Bradshaw’s Hand Book to London, Day 8, Bagnigge Wells & Exmouth Market, (no.52)

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This area, now Clerkenwell, was originally fertile meadows rising to small hills and watered by the Fleet River and numerous springs. The land belonged originally to the Augustinian nunnery of St Mary, Clerkenwell, and the Priory of St John of … Continued

Clematis Armandii in Clerkenwell

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The flowers in London this Spring have been wonderful, and often in unexpected places, like the Pentonville Road. These clematis were in Clerkenwell.

Early Spring in London – Daffodils, Kerria, Euphorbia

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I can hear Mr Bradshaw tutting – where is the description of King’s Cross? The Fleet River, Coldbath Prison? But the flowers were so beautiful! Yellow is the colour I most associate with early Spring.