Peter Stone

Trellick Tower in North Kensington was designed for the Greater London Council as social housing by the hungarian-born Erno Goldfinger (after whom the Bond baddie is named). When completed in 1972 it was the tallest residential building in Europe.

Today in 1513 London's mariners petitioned Henry VIII regarding safety on the Thames, and Trinity House was founded. Its grand headquarters stands on Tower Hill facing the Tower of London. Read here about the creation of Trinity House. thehistoryoflondon.co.uk/trinity-house/

Yes, the 'Stairway to Heaven' memorial next to the tube entrance. You see just a corner of it on the left side of the photo.

On 3rd March 1943 the largest civilian disaster, and the London Underground's single worst loss of life, occurred at Bethnal Green tube station. As air raid sirens sounded, 173 people were crushed to death in the panic to enter the station.

Cockneys are born within the sound of Bow Bells, and those bells also also made Dick Whittington turn. Read here the history of St. Mary le Bow church, Cheapside thehistoryoflondon.co.uk/stmarylebow/

St. Stephen's church was built in the 1840s by the wealthy Angela Burdett-Coutts in the notorious Devil's Acre area of Westminster, with encouragement from her friend Charles Dickens. Its steeple was damaged during the 20thC and is now partly of fibre glass to look like stone.

@JackKav0843 [sigh]

@LondonStone When it was in the County of Middlesex. Not London.

Today in 1299 King Edward I held the Stepney Parliament at which 'no taxation without representation' was confirmed. Read here about the early history of East London thehistoryoflondon.co.uk/the-early-hist…

@JackKav0843 Have you read the article? It's about Stepney, as it was in the early Middle Ages.

@LondonStone My point is that until 1889 "East London" lay within the City Walls!

@JackKav0843 If you can point to where I've made a mistake in the article I'll gladly correct it.

@LondonStone Peter. In 1299 Stepney was in Middlesex. Please dont rewrite history.

Millwall Dock was opened today in 1868 on the Isle of Dogs, leading to the industrialisation of the Island. Read its history here thehistoryoflondon.co.uk/millwall-dock/

Richard Burbage, actor and co-owner (with William Shakespeare) of the Globe theatre died today in 1619. He was buried at St. Leonard's church, Shoreditch. Read here about Elizabethan theatre thehistoryoflondon.co.uk/elizabethan-th…

Beneath the street named Walbrook in the City of London is a stream of the same name. It was an important source of water for Roman London but during the medieval period was used as a sewer and had been covered over by the 17th century.

The Grey Coat Hospital at Westminster was founded in 1698 by local parishoners as a school for poor children in what was then a very deprived area. It moved to the current building, a former poorhouse, in 1701. It has been a girls' school since the 1870s.

Charles I dissolved Parliament today in 1629. It would not be recalled for another 11 years in a period known as the Personal Rule. Read here about the events leading to Civil War thehistoryoflondon.co.uk/towards-civil-…

It's National Pie & Mash Week! Click on the link and scroll down to the bottom to find my two pie & mash videos nationalpiemashweek.org.uk/march2026

The original Fenchurch Street station opened in 1841 for the London & Blackwall Railway and was the first railway terminus in the City of London. The current building dates from 1854 when the line became part of the London, Tilbury & Southend Railway.

Tomorrow sees the start of National Pie & Mash Week. To celebrate, I’ve created a follow-up to my ‘History of Pie and Mash... and Eels’. It's now live on YouTube. Even if you’ve never experienced pie and mash, I hope you’ll find it interesting. Watch here youtu.be/Rn4PKllnNcQ

King William III died today in 1702 in his palace at Kensington. Read here about the history of Kensington Palace thehistoryoflondon.co.uk/kensington-pal…

The first railway fatality in London took place today in 1836 when Daniel Holmes was run down by a train on the London & Greenwich Railway. Read here about the London & Greenwich, London's first railway thehistoryoflondon.co.uk/londons-first-…