Lord North Street, Westminster 132
Lots Road Power Station 180
Lower Mall, Hammersmith 197, 198
Ludgate Hill 38, 55
Madame Tussauds 78
Mall, The 103
Mansion House, EC4 13, 26, 48
Marble Arch 97, 104, 133
Marlborough House 108
Maryon Park, Charlton 252
Melbury Road, Holland Park 189
Middlesex Guildhall 120
Mile End 167, 168
Mile End Road 167
Millbank Tower, Westminster 132
Millbank, Westminster 132, 133
Millennium Dome 250, 251
Millwall 157, 158
Milton Street, EC2 36
Monument, EC3 3
Moorfields 31
Moorgate 36
Morden College, Blackheath 251, 252
Mosque, Jamme Masjiid 170
Mudchute, Isle of Dogs 159
Museum, Bank of England 27
Museum, British 9, 177
Museum, Clink Prison 235
Museum, Design, (Southwark) 238
Museum, Garden History 222
Museum, Handel House 99
Museum, Imperial War 31
Museum, London 36
Museum, National Maritime 248
Museum, Natural History 187
Museum, Victoria and Albert 187
Narrow Street, Limehouse 151, 152
New Scotland Yard 118, 136
Nine Elms, Vauxhall 217
Notting Hill 189–192
Old Bailey, EC4 42
Old Curiosity Shop, Lincoln’s Inn 89
Old Oak Common 203
Old Operating Theatre, Borough 242
Olympia, Kensington 203
Oxford Circus 88
Oxford Street 83, 84
Oxo Tower, South Bank 232
Painted Hall, Greenwich 248
Palace, Buckingham 93, 97, 98, 103, 104, 104, 105, 133, 224
Palace, Fulham 193, 194, 195
Palace, Greenwich 156, 246, 247
Palace, Kensington 95, 184, 185, 186, 248
Palace, St James’s 103, 109
Palace, Westminster 119, 125–130, 180, 221
Palace, Whitehall 109, 115, 125
Palace, Winchester 10, 235
Pall Mall, St James’s 56, 103, 105, 106, 107, 111, 114
Paragon, The (Blackheath) 251
Park Lane 102
Parliament Square, Westminster 119
Paternoster Row, St Paul’s 41, 48
Paternoster Square, St Paul’s 41, 42, 48
Peninsula Heights, Vauxhall 219, 220
Physic Garden, Chelsea 175, 176
Piccadilly 91, 92, 133
Piccadilly Circus 90, 108
Pickering Place, St James’s 110
Pimlico 133, 134, 142
Pinnacle, The 36
Plumstead 254
Poplar 155, 156
Portcullis House, Westminster 120
Portobello Road, Notting Hill 189, 190, 192
Postman’s Park, EC1 60
President, HMS 49
Prince Henry’s Room, Fleet Street 52
Prison, Clerkenwell 60
Prison, Clink (South Bank) 235
Prison, Fleet 55, 56
Prison, Newgate 59, 60
Pub, Anchor (Bankside) 234, 235
Pub, Angel (Bermondsey) 239
Pub, Chequers 114
Pub, Coach and Horses (Soho) 88
Pub, George Inn 237
Pub, Henry Addington (Canary Wharf) 160
Pub, John Snow (Soho) 83
Pub, Mayflower (Rotherhithe) 239
Pub, Queen’s Head 237
Pub, The Grapes (Limehouse) 151
Pub, Town of Ramsgate (Wapping) 147
Pub, Waterman’s Arms (Millwall) 159
Pub, Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese 53
Pub, Ye Olde Mitre (EC1) 64
Puddle Dock, EC4 47
Purcell Room, South Bank 227
Putney 207, 208, 209, 217
Putney Heath 209, 216
Putney Vale 209, 210
Pye Corner, EC1 61
Queen Anne’s Gate, Westminster 135
Queen Elizabeth Hall, South Bank 227
Queen Victoria Street, EC4 45, 47
Queen’s House, Greenwich 248, 249
Queens Park Rangers FC 201
Ranelagh Gardens, Chelsea 134, 175
Ratcliffe, East End 144, 150
Regent’s Park 133
Rillington Place 10 190, 216
River Lea 151
River Tyburn 133
River Westbourne 133
River, Fleet 55
River, Thames 4–9, 12, 47, 49, 75, 76, 119, 122, 125, 130, 132, 136, 139, 141–148, 150–152, 154, 156–161, 173–176, 180, 182, 193–199, 204, 207, 212–216, 218, 219, 222, 224–227, 232–235, 238–242, 244–247, 250, 251, 253, 254
Riverside Studios, Hammersmith 196
Rotherhithe 239, 241
Rotherhithe Tunnel 150
Royal Albert Hall, Kensington 59, 85, 96
Royal Artillery Barracks, Woolwich 255
Royal Avenue, Chelsea 181, 182
Royal Courts of Justice, Strand 71
Royal Exchange, EC3 13, 14, 19, 23, 26
Royal Hospital, Chelsea 174, 175
Royal Observatory, Greenwich 249, 250
Royal Opera Arcade, Haymarket 114
Royal Opera House 85, 86, 87
Royal Ordnance Factory, Woolwich 253
Sadler’s Wells, Clerkenwell 66
Savile Row 100, 101
Savile Row, Mayfair 98
Savoy 73
Savoy Hill 78
Savoy Place 74
Sayes Court, Deptford 245
Schomberg House, St James’s 75, 108
School, Blewcoat 134
School, St Paul’s 40, 199
School, St Paul’s Girls 199
School, Westminster 131
Scotland Yard 118
Serpentine, The 102, 186
Shad Thames, Southwark 238
Shadwell 148, 149, 150
Shard of Glass, 240
Shell Centre 227
Shell Mex House 78
Shepherd’s Bush 199, 200
Shepherd’s Bush Empire 201, 202
Simpsons-in-the-Starnd 78
Smithfield 61
Soho 82, 83
Somerset House 72, 73
Sotheby’s, Bond Street 101
South Bank 227, 228
South Kensington 187, 188
Spitalfields 164, 165, 170
St George’s Square, Pimlico 136
St Helen’s Place 15, 29
St James’s Park 105
St James’s Square 112, 113
St James’s Street 107, 108, 109, 110, 114
St John’s Gate, Clerkenwell 62, 63
St Katharine’s Dock 133, 142, 145, 146
St Mary Woolnoth 22, 23
St Mary’s RC Cemetery, Kensal Grn 203
St Paul’s Churchyard 40, 41
St Peter’s Square, Hammersmith 202
Staple Inn, EC1 58, 65, 66, 67
Station, Cannon Street 48
Station, Fenchurch Street 12
Station, Liverpool Street 31, 134
Station, London Bridge 237
Station, Victoria 134
Station, Waterloo 228
Stepney 164, 168, 169, 170
Stepney Green 168
Stockwell 229, 230
Strand, The 71
Streatham 229
Strutton Ground, Victoria 136
Sun Wharf, Limehouse 154
Swan Walk, Chelsea 175
Synagogue, Portuguese and Spanish 24
Tate Modern, South Bank 133
Tate Gallery, Millbank 133
Tate Modern 233
Temple Bar 41
Temple of Mithras 47
Temple, EC4 50
Thames Barrier 253, 254
/> Thames House, Westminster 132
Thames Tunnel 239, 240
Theatre Royal, Drury Lane 12, 28, 88
Theatre, Adelphi 75
Theatre, Apollo 94
Theatre, Globe 36, 233, 234, 236
Theatre, Her Majesty’s 86, 114
Theatre, Lyceum 78
Theatre, Mermaid 47
Theatre, National 228
Theatre, Old Vic 228
Theatre, Rose 234
Theatre, Royal Court 183
Theatre, Savoy 74
Theatre, St James’s 112
Theatre, Victoria Palace 134, 231
Threadneedle Street, EC2 28, 29
Tite Street, Chelsea 182, 183
Tobacco Dock 144
Tower 42 (NatWest Tower) 27, 30
Tower Green 141, 248
Tower Hill 9, 140, 141, 145, 224
Tower House, Melbury Road 189
Tower House, Whitechapel 163
Tower of London 139–141, 145, 176
Tower Subway 145
Toynbee Hall, Spitalfields 165
Trafalgar Square 63, 80, 81, 82, 88, 96, 103, 114
Trinity Almshouses, Mile End 167
Trinity Buoy Wharf, Blackwall 160
Upper Mall, Hammersmith 198
Vanbrugh’s Castle, Greenwich 248
Vauxhall 218, 219, 230
Vauxhall Cross 219
Vauxhall Gardens 220
Vauxhall Pleasure Gardens 175, 220, 225
Victoria 131–138
Victoria Embankment 75, 76, 77
Victoria Tower, Westminster 128, 129
Virginia Quay 159
Walworth 241
Wandsworth 211, 216
Wandsworth Prison 211, 212
Wapping 146, 147, 148, 153, 154, 240
Wapping High Street 146, 147, 148
Wapping Old Stairs 147
Wapping Pier Head 146
Waterloo 224, 231
Waterloo Place, St James’s 105, 106
Wellington Arch 102
West India Dock, Canary Wharf 160
Westminster Abbey 109, 122–125, 127, 129, 130, 131, 140, 163, 198
White City 200, 201
Whitechapel 162, 163, 164, 169
Whitechapel Bell Foundry 162, 163
Whitechapel Road 162, 164
Whitehall 82, 115–121, 175
Whitehall Court 116
Wickham’s Department Store 168
Wilkes Street, Spitalfields 165, 166
Wilton’s Music Hall, Whitechapel 142, 143
Wine Office Court, EC4 53
Woolwich 253, 254, 255
Wormwood Scrubs 199, 200
York House, Battersea 217
Acknowledgements
My thanks as always to Hugh Montgomery Massingberd, my inspiration and the finest dining companion I know.
Heartfelt thanks to my agent Ros Edwards for her calm advice and wisdom.
Also to Martin Pick who has been with us all the way, a staunch champion and friend.
Thanks also to the wonderful home team at Ebury, Carey Smith, Vicky Orchard and Caroline Newbury for their fortitude and patience, and to Steve Dobell for editing with such understanding.
Special thanks to my Uncle Peter for his support and encouragement and for enthusing me with his love of London.
And my love and thanks to Mai, the real talent behind this book. Her brilliance shines brighter every day.
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