Bradshaw’s Hand Book to London, the Cloudesley Estate (no.62)
27 May 2014

Bradshaw’s Hand Book to London, the Cloudesley Estate (no.62)

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Richard Cloudesley was a man of standing and substance who lived in Islington, where he died in 1518. His will directed that income from his land should be used for charitable purposes. The land was ‘Stony Fields’, or the Fourteen Acres, and his … Continued

Weekly Photo Challenge: Work of Art
21 May 2014

Weekly Photo Challenge: Work of Art

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The flowers in Greenwich Park this Spring have been breathtakingly beautiful – works of art

Bradshaw’s Hand Book to London, St James’s Church, Clerkenwell (no.61)
15 May 2014

Bradshaw’s Hand Book to London, St James’s Church, Clerkenwell (no.61)

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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