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A London Inheritance

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Exploring London's history starting with my father's photos from 1946, to the present day. alondoninheritance.com

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A London Inheritance @alondoninheritance.bsky.social · 12h
Today’s new post: Walking the Rocque Ring Part 4 – Hyde Park Corner, Wellington Arch, A Missing Horse and an Elephant at alondoninheritance.com
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A London Inheritance @alondoninheritance.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Last Sunday's new post: Walking the Rocque Ring Part 3 – Buckingham Gate, House and Palace to Constitution Hill at alondoninheritance.com/rocque-ring/...
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A London Inheritance @alondoninheritance.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Patrol boats of the Thames River Police in 1949 from my post on the founding and need for a river police - Patrick Colquhoun and the Thames River Police at alondoninheritance.com/the-thames/p...
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A London Inheritance @alondoninheritance.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The Footman and Red Lion – A Tale of Two Charles Street Pubs told in my post at alondoninheritance.com/londonpubs/t...
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A London Inheritance @alondoninheritance.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
In Search Of Peckham Pubs - A post exploring lost and surviving pubs in Peckham at alondoninheritance.com/londonpubs/i...
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A London Inheritance @alondoninheritance.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
A vineyard in London? Today’s new post, part 3 of walking the Rocque Ring – Buckingham Gate, House and Palace to Constitution Hill at alondoninheritance.com
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A London Inheritance @alondoninheritance.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Walking the Rocque Ring Part 3 – Buckingham Gate, House and Palace to Constitution Hill. Today’s new post at alondoninheritance.com
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A London Inheritance @alondoninheritance.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Last Sunday's new post - Exploring Bury St Edmunds in 1952 and 2026. The town with one of the best street signs, and house built in ruins, that I have seen. Post at alondoninheritance.com/cycling-arou...
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A London Inheritance @alondoninheritance.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Today’s new post: Bury St Edmunds – 1952 and 2026, including this wonderful 1930s direction sign at alondoninheritance.com
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A London Inheritance @alondoninheritance.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Today’s new post: Bury St Edmunds – 1952 and 2026, including this wonderful 1930s direction sign at alondoninheritance.com
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A London Inheritance @alondoninheritance.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Today’s new post: A New Walk: Bermondsey – The Associations and Features of this Ancient and Interesting Borough at alondoninheritance.com
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A London Inheritance @alondoninheritance.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Last Sunday's new blog post: Looking at the Creatives behind the Festival of Britain – Laurie Lee at alondoninheritance.com/eventsandcer...
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A London Inheritance @alondoninheritance.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Three Halls and a Hospital – City of London Blue Plaques explored in my post at alondoninheritance.com/london-histo...
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A London Inheritance @alondoninheritance.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Last Sunday’s new post: Walking the Rocque Ring Part 2 – Colour Coated Schools, Artillery, Pubs, Prison and a Lost Chapel at alondoninheritance.com/rocque-ring/...
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A London Inheritance @alondoninheritance.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Hungerford Bridge, photographed in 1947 from my post exploring the bridge and Hungerford Market, which was once at the northern end of the original bridge at alondoninheritance.com/london-histo...
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A London Inheritance @alondoninheritance.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Exploring Cripplegate Ward: Lady Eleanor Holles School and Cripplegate at alondoninheritance.com/uncategorize...
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A London Inheritance @alondoninheritance.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
The First Public Statue of a Woman in London? Explored in my post at alondoninheritance.com/london-monum...
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A London Inheritance @alondoninheritance.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Exploring the stories of Topping’s Wharf and the Wharves between London and Tower Bridge’s at alondoninheritance.com/the-thames/t...
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A London Inheritance @alondoninheritance.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Bache’s Street – Exploring the history and people of an Ordinary London Street at alondoninheritance.com/uncategorize...
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A London Inheritance @alondoninheritance.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Bache’s Street – Exploring the history and people of an Ordinary London Street at alondoninheritance.com/uncategorize...
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A London Inheritance @alondoninheritance.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Today’s new post. The story of Edith Cavell – Brussels, Dawn, October 12 1915 at alondoninheritance.com
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A London Inheritance @alondoninheritance.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Today’s new post. The story of Edith Cavell – Brussels, Dawn, October 12 1915 at alondoninheritance.com
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A London Inheritance @alondoninheritance.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Last Sunday's new post - Part 1 of my walk around the Rocque Ring, exploring the Limits of London in 1746 at alondoninheritance.com/london-journ...
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A London Inheritance @alondoninheritance.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Piccadilly Circus on one of the excellent Hidden London tours, explored in my post at alondoninheritance.com/under-london...
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A London Inheritance @alondoninheritance.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Walking the Rocque Ring – The Limits of London in 1746. Todays new post at alondoninheritance.com
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A London Inheritance @alondoninheritance.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
The blue bridge from my post on the New Deal For East London – Isle Of Dogs. Exploring what was considered at risk in 1972 at alondoninheritance.com/london-build...
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A London Inheritance @alondoninheritance.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
The Ring - Then and Now from today's new post - The Ring and a Junction on Blackfriars Road at alondoninheritance.com
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A London Inheritance @alondoninheritance.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Today’s new post - The Ring and a Junction on Blackfriars Road. Boxing, the Surrey Chapel, a pub and Charles Dickens at alondoninheritance.com
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A London Inheritance @alondoninheritance.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Last Sunday's new post: Old Sarum – Hillfort, Castle, Cathedral to Rotten Borough – photographed in 1949 and 2026 at alondoninheritance.com/cycling-arou...
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A London Inheritance @alondoninheritance.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Today’s new post: Old Sarum – Hillfort, Castle, Cathedral to Rotten Borough – 1949 and 2026 at alondoninheritance.com
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A London Inheritance @alondoninheritance.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Today’s new post: Old Sarum – Hillfort, Castle, Cathedral to Rotten Borough – 1949 and 2026 at alondoninheritance.com
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A London Inheritance @alondoninheritance.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Last Sunday's new post: The Creatives behind the Festival of Britain – Jacquetta Hawkes at alondoninheritance.com/london-chara...
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A London Inheritance @alondoninheritance.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Today’s new post: The Creatives behind the Festival of Britain – Exploring the life of Jacquetta Hawkes at alondoninheritance.com
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A London Inheritance @alondoninheritance.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Today’s new post: The Creatives behind the Festival of Britain – Exploring the life of Jacquetta Hawkes at alondoninheritance.com
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A London Inheritance @alondoninheritance.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Last Sunday's new post - St Pancras Church and the Loss of the City of Boston. An historic church and the sinking of a steamship in the Atlantic at alondoninheritance.com/london-churc...
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A London Inheritance @alondoninheritance.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
The story of the people who lived in Bache’s Street – An Ordinary London Street at alondoninheritance.com/uncategorize...
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A London Inheritance @alondoninheritance.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
The story of the people who lived in Bache’s Street – An Ordinary London Street at alondoninheritance.com/uncategorize...
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A London Inheritance @alondoninheritance.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Today’s new post - Exploring St Pancras Church and the tragedy of the Loss of the City of Boston at alondoninheritance.com
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A London Inheritance @alondoninheritance.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Today’s new post - Exploring St Pancras Church and the tragedy of the Loss of the City of Boston at alondoninheritance.com
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A London Inheritance @alondoninheritance.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Last Sunday's new post - Apologies to Charles and George Dance, and exploring St. Stephen’s Chapel, Westminster at alondoninheritance.com/london-build...
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A London Inheritance @alondoninheritance.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Map showing location of hotels in the Imperial group. London stations are numbered, the red lines show “Electric Railways”, or the Underground train network, shown as a rough geographic layout of the network, from my post alondoninheritance.com/london-photo...
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A London Inheritance @alondoninheritance.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
London Docklands – A 1976 Strategic Plan. How the docklands could have developed explored in my post at alondoninheritance.com/london-histo...
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A London Inheritance @alondoninheritance.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
London Docklands – A 1976 Strategic Plan. How the docklands could have developed explored in my post at alondoninheritance.com/london-histo...
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A London Inheritance @alondoninheritance.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
A plaque on the wall of a bombed building reveals the story of Gray’s Inn Place, Sun Yat-sen and a London Kidnapping, discovered in my post at alondoninheritance.com/london-chara...
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Gray's Inn Place, Sun Yat-sen And A London Kidnapping - A London Inheritance
Gray's Inn Place, Sun Yat-sen and a London Kidnapping are tied together through a plaque on a post war bombed house in Gray's Inn, Holborn
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A London Inheritance @alondoninheritance.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
A plaque on the wall of a bombed building reveals the story of Gray’s Inn Place, Sun Yat-sen and a London Kidnapping, discovered in my post at alondoninheritance.com/london-chara...
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Gray's Inn Place, Sun Yat-sen And A London Kidnapping - A London Inheritance
Gray's Inn Place, Sun Yat-sen and a London Kidnapping are tied together through a plaque on a post war bombed house in Gray's Inn, Holborn
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A London Inheritance @alondoninheritance.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Today’s new post - Apologies to Charles and George Dance, and exploring St. Stephen’s Chapel, Westminster at alondoninheritance.com
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A London Inheritance @alondoninheritance.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Today’s new post - Apologies to Charles and George Dance, and exploring St. Stephen’s Chapel, Westminster at alondoninheritance.com
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A London Inheritance @alondoninheritance.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
The geology and Chalybeate Wells of Hampstead explored in my post at alondoninheritance.com/under-london...
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A London Inheritance @alondoninheritance.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Pub signs of the Holly Bush pub in Hampstead. 1949 on the left and current on the right, from my post on Holly Bush Hill at alondoninheritance.com/london-stree...
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A London Inheritance @alondoninheritance.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Bomb damage during the last war was the start for my blog post the Lost Buildings of South Square, Gray’s Inn at alondoninheritance.com/thebombedcit...
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