Plazas in Oviedo
Beautiful plazas, or squares, link the streets in Oviedo. Sometimes they are bustling with people, sometimes peaceful, and sometimes deserted. They are always fascinating!
Kennington Common, Bradshaw’s Hand Book (No.101)
Bradshaw says ‘..The Kennington Road, leading to Kennington Common and the southern suburbs, is a spacious well-inhabited thoroughfare, with some neat squares and terraces adjoining.’ We have visited some of the squares and terraces and today, a dull day in London, … Continued
The Kennington Road, Bradshaw’s Hand Book (No.98)
Bradshaw says ‘..The Kennington Road, leading to Kennington Common and the southern suburbs, is a spacious well-inhabited thoroughfare, with some neat squares and terraces adjoining.’ Today the road is the A23 from Lambeth North Station to the A3 at Kennington Park, … Continued
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..’.
Bradshaw’s Hand Book to London, Percy Circus (no.60)
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
Bradshaw’s Hand Book to London, Day 8, Squares in Clerkenwell, (no.53)
The area to the north of the Chapel, Spa Fields, was open countryside in 1790s, and still in 1801. Merlin’s Cave, at the top of the hill, was a pub. The land is this area was privately owned and when leases expired … Continued
Bradshaw’s Hand Book to London, Day 7, Russell Square and Queen’s Square (No.39)
I explored this route twice, once on a sunny afternoon and once at the end of the day, so the photographs reflect the different light at these times. Russell Square was part of a grand redevelopment plan by the Earls … Continued