Peter Stone

The Ostler's Hut at Lincoln's Inn is the smallest individual historically-listed building in London. It dates from 1852 and was built to shelter the ostlers responsible for tending the horses of lawyers and visitors to Lincoln's Inn.

The Prince Regent signed the Regent's Canal Act today in 1812. You can learn about the creation of London's waterway here in my video youtu.be/0zjcrCB8MeE

The foundation stone was laid for London's West India Docks today in 1802. thehistoryoflondon.co.uk/the-new-london… Read here about the early 19th century London docks.

When it opened in 1827 it was the longest suspension bridge in the world. Read here about the original Hammersmith Bridge thehistoryoflondon.co.uk/the-original-h…

Battersea Power Station was designed by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott. It began producing electricity in 1935, originally with only two chimneys. It was expanded to its current size, beginning in 1944 and completed in 1955. It closed in 1983 and now a shopping and entertainment venue.

After it became the capital of Britannia, the Romans created Londinium as a local copy of Rome. Read here about Roman Londinium at its height thehistoryoflondon.co.uk/londinium-the-…

The magnificent interior of the Black Lion on Kilburn High Road takes your breath away. It is partly the work of Frederick T. Callcott, who was also responsible for much of the interior of the famous Black Friar pub near Blackfriars station.

At the end of the 19th century London's streets were filled with horse-drawn vehicles of numerous types. Read here about London's horses and carriages thehistoryoflondon.co.uk/horses-and-car…

When it opened today in 1840 it was one of London's strangest railways. A year later it became the first to enter the City of London. Read here about the London & Blackwall Railway thehistoryoflondon.co.uk/the-london-bla…

Queen Eleanor granted the Hospital of St. Katharine a royal charter today in 1273, providing royal patronage that still continues. Read here about the religious houses that were established to the east of London's city wall during the Middle Ages thehistoryoflondon.co.uk/east-of-the-ci…

Today in 1829 George Shillibeer began operating London's first regular bus schedule. The introduction of omnibuses at last allowed people to work more than walking distance from their home. Read here about omnibuses and hansom cabs in the Victorian era thehistoryoflondon.co.uk/hansom-cabs-an…

This windmill at Shirley, a suburb of Croydon, is one of six surviving windmills in Greater London. You can visit it on an open day this Sunday. And you can discover all London’s windmills in my video youtu.be/qMY9BDP_T8o

The Marine Police were created today in 1798 to patrol the Thames. London's first police force, it is now part of the Metropolitan Police and still based in their original location at Wapping. Learn more about the Thames Police here in my video youtu.be/YS3kTvNoiUo

John Bradford of St. Paul's Cathedral was burnt at the stake today in 1555 during the reign of Queen Mary. Read here about St. Paul's during the Reformation period thehistoryoflondon.co.uk/st-pauls-cathe…

Tower Bridge was officially opened today in 1894 by the Prince of Wales. Read here about the construction of London's iconic bridge thehistoryoflondon.co.uk/tower-bridge/

@BillEllson I read this as saying "We're not going to admit it to the king, but our present system isn't working, we need to improve it".

@LondonStone 2. Parliament recognised in the long title of the City of London Police Act 1839 that the City of London's existing policing arrangements were efficient.

Lawbreaking was rising in early Georgian London but there was a lack of organisation to tackle it. Read here about crime and policing in the early 18th century. thehistoryoflondon.co.uk/crime-and-poli…

Today in 1613 the original Globe theatre was destroyed by fire. Read here about Elizabethan playhouses. thehistoryoflondon.co.uk/elizabethan-th…

Today in 1767 Jonathan Tyers died. A friend of the Georgian artistic community, Tyers had for many years been the proprietor of Vauxhall Gardens, London's foremost pleasure garden. Read here about Tyers and Vauxhall Gardens thehistoryoflondon.co.uk/vauxhall-garde…

Within the Andaz Hotel at Liverpool Street is the Grecian-style Masonic Temple, commissioned in 1912 by the Chairman of the Great Eastern Railway, himself a Freemason, as part of the company's new Great Eastern Hotel. For decades it was forgotten until rediscovered in the 1990s.