New River Walk, (no.2)
Arlington Way is a delightful small street leading away from the New River Head site and originally a path across the fields.The line of the footpath, and the New River, are clear on the extract from Bowles’ map of 1775. … Continued
New River Walk, New River Head (no.1)
Mr Bradshaw says ‘..A walk through Highbury, noticing its picturesque little church, finished in 1848, and past the Sluice-house and the New River, to Horney Wood House, will give the stranger an agreeable idea of the picturesque character of this vast … Continued
Bradshaw’s Hand Book to London, Day 8, In Islington & Highbury (no.74)
In this post Mr Bradshaw and I complete our wanderings around Islington!
Bradshaw’s Hand Book to London, 1862, in Islington & Highbury, Day 8 (no.73)
In this and the following post Mr Bradshaw and I wander about to find the notable sights of Islington in 1862. ‘..The Pentonville or Model Prison, in the Caledonian Road, was built in 1842….It contains 1,000 separate cells, which are … Continued
Crafts at Cratfield
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Bradshaw’s Hand Book to London, Day 8, Barnsbury Square (no.72)
Mr Bradshaw says ‘..Pentonville …Of late years it has extended rapidly, Barnsbury Road and Barnsbury Park, a new and daily improving district, derive their names from Lady Juliana Berners, Abbess of St Albans, who had a large manor is this neighbourhood..’.