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

Bradshaw’s Hand Book to London, Day 8, (no.50), Pentonville

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‘Pentonville, a large district on the north side of the New Road, was unbuilt upon till 1773, when the fields of Mr Henry Penton were appropriated to receive the increasing population. Of late years it has extended rapidly..’. The association … Continued