronomical clock is still functioning.

Alley, Hampton Court Palace, Molesey, London, England UK

The Great Vine, Wilderness Cottage, Hampton Court Palace, Molesey, London, England UK

The Great Vine, Vitis vinifera ‘Schiava Grossa’ (synonym: Black Hamburg), is now 250 years old and is the largest grape vine in the world. It was planted in 1768 while Lancelot ‘Capability’ Brown was in charge of the gardens at Hampton Court.

Garden Avenue, Hampton Court Palace, Molesey, London, England UK

The Pond Gardens, Hampton Court Palace, Molesey, London, England UK

Misshapen Tree, The Pond Garden, Hampton Court Palace, Molesey, London, England UK

Arbor, The Privy Garden, Hampton Court Palace, Molesey, London, England UK

Roman Soldier Statue, The Privy Garden, Hampton Court Palace, Molesey, London, England UK

Sundials, The Privy Garden, Hampton Court Palace, Molesey, London, England UK

Brick Alcove, The Privy Garden, Hampton Court Palace, Molesey, London, England UK

Entrance/Exit Gates, The Privy Garden, Hampton Court Palace, Molesey, London, England UK

Gate Handle, The Privy Garden, Hampton Court Palace, Molesey, London, England UK

Shire Horse Drawn Tourist Ride, The Board Walk, Hampton Court Palace, Molesey, London, England UK

The Great Fountain Garden, Hampton Court Palace, Molesey, London, England UK

Long Water, Hampton Court Park, Hampton Court Palace, Molesey, London, England UK

The Three Graces, The Great Fountain Garden, Hampton Court Palace, Molesey, London, England UK

Drinking Fountain, Tilt Yard, Hampton Court Palace, Molesey, London, England UK

Jousting Knights Sculptures, Tilt Yard, Hampton Court Palace, Molesey, London, England UK

Garden Hedges, Tilt Yard, Hampton Court Palace, Molesey, London, England UK

Daffodils, The Tilt Yard, Hampton Court Palace, Molesey, London, England UK

Gnarley Tree, The Wilderness, Hampton Court Palace, Molesey, London, England UK

Gateway, Tennis Court Lane, Hampton Court Palace, Molesey, London, England UK

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My last day in London involved walking to Hammersmith Bridge and then alongside the Thames River to Albert Bridge and return. Quite a walk I can tell you!

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“COFX” Coffee Shop, Fulham Palace Road, Hammersmith, London, England UK

Chapel, Fulham Cemetery, Fulham Palace Road, Hammersmith

Victorian Residences, Fulham Palace Road, Hammersmith

Victorian Residential Properties, Fulham Palace Road, Hammersmith

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Most of these properties appear to be upstairs and downstairs flats. They are valued in the vicinity of £650k each. Properties here are:

Berkley House
Selbourne House
Beaufort House
Sutherland House
Shaftesbury House
Salisbury House

Kings Arms, 425 New Kings Road, Fulham

Once known as “Larrik Inn”

The Temperance Pub & Kitchen, 90 Fulham High Street, Fulham

War Memorial, All Saints Church Grounds, Pryors Bank, Bishops Park, Fulham

War Memorial Sculptor: Alfred Turner

All Saints Church, Pryors Bank, Bishops Park, Fulham

Putney Bridge & River Thames, Fulham

Bridge Lamps, Putney Bridge, Fulham

Hopper Barge ACB Phoebe, River Thames, Putney

Hopper barges used to safely transport the spoil excavation from the Thames Tideway Tunnel project, a 25 km super sewer running mostly under the tidal section of the River Thames across Inner London to capture, store and convey almost all the raw sewage and rainwater that currently overflows into the Thames.

St Mary’s Church, Putney High Street, Putney, London, England UK

The White Lion, Putney High Street, Putney

Grade II Listed public house built in 1887. It later became a Slug and Lettuce chain pub, then The Litten Tree, then a Walkabout chain pub, then Wahoo, a sports bar. As of June 2019, it has been empty for over six years.

War Memorial, Putney High Street, Putney

The Boathouse, Brewhouse Lane, Putney

River Access, River Thames, Putney

Putney Bridge, River Thames, Putney

Fulham Railway Bridge, River Thames, Putney

“Motherfigure” by Alan Thornhill, Deodar Road, Putney

Yellow House, Deodar Road, Putney

“ER VII” Mailbox, Deodar Road, Putney

Thornhill House, 78 Deodar Road, Putney

Recently on the market for Guide price £2,650,000 (See Advertisement)

Wandsworth Park, Putney Bridge Road, Wandsworth

Battersea Bridge, River Thames, Battersea

In 1879 the original and dangerous wooden bridge was taken into public ownership, and in 1885 demolished and replaced with the existing bridge, designed by Sir Joseph Bazalgette the man responsible for the revolutionary London Sewer system. . It is the narrowest surviving road bridge over the Thames in London, it is one of London’s least busy Thames bridges. The location on a bend in the river makes the bridge a hazard to shipping, and it has been closed many times due to collisions.

Albert Bridge, River Thames, Battersea

This Grade II Listed bridge crosses over the Tideway of the River Thames connecting Chelsea in Central London on the north, left bank to Battersea on the south. It was built as a toll bridge and operated as such for 6 years.

The toll booths are the only surviving booths in London today.

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Continuing the Hammersmith walk.

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Girls Entrance Gate, Old School Building, St Dunstan’s Road, Hammersmith

Boys Entrance Gate, Old School Building, St Dunstan’s Road, Hammersmith

Residential Block, Gliddon Road, Hammersmith

Beryl Road, Hammersmith

Residential, Margravine Gardens, Hammersmith

59 & 61 Margravine Gardens, Hammersmith

Barons Court Railway Station, Margravine Gardens, Hammersmith

St Paul’s Studios, Talgarth Road, Hammersmith

**Look inside one of the studios**

**Street View from Google**

Rik Mayall Memorial Bench, Hammersmith Bridge Road, Hammersmith

** News Article **

St Paul’s Hammersmith, Queen Caroline Street, Hammersmith

The original church dated to 1629 but in 1880 a decision was made to rebuild it to allow it to a growing congregation and update its appearance. A significant portion of its land and graveyard were reclaimed in 1957 to build Great West Road and the Hammersmith Flyover.

Old Drinking Fountain, Hammersmith Bridge Road, Hammersmith

Digby Mansions, Hammersmith Bridge Road, Hammersmith

Jetty, River Thames, Lower Mall, Hammersmith

Entrance, Kent House, 10 Lower Mall, Hammersmith

Built in 1762, was first known as the Mansion House and was the home of the Hammersmith Working Men’s Club for the next 150 years. It became a boys’ school in the early C19th because it was felt its airy spaciousness was well adapted for the accommodation of young gentlemen. The house was owned by the Hammersmith Club Society for many years, whose members enjoyed its elegant interior, including ballroom, theatre and snooker hall.

It is now the premises of the Hammersmith Club, with half of the building available as a private hire venue, and the rest available to the traditional members.

Furnivall Sculling Club, Lower Mall, Hammersmith

Furnivall Sculling Club was founded as Hammersmith Sculling Club in 1896 by Dr Frederick James Furnivall, and it was originally a club for women only. It opened its doors to men in 1901.

River Moorings, River Thames, Lower Mall, Hammersmith

Waterman’s Cottage, No. 20 Lower Mall, Hammersmith

Floating Debris, River Thames, Hammersmith, London, England UK

Westcott Lodge, Lower Mall, Hammersmith

A Georgian building c.1746 and originally built as Turret House in the late-C17th and was once the official vicarage for the incumbent of St Paul’s Church.

Furnival Gardens, Lower Mall, Hammersmith

Furnivall Gardens was created in 1936 after clearance of the old Hammersmith Creek and its cluster of industry and commerce.

Hammersmith Creek was a spur from the Stamford Brook and once linked the Thames to King Street. The only evidence of this once thriving waterway is an outlet in the river wall, towards the upstream end of Furnivall Gardens – named after Dr Frederick Furnivall who founded the sculling club for women on Lower Mall.

In about 1780, Joseph Cromwell founded the Hammersmith Brewery alongside The Creek near King Street. The western side became monopolised with malt houses, built to serve the brewery, and the area became increasingly populated. The Creek was a magnet for traders and watermen of all professions. The waterway, navigable by barge, was crossed by the High Bridge, rebuilt in the early C18th, and also known as Bishop’s Bridge. This feature is still marked by a raised hump in the gardens and a flowerbed.

The only other remaining connection with the Creek is the Friends’ Memorial Garden, on the site of an old Friends’ Meeting House. The Quaker movement had gained popularity in Hammersmith and established its Meeting House close to the Creek in the late C17th. Both the Meeting House and the Caretaker’s Cottage were late C18th. They were bombed during the last war and in 1955 were rebuilt on the north side of the Great West Road. The little garden surrounded by a low wall remains historically important to the movement and marks its old burial ground which, in line with Friends’ traditions, never featured memorial stones.

Entrance, Beach House, 7 Lower Mall, Hammersmith

An old property dating to 1734 was demolished to make way for this property in 1811. This property (No.7) and No. 6 were recorded in 1865 as beonging to Rev. Peter King-Salter.

Garden Gate, Lower Mall, Hammersmith

Statue, Lancelot Capability Brown, Thames Path, Hammersmith

Inscription:

The Hammersmith Society
Lancelot Capability Brown
1716-1783
Father of the English Landscape Garden
Lived by the river in Hammersmith 1751-1764
Sculptor: Laury Dizengremel

“Figurehead”, Thames Path, Hammersmith, London, England UK

Harrods Furniture Depository, Barnes

Built on the site of an old soap factory in 1894 to store items too large for their Knightsbridge store is now a residential estate consisting of 250 townhouses and penthouse suites known as “Harrods Village”.

Properties in the “Village” don’t come cheap with many in excess of £1 million. The pentouse sold for £6,500,000 in 2010.

Entrance, Brandenburgh House, 116 Fulham Palace Road, Hammersmith

Brandenburgh House was built in the Arts and Crafts style in 1905 by Henry Saxon Snell as a nurses’ home for Fulham Infirmary.

Road Name Sign, Manbre Road, Hammersmith

King George V Postbox, Margravine Road, Hammersmith

King George V – reigned 1910-1936

Entrance, 51 Winslow Road, Hammersmith

62 & 64 St Dunstan’s Road, Hammersmith

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After returning from Italy, I spent the last couple of days wandering about Hammersmith in London.

Entrance Gates & West Lodge, Margravine Cemetery, Margravine Road, Hammersmith, London, England UK

Opened in 1868 on a site previously occupied by market gardens and orchards, known as Fulham Fields. The first burial took place on 3 November 1869 and closed for new burials in 1951.

The cemetery grounds are also the location of a War Memorial.

Lyons and Company First World War Memorial, Margravine Cemetery, Margravine Road, Hammersmith

See the story of Lyons and Company

Memorial, George Thomas Brown & Amelia Brown, Margravine Cemetery

Memorial, John Francis Taylor Ware, “Little John” – Margravine Cemetery

Died 11 December 1904 – Aged 6.

Memorial, George Robert Broad & Caroline Broad, Margravine Cemetery

In Memory, Abraham George Smith, Margravine Cemetery

In Memory, James Frederick Fletcher, Margravine Cemetery

Memorial Wall, Margravine Cemetery

Inscribed: Those Honoured Here Dies in the Service of Their Country and Lie Buried Elsewhere in this Cemetery

A Child’s Grave, Margravine Cemetery

In Loving Memory of George J Dyett Jan 5, 1882 Aged 5 months also his Father William Dyett 7 Jan 1904

The Parker Family, Margravine Cemetery

Squirrels, Margravine Cemetery

Cemetery Grounds, Margravine Cemetery

Chapel, Margravine Cemetery

Hammersmith Bridge, River Thames, Hammersmith

This is the second Hammersmith Bridge, built on the pillars of the first which had opened in 1828.

At the turn of the 19th century Hammersmith was still a hamlet of Fulham. To cross the river you had to use the ferry service at either Chiswick Mall or at Ferry Lane in Barnes. A bridge to cross the river at Hammersmith had been mooted for many years and, once an approach road on the Surrey side had been established, the Hammersmith Bridge Company was formed and a brief for an iron bridge was drawn up.

The brief was fulfilled by William Tierney Clark in 1824 when he designed a “bridge of suspension with a view to the strictest economy”. Clark was a respected engineer, apprenticed at one time to Thomas Telford. He designed part of the West Middlesex Waterworks nearby, where he lived and worked as chief engineer.

He was appointed to work as consulting engineer on the bridge, and there is a fine memorial to him on the North Wall of St Paul’s Church, Hammersmith, depicting the original bridge. The foundation stone was laid on 7th May, 1825, by the Duke of Sussex (Not Harry!) and it was opened in October 1827 to a fanfare of fireworks and music. The Bridge was a wonder of its time, an impressive feat of engineering and described as ‘as handsome as it was useful’. It had two large York stone arches and graceful white chains and ironwork. At each end were a pair of toll houses, painted white and manned by liveried toll men managing the passage of people and livestock.

It was a huge success and justly received much admiration, but it was not terribly practical. The walkways ended at the arches so that pedestrians had to join the busy carriageway, and it was also rather narrow. The Toll was scrapped in 1880 and the huge increase in traffic put a strain on the already inadequate structure. It was decided to re-build the bridge rather than repair it and so the bridge was replaced.

Sir Joseph Bazalgette was Chief Engineer to the Metropolitan Board of Works from 1858-1889, during which time he designed new bridges at Hammersmith, Putney and Battersea, oversaw the construction of the Thames Embankment and built 83 miles of intercepting sewers throughout London. In 1877 he began to question the safety of the original Hammersmith Bridge and recommended that urgent repairs take place. After 1880, when the toll was scrapped and traffic increased, the repairs became even more urgent. In fact in November 1881, Police Constable Bullock was leaving the footway to pass through the tower arch on the Barnes side and he fell through a hole in the footway into the river!

After a full assessment it was decided to re-build the bridge and a design by Bazalgette was approved. Traffic was diverted onto a temporary wooden bridge in 1885 and works began. The new bridge was opened by Prince Albert Victor of Wales in June, 1887. However, it was built on the same piers as the previous bridge and is therefore of the same narrow dimensions and unsuitable for heavy loads. Inevitably, and again, this bridge too has proved insufficient to cope with modern traffic; a weight and width restriction has been imposed. Nevertheless, the bridge is an attractive feature in the river landscape, traditionally painted green and gold with colourful coats of arms.

There was an attempt to destroy it by the IRA in March 1939, mainly averted by the quick thinking of a pedestrian who threw the bomb, in a case, into the river where it exploded, damaging one of the pillars, and more recently in 2000. The bridge has had to be closed to traffic for structural repairs, which creates a backwater from what are generally very busy approach roads. It is currently closed to all traffic both motorised and pedestrian and it is expected to take another six years to effect repairs. (Announced Mar 2021)

The Blue Anchor, Lower Mall, Hammersmith

Originally titled the Blew Anchor, this is one of the area’s oldest pubs, licensed in 1722 but probably on the site for many years before. It was a popular watering hole of watermen.

The Old City Arms, 107 Hammersmith Bridge Road, Hammersmith, est: 1827

Rutland Arms, 15 Lower Mall, Hammersmith

Built in 1849 and lost its top floor and balcony during the German bombing of London during “The Blitz”.

Pre-bombing image:-

Lower Mall, Hammersmith

The Pear Tree, Margravine Road, Hammersmith

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Window & Doorway, The Jewel Tower, Abingdon Street, Westminster, London, England UK

Spiral Stairway, The Jewel Tower, Abingdon Street, Westminster, London, England UK

Corner of The Jewel Tower & Old Palace Yard Residential Building, Abingdon Street, Westminster, London, England UK

The Jewel Tower, Abingdon Street, Westminster, London, England UK

The Jewel Tower is a 14th-century surviving element of the Palace of Westminster, in London, England. It was built between 1365 and 1366 to house the personal treasure of King Edward III. The original Tower was a three-storey, crenellated stone building which occupied a secluded part of the Palace and was protected by a moat linked to the River Thames. The ground floor featured elaborate sculpted vaulting, described by historian Jeremy Ashbee as “an architectural masterpiece”. The Tower continued to be used for storing the monarch’s treasure and personal possessions until 1512, when a fire in the Palace caused King Henry VIII to relocate his court to the nearby Palace of Whitehall.

Police Presence, Old Palace Yard, Abingdon Street, Westminster, London, England UK

BREXIT Protest, Abingdon Street, Westminster, London, England UK

“‘ello, ‘ello, ‘ello, ‘ello, ‘ello!”, Police Patrol, Abingdon Street, Westminster, London, England UK

House of Lords, Palace of Westminster, Abingdon Street, Westminster, London, England UK

Government Offices, 100 Parliament Street, Westminster, London, England UK

St Stephen’s Tavern, 10 Bridge Street, Westminster, London, England UK

Street Performer, Bridge Street, Westminster, London, England UK

Big Ben & Elizabeth Tower Maintenance, Palace of Westminster, Westminster, London, England UK

Big Ben is the nickname for the Great Bell of the striking clock at the north end of the Palace of Westminster in London and is usually extended to refer to both the clock and the clock tower. The official name of the tower in which Big Ben is located was originally the Clock Tower, but it was renamed Elizabeth Tower in 2012 to mark the Diamond Jubilee of Elizabeth II. On 21 August 2017, a four-year schedule of renovation works began on the tower, which are to include the addition of a lift. There are also plans to re-glaze and repaint the clock dials. With a few exceptions, such as New Year’s Eve and Remembrance Sunday, the bells are to be silent until the work is completed in 2021.

“Boadicea and Her Daughters”, Victoria Embankment, Westminster, London, England UK

Boadicea and Her Daughters is a bronze sculptural group in London representing Boudica, queen of the Celtic Iceni tribe, who led an uprising in Roman Britain. It is located to the north side of the western end of Westminster Bridge, near Portcullis House and Westminster Pier, facing Big Ben and the Palace of Westminster across the road. It is considered the magnum opus of its sculptor, the English artist and engineer Thomas Thornycroft. Thornycroft worked on it from 1856 until shortly before his death in 1885, sometimes assisted by his son William Hamo Thornycroft, but it was not erected in its current position until 1902.

Tube Entrance, Westminster Underground Station, Victoria Embankment, Westminster, London, England UK

Across The Thames, Victoria Embankment to Queen’s Walk, Westminster, London, England UK

Panorama From London Eye to Westminster Bridge, Victoria Embankment, Westminster, London, England UK

Vintage Bridge Lamps, Westminster Bridge, Westminster, London, England UK

Bagpiping Busker, Westminster Bridge, Westminster, London, England UK

“South Bank Lion”, South Bank, London, England UK

The South Bank Lion, also known as the Red Lion, is a Coade stone sculpture of a standing male lion cast in 1837. It has stood at the east end of Westminster Bridge in London, to the north side of the bridge beside County Hall, since 1966. Painted red between 1951 and 1966, the paint was later removed to reveal again the white ceramic surface underneath.

Westminster Bridge, Westminster Bridge Road, Bishop’s, London, England UK

Archway, London Marriott Hotel, County Hall, Westminster Bridge Road, Bishop’s London, England UK

50 Blackheath Road, Greenwich, London, England UK

84 Blackheath Road, Greenwich, London, England UK

Advertising Sign, Papyrus House, Blackheath Hill, Greenwich, London, England UK

Stone Carving, The George & Dragon, Cnr Blackheath Hill & Lewisham Road, Greenwich, London, England UK

Side Door, The George & Dragon, Cnr Blackheath Hill & Lewisham Road, Greenwich, London, England UK

“Rainbow” Pub, The George & Dragon, Cnr Blackheath Hill & Lewisham Road, Greenwich, London, England UK

“Duver Court”, 12 Blackheath Hill, Greenwich, London, England UK

(Duver - not Dover)

Don’t forget, there are nearly 6,000 images of mine to be viewed on my Flickr site.

NEXT STOP – ICELAND!

Skógafoss Waterfall, Skógarfoss, Iceland

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Methodist Central Hall, Storey’s Gate, Westminster, London, England UK

The Sanctuary, Westminster, London, England UK

Bagpiping Busker, Broad Sanctuary, Westminster, London, England UK

Westminster Abbey, Broad Sanctuary, Westminster, London, England UK

Statue of Nelson Mandela, Parliament Square, Westminster, London, England UK

Statue of Robert Peel, Parliament Square, Westminster, London, England UK

Robert Peel was Prime Minister of the UK from 1841 – 1846. The statue was commissioned in 1876.

Statue of Mahatma Gandhi, Parliament Square, Westminster, London, England UK

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was an Indian lawyer, anti-colonial nationalist, and political ethicist, who employed nonviolent resistance to lead the successful campaign for India’s independence from British Rule, and in turn inspire movements for civil rights and freedom across the world.

Statue of Benjamin Disraeli, 1st Earl of Beaconsfield, Parliament Square, Westminster, London, England UK

Prime Minister of UK 1868 & 1874 – 1880. Commissioned in 1883.

Statue of Dame Millicent Garrett Fawcett, Parliament Square, Westminster, London, England UK

Millicent Fawcett (1847 – 1929) was an English political leader, activist and writer. Known as a tireless campaigner for women’s suffrage via legislative change, from 1897 until 1919 she led Britain’s largest women’s rights organisation, the National Union of Women’s Suffrage Societies (NUWSS). She would famously write: “I cannot say I became a suffragist. I always was one, from the time I was old enough to think at all about the principles of Representative Government.” Fawcett also sought to improve women’s chances of higher education, serving as a governor of Bedford College, London and a co-founder of Newnham College, Cambridge in 1875. In 2018, 100 years after the passing of the Representation of the People Act, Millicent Garrett Fawcett became the first woman to be commemorated with a statue in Parliament Square.

Statue of Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby, Parliament Square, Westminster, London, England UK

Prime Minister of UK 1852, 1858-1859, 1866-1868. Commissioned 1874.

Statue of George Canning, Parliament Square, Westminster, London, England UK

Was Prime Minister of UK for the final 118 days of his life. Commissioned in 1832.

Statue of Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston, Parliament Square, Westminster, London, England UK

B. 1784 D. 1865 – Prime Minister of UK 1855 – 1858, 1859 – 1865. Commissioned 1876.

Statue of Jan Christian Smuts, Parliament Square, Westminster, London, England UK

Field Marshal Jan Christian Smuts PC, OM, CH, DTD, ED, KC, FRS (24 May 1870 – 11 September 1950) was a South African statesman, military leader, and philosopher. He was Prime Minister of the Union of South Africa from 1919 until 1924 and from 1939 until 1948.

Statue of David Lloyd George, Parliament Square, Westminster, London, England UK

David Lloyd George, 1st Earl Lloyd-George of Dwyfor, OM, PC (17 January 1863 – 26 March 1945) was a British statesman who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom between 1916 and 1922. He was the final Liberal to hold the post.

Statue of Sir Winston Churchill, Parliament Square, Westminster, London, England UK

The Right Honourable
Sir Winston Churchill
KG OM CH TD DL FRS RA
He was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1940 to 1945, when he led Britain to victory in the Second World War, and again from 1951 to 1955. Churchill represented five constituencies during his career as a Member of Parliament (MP). Ideologically an economic liberal and imperialist, for most of his career he was a member of the Conservative Party, which he led from 1940 to 1955, but from 1904 to 1924 was a member of the Liberal Party.

Government Buildings, Cnr Great George Street & Parliament Street, Westminster, London, England UK

Doorways, St Margaret’s Church, St Margaret Street, Westminster, London, England UK


Victoria Tower, Palace of Westminster, Abingdon Street, Westminster, London, England UK

Westminster Abbey, Abingdon Street, Westminster, London, England UK

Statue of George V, Old Palace Yard, Abingdon Street, Westminster, London, England UK

George V, King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Emperor of India. 1910 – 1936

The statue was sculpted prior to World War II in a quarry in Portland UK. It was hidden there until after ther war. The statue was placed in the original proposed spot opposite the House of Lords, which required the demolition of No. 5 Old Palace Yard. It was unveiled by King George VI, on 22 October 1947 and was attended by Queen Elizabeth, Queen Mary, and Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret.

Preparing for Brexit Protest, Abingdon Street, Westminster. London, England UK

The Jewel Tower, Abingdon Street, Westminster, London, England UK

The Jewel Tower is a 14th-century surviving element of the Palace of Westminster, in London, England. It was built between 1365 and 1366 to house the personal treasure of King Edward III. The original Tower was a three-storey, crenellated stone building which occupied a secluded part of the Palace and was protected by a moat linked to the River Thames. The ground floor featured elaborate sculpted vaulting, described by historian Jeremy Ashbee as “an architectural masterpiece”. The Tower continued to be used for storing the monarch’s treasure and personal possessions until 1512, when a fire in the Palace caused King Henry VIII to relocate his court to the nearby Palace of Whitehall.

Vaulting, The Jewel Tower, Abingdon Street, Westminster, London, England UK

Internal Doors, The Jewel Tower, Abingdon Street, Westminster, London, England UK

Windows, The Jewel Tower, Abingdon Street, Westminster, London, England UK

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Entrance Gwydyr House, 26 Whitehall, Westminster, London, England UK

A mansion built in 1772 at a cast of £6,000. It is currently used as the Office of Secretary of State for Wales.

This entrance was featured as the fictional Department for Administrative Affairs in the BBC sitcom Yes Minister.

Cnr of Gwydyr House, 26 Whitehall, Westminster, London, England UK

Memorial to The Women of World War II, Whitehall, Westminster, London, England UK

Vintage Street Lamp, Whitehall, Westminster, London, England UK

(That’s “MONTY” in the background)

Gates, Ministry of Defence, Whitehall, Westminster, London, England UK

The Cenotaph, Whitehall, Westminster, London, England UK

The Cenotaph is a war memorial on Whitehall in London, England. Its origin is in a temporary structure erected for a peace parade following the end of the First World War, and after an outpouring of national sentiment it was replaced in 1920 by a permanent structure and designated the United Kingdom’s official national war memorial.

Close Parking, Police Vehicles, King Charles Street, Westminster, London, England UK

Doorway to Former Grindlay’s Bank, 54 Parliament Street, Westminster, London, England UK

Doorway, 53 Parliament Street, Westminster, London, England UK

The Red Lion, Cnr Parliament Street & Derby Gate, Westminster, London, England UK

Empty Coffee Cup, The Red Lion, Cnr Parliament Street & Derby Gate, Westminster, London, England UK

Triple Arched Bridge Entrance to King Charles Street, Parliament Street, Westminster, London, England UK

This enclosed bridge, added in 1908 , links the New Government Offices (Treasury) of 1898 and the Foreign and Commonwealth Office of 1875.

Street Sign, Parliament Street – Whitehall SW1, Westminster, London, England UK

Doorway, Foreign & Commonwealth Office, Parliament Street, Westminster, London, England UK

Window Pillar, Foreign & Commonwealth Office, Parliament Street, Westminster, London, England UK

Entrance to Downing Street, Westminster, London, England UK

(Residence of the Prime Minister)

Mounted Police Patrol, Parliament Street, Westminster, London, England UK

Sign to Cabinet War Rooms, King Charles Street, Westminster, London, England UK

Doorway, Foreign & Commonwealth Office, King Charles Street, Westminster, London, England UK

Ornate Railing, Foreign & Commonwealth Office, King Charles Street, Westminster, London, England UK

Gate, Foreign & Commonwealth Office, King Charles Street, Westminster, London, England UK

Doorknob, Government Building, King Charles Street, Westminster, London, England UK

Doorway, Government Building, King Charles Street, Westminster, London, England UK

Vintage Street Lamp, King Charles Street, Westminster, London, England UK

“Clive of India”, Clive Steps, King Charles Street, Westminister, London, England UK

Major-General Robert Clive, 1st Baron Clive, KB, FRS (29 September 1725 – 22 November 1774), was the first British Governor of the Bengal Presidency. He began as a British military officer and East India Company (EIC) official who established the military and political supremacy of the EIC by seizing control of Bengal and eventually the whole of the Indian subcontinent and Myanmar.

The statue was unveiled in 1912 outside Gwydyr House, also in Whitehall, and was moved to its current location in 1916.

Institution of Civil Engineers, Great George Street, Westminster, London, England UK

Street, Sign. Great George Street SW1, Westminster, London, England UK

The Westminster Arms, Storey’s Gate, Westminster, London, England UK

Westminster Abbey, Westminster, London, England UK

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Drinking Fountain, Charlton Road, Blackheath, London, England UK

Inscribed:

Erected by public subscription 1889
Rev. RW Marshall Chairman of Committee
W. Fox-Barley Hon. Secretary

Barclays Bank, 43A Vanbrugh Park, Blackheath, London, England UK

Directions, Vanbrugh Park, Blackheath, London, England UK

21 Stratheden Road, Blackheath, London, England UK

Prince of Wales Road, Blackheath, London, England UK

Slow Ducks, Prince of Wales Road, Blackheath, London, England UK

Prince of Wales Pond, Prince of Wales Road, Blackheath, London, England UK

The Princess of Wales, Montpelier Road, Blackheath, London, England UK

Old Door, 1c Montpelier Row, Blackheath, London, England UK

Letterbox, 74 Royal Parade, Blackheath, London, England UK

Laneway, Blackheath Road, Greenwich, London, England UK

Ghost Signs, Blackheath Road, Greenwich, London, England UK

“VR” (Queen Victoria) Mail Box, Blackheath Road, Greenwich, London, England UK

Derelict Building, Blackheath Road, Greenwich, London, England UK

Palace of Westminster, Westminster Bridge Road, Westminster, London, England UK

Statue Charles G Gordon, Ministry of Defence, Victoria Embankment Gardens, Westminster, London, England UK

Inscribed:
Charles G Gordon CB
Major Gen Royal Engineers
Killed at Khartoum
XXVI January MDCCCLXXXV

Statue Charles Portal, Ministry of Defence, Victoria Embankment Gardens, Westminster, London, England UK

Marshal of the Royal Air Force Charles Frederick Algernon Portal, 1st Viscount Portal of Hungerford, KG, GCB, OM, DSO & Bar, MC, DL (21 May 1893 – 22 April 1971) was a senior Royal Air Force officer. He served as a bomber pilot in the First World War, and rose to become first a flight commander and then a squadron commander, flying light bombers on the Western Front.

Fleet Air Arm Memorial, Ministry of Defence, Victoria Embankment Gardens, Whitehall, Westminster, London, England UK

The Fleet Air Arm Memorial, sometimes known as Daedalus, is a war memorial in London, commemorating the service of the Royal Naval Air Service and the Fleet Air Arm from their establishments in 1914 and 1924 respectively, in the First World War, the Second World War, the Korean War, the Falklands War and the Gulf War, including over 6,000 killed in all conflicts.

Korean War Memorial, Ministry of Defence, Victoria Embankment Gardens, Westminster, London, England UK

Statue of Hugh Trenchard, Ministry of Defence, Victoria Embankment Gardens, Westminster, London, England UK

Marshal of the Royal Air Force Hugh Montague Trenchard, 1st Viscount Trenchard, GCB, OM, GCVO, DSO (3 February 1873 – 10 February 1956) was a British officer who was instrumental in establishing the Royal Air Force. He has been described as the “Father of the Royal Air Force.”

Iraq and Afghanistan Memorial, Ministry of Defence, Victoria Embankment Gardens, Westminster, London, England UK

The Iraq and Afghanistan Memorial in London commemorates British citizens, including both military personnel and civilians, who participated in the Gulf War, the Afghanistan War and the Iraq War. In these three conflicts, which took place between 1990 and 2015, 682 British soldiers lost their lives.

Inscribed:
In Memory of Major General Orde Charles Wingate DSO 1903-1944
Commander of the Chindits Killed on Active Service in Burma 24th March 1944

“A man of genius who might well have become a man of destiny” -Winston Churchill

An important influence in the creation of the Israeli Defence Forces and the foundation of the State of Israel.

Chindit Memorial, Ministry of Defence, Victoria Embankment Gardens, Whitehall, Westminster, London, England UK

Chindit Memorial is a war memorial in London that commemorates the Chindit special forces, which served in Burma under Major General Orde Wingate in the Second World War. The Chindits – officially designated the 77th Indian Infantry Brigade in 1943, and the 3rd Indian Infantry Division in 1944 – were organised by Wingate to serve behind Japanese lines in the Burma Campaign, in 1943 and 1944. The memorial was erected in Victoria Embankment Gardens in 1990, near the Ministry of Defence headquarters, and also commemorates Wingate, who died in 1944.

Inscribed:
The Chindit Badge Portraying a Chinthe, a Mythical Beast, Guardian of Burmese Temples from which was derived the name Chindits, their motto being:
THE BOLDEST MEASURE ARE THE SAFEST
In memory of all who fought on the first and second expeditions into North Burma 1943 and 1944 with the Chindit Special Forces.

Formed trained and commanded by Major General Orde Charles Wingate DSO.

Chindits came from the armed forces of the United Kingdon, Burma, Hong Kong, India, Nepal, West Africa and the United States of America.

Air supply and direct operational support was given by the Royal Air Force and 1st Air Commando Group, United States Army Air Force and 10th United States Army Air Force.

Victory was hastened by the Chindits daring exploits behind enemy lines.

His Majesty King George VI graciously awarded the Victoria Cross to
Major Frank Blaker MC
Highland Light Infantry attached 3BN 9th Gurkha Rifles

Captain Michael Almand
Indian Armoured Corps attached 3BN 9th Gurkha Rifles

Lieutenant George Albert Cairns
Somerset Light Infantry attached 1BN The South Staffordshire Regiment

Rifleman Tulbahadur Pun
3Bn 6th Gurkha Rifles

 

Ministry of Defence Entrance Portal, Whitehall, Westminster, London, England UK

The Latin inscription is Per ardua ad astra meaning “through adversity to the stars” or “through struggle to the stars” that is the official motto of the Royal Air Force and other Commonwealth air forces such as the Royal Australian Air Force and Royal New Zealand Air Force, as well as the Royal Indian Air Force until 1947.

Ministry of Defence Plaque, Whitehall, Westminster, London, England UK

“Monty”, Ministry of Defence, Raleigh Green, Whitehall, Westminster, London, England UK

Inscribed:
MONTY
Field Marshall Viscount Montgomery of Alamein KG GCB DSO
1887 1976

Statue Field Marshall The Viscount Alanbrooke, Ministry of Defence, Raleigh Green, Whitehall, Westminster, London, England UK

Field Marshal Alan Francis Brooke, 1st Viscount Alanbrooke, KG, GCB, OM, GCVO, DSO & Bar (23 July 1883 – 17 June 1963), was a senior officer of the British Army. He was Chief of the Imperial General Staff (CIGS), the professional head of the British Army, during the Second World War, and was promoted to field marshal in 1944. As chairman of the Chiefs of Staff Committee, Brooke was the foremost military advisor to Winston Churchill, the British Prime Minister, and had the role of co-ordinator of the British military efforts in the Allies’ victory in 1945. After retiring from the British Army, he served as Lord High Constable of England during the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II in 1953. His war diaries attracted attention for their criticism of Churchill and for Brooke’s forthright views on other leading figures of the war.

Statue Field Marshall The Viscount Slim, Ministry of Defence, Raleigh Green, Whitehall, Westminster, London, England UK

Inscriptions:

FIELD MARSHAL/ THE VISCOUNT SLIM/ KG. GCB. GCMG. GCVO. GBE. DSO. MC./ 14TH ARMY. BURMA/ 1943–1945/ GOVERNOR GENERAL AND/ COMMANDER IN CHIEF/ AUSTRALIA 1953–1960 (fornt of pedestal)

COMMANDER IN CHIEF/ ALLIED LAND FORCES SOUTH EAST ASIA/ CHIEF OF THE IMPERIAL GENERAL STAFF/ GOVERNOR AND CONSTABLE/ WINDSOR CASTLE (back of pedestal)

DEFEAT INTO VICTORY (on both left and right sides of the pedestal)

Statue Field Marshall Earl Haig, Whitehall, Westminster, London, England UK

Inscribed:
Field Marshall Earl Haig
Commander in Chief of the British Armies in France 1915-1918

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Haig has, since the 1960s, become an object of criticism for his leadership during the First World War. He was nicknamed “Butcher Haig” for the two million British casualties endured under his command. The Canadian War Museum comments, “His epic but costly offensives at the Somme (1916) and Passchendaele (1917) have become nearly synonymous with the carnage and futility of First World War battles.”

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Tracks & Platforms, London Bridge Railway Station, Tooley Street, London, England UK

The Mordern Arms, Cnr Brand & Circus Streets, Greenwich, London, England UK

St Paul’s Parochial Room 1872, 111 Royal Hill, Greenwich, London, England UK

Doorway, Blisset House, 91 Greenwich South Street, Greenwich, London, England UK

The Royal George, Blissett Street, Greenwich, London, England UK

The Graduate, 107 Blackheath Road, Greenwich, London, England UK

The George & Dragon, 2 Blackheath Hill, Greenwich, London, England UK

Industrial Look, Blissett Street, Greenwich, London, England UK

The Hill, Mediterranean Restaurant, Royal Hill, Greenwich, London, England UK

Picturesque Doorways, 23 & 27 Blissett Street, Greenwich, London, England UK

Gated Entrance, 18 Blackheath Hill, Greenwich, London, England UK

The Old Vicarage, 97 Greenwich South Street, Greenwich, London, England UK

A flat in this building sold not too long ago for £720,000. (AUD ~$1.4 mil)

“Belushi’s”, Greenwich High Road, Greenwich, London, England UK

St Alfege Church, Greenwich Church Street, Greenwich, London, England UK

View along Straightsmouth (don’t you love English street names?) from the Greenwich Railway Station platform.

Platform & Tracks, Waterloo East Railway Station, Wootton Streeet, Bishop’s, London, England UK

From Walkway, Waterloo East Railway Station, Wootton Streeet, Bishop’s, London, England UK

Sniffer Dog & Handler, Waterloo Railway Station, Waterloo, London, England UK

Train Passing, Platform 1, Motspur Park Railway Station, Motspur Park, New Malden, London, England UK

Scott House Entrance, Suite 1 The Concourse Waterloo Station, Waterloo, London, England UK

On the right doorway pillar is a memorial plaque to Herbert Ashcombe Walter, an previous general manager of earlier railway companies.

1914-1918 Roll of Honour, Station Entrance, Waterloo Station, Waterloo, London, England UK

Ornate Window of London & South Western Railways, Concourse, Waterloo Station, Waterloo, London, England UK

Vintage Lamp, South Western Railways, Waterloo Station, Waterloo, London, England UK

This part of the memorial to fallen employees in war. There is one of these each side of the station entrance. See Google Image here:-

St James House, 52 Blackheath Hill, Greenwich, London, England UK

This is where we rented an apartment for the week in London.

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Continuing the endless miles of walking….

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“Witch” Shop?, 112 Greenwich South Street, Greenwich, London, England UK

John Penn and Widow Smith Almshouses, Greenwich South Street, Greenwich, London, England UK

Built in 1866 and designed to house local people over the age of 60. The complex contains 10 flats, cottages of 1 bedroom.

73 Greenwich South Street, Greenwich, London, England UK

Public Library,146 Greenwich High Road, Greenwich, London, England UK

Front Door, The Shipwrights Arms, Cnr Tooley Street & Shipwright Yard, London, England UK

Built in 1884 and is a Grade II Listed Building

Tower Bridge Looking Down More London Riverside, London, England UK

Tower Bridge, More London Riverside, London, England UK

Tower of London, St Katharine’s & Wapping, London, England UK

Tower Bridge, River Thames, London, England UK

Old Bridge Operating Machinery, Tower Bridge, London, England UK

Construction of the bridge was from 1886 until its opening in June 1894. The bridge raising relied on steam up until the change to electricity in 1976.

Stairs Inside a Tower,Tower Bridge, London, England UK

On the Bridge, Tower Bridge, London, England UK

The Upper Walkways, Tower Bridge, London, England UK

The Shard and River Thames from Tower Bridge, London, England UK

Doors in the Tower, Tower Bridge, London, England UK

Bridge Traffic, Tower Bridge Road, Tower Bridge, London, England UK

The Gherkin and Tower of London from Tower Bridge, London, England UK

HMS Belfast, River Thames, London, England UK

HMS Belfast is a Town-class light cruiser commissioned in 1939 for the Royal Navy. She is now permanently moored as a museum ship on the River Thames in London and is operated by the Imperial War Museum.

Dedication Plaque, Tower Bridge, London, England UK

Commemorative Plaques, Tower Bridge, London, England UK

Centenary Plaque, Tower Bridge, London, England UK

Hanging Pub Sign, The Raven, Tower Bridge Road, London, England UK

The Shard from Queen Elizabeth Street, London, England UK

Samuel Bourne Bevington Statue, Queen Elizabeth Street, London, England UK

Samuel Bourne Bevington VD, JP. Son of James Bevington. A member of the Bermondsey leather manufacturing dynasty and a philanthropist. Colonel commanding 3rd Volunteer Battalion The Queens Royal West Surrey Regiment 1884 – 1899. First Mayor of Bermondsey 1900 – 1902.

The LaLit London, 181 Tooley Street, London, England UK

One of London’s best 5 Star luxury hotels.

Doorway, Devon Mansions, Tooley Street, London, England UK

London Bridge Railway Station, Tooley Street, London, England UK

 

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