Rare Roman London funeral remains discovered beneath Holborn Viaduct
An extraordinary discovery of Roman funeral remains has been uncovered in London, including possibly the first complete Roman funerary bed ever found in Britain.
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Rare Roman London funeral remains discovered beneath Holborn Viaduct
An extraordinary discovery of Roman funeral remains has been uncovered in London, including possibly the first complete Roman funerary bed ever found in Britain.
The four staircases of Holborn Viaduct
150 years ago, a deep sloping road in Central London was replaced with a marvellous bridge -- the Holborn Viaduct.
A drinking fountain on Holborn Viaduct
I have wandered along Holborn for many years and only recently started paying attention to the odd little things that line London’s streets. Right at the very Eastern end of Holborn Viaduct, opposite the Old Bailey is a church, and…
Early Electricity Supplies in London
I was doing a visit to Ely Place in the City of London and will write about that later as it is an interesting tale, but this posting is about a “manhole cover” I saw in the pavement on that…