by BlackTaxiTours | Mar 26, 2024 | Black Taxi Tours of London
Three views on one plate of the Priory of St John of Jerusalem, in Clerkenwell,” etching, by the Czech-British artist and printmaker Wenceslaus Hollar. 325 mm x 380 mm. Courtesy of the British Museum, London. I find place name origins fascinating, especially...
by BlackTaxiTours | Mar 25, 2024 | Black Taxi Tours of London
Courtesy of Wikipedia. Image by Edward Betts 19th April 2006 Hidden away down Saffron Hill just off Faringdon Road, is one of those London pubs with a great literary secret. Saffron Hill gets its name from the herb that originally grew here in local gardens. Sounds...
by BlackTaxiTours | Mar 22, 2024 | Black Taxi Tours of London
Courtesy of Wikipedia:User:DisillusionedBitterAndKnackered – from english WP, original photo by User:Nevilley replaced by new version from DBaK, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1657384 One of my favourite pastimes when driving...
by BlackTaxiTours | Mar 20, 2024 | Black Taxi Tours of London
Image courtesy of Wikipedia. The Fleet River circa 1750. By Samuel Scott 1702-17772 To my mind, nothing evokes an image of ‘olde London’ more than the story of its lost rivers. Take the ill-fated Fleet River for example, which flowed from its source in Hampstead,...
by BlackTaxiTours | Mar 7, 2024 | Black Taxi Tours of London
Creative Commons Attribution Share-alike license 2.0. Colin Smith / Ely Place / CC BY-SA 2.0 Check out this rather elegant street. Look at the street sign without a London postcode, the private entrance, the beadle on duty. Something strike you as odd? Well it’s one...
