Exploring with my camera
I just need to visit one more area in Clerkenwell before returning to Islington with Mr Bradshaw! The Nunnery of St Mary, ‘..a house of Augustinian canonesses, [some say ‘Benedictine’..?] was founded shortly after the adjacent Hospitaller priory of St John … Continued
Percy Circus is named after Robert Percy Smith, the brother of a Director of the New River Company and this was the last development on land belonging to the Company, begun in 1841 and completed in 1853. The northern end of Percy … Continued
The Poacher, a 17th century inn, CAMRA-listed, serves a constantly changing selection of interesting beers as well as Aspall’s Cyder. Excellent fish and chips, and Dish of the Day. T 01986 798 206
Anacamptis Morio, the green-winged orchid, in a field of buttercups and wild flowers.
Lloyd Square was built between 1820-40, on a hillside which slopes steeply downhill to the Fleet River valley in King’s Cross Road (Bagnigge Wells Road). In Mediaeval times the land was two fields, Black Mary’s Field and Robin Hood’s Field, which … Continued
For some it was a very serious occasion For others it was that special, shared moment…
Myddelton Square was named after Sir Hugh Myddelton (1560-1631), a successful businessman who planned and partly financed the New River water supply to London from Hertfordshire. This square is on land owned by the New River Company and developed for housing alongside Claremont … Continued
