Highgate Cemetery (1839) Friends of Highgate Cemetery Limited have details of visits, and searches in lists of persons buried. Burial records are indexed on DeceasedOnline. In the Whitechapel exhibition, archival material sits alongside work from a range of queer artists including Tom Burr, Evan Ifekoya, duo Hannah Quinlan and Rosie Hastings and Prem Sahib. Each is concerned in some way with how LGBT culture plays out in the physical world, and how queer people navigate and leave their mark on the city. Pre-1858 Wills are found at the following repositories: the GLRO [now LMA] for those provided at the Consistory Court of London, the Commisary Court of Surrey and the Archdeaconry Courts of Middlesex (Middlesex Division) and Surrey; the Guildhall Library for those proved at the Commisary Court of London (London Division), the Archdeaconry Court of London, the Peculiar Court of the Dean and Chapter of St Paul's and the Royal Peculiar of St Katherine by the Tower; the Corporation of London Record Office for those proved at the Court of Hustings; at Lambeth Palace Library for the Peculiar Courts of the Deaneries of the Arches and of Croydon; and at Westminster Library for the Royal Peculiar of the Dean and Chapter of Westminster. Wills were also proved at the Consistory of Winchester and the Prerogative Court of Canterbury." [T.V.H. FitzHugh, The Dictionary of Genealogy, 1994.] Apply at least 28 days before your preferred collection date and select a Visitor Centre that is open. Visitor Centre locations and opening times are shown in the application, or call Customer Services 0343 222 1234 ( TfL call charges) for advice Largely rebuilt 1756–1759; demolished with other buildings in Whitehall Gardens to make way for the new MOD building. [16]

Now a street in London’s lost history, Holywell Street was a narrow alleyway once notorious for radical politics and erotica… By Matthew Brettingham. The restored Music Room is displayed in the Victoria and Albert Museum. [15]

The Brookwood Cemetery was opened in November 1854, and was the largest in the world. It was originally called the London Necropolis or Woking Cemetery. Although it lies outside the London area, it was the place of burial for thousands of Londoners. The cemetery is still privately owned and trades as Brookwood Cemetery Limited. The records are kept at the cemetery and there is a charge for them to be searched, but microfilm copies are available via the Family History Library and the Surrey History Centre, where the Friends of Surrey Cemeteries have been indexing them. In addition The Brookwood Cemetery Society is a voluntary organisation devoted to the cemetery. Please note, if your pass expired recently and you renewed it online you may already have an account. The changes brought about by the loss of these buildings probably did bring better conditions to many, especially as poverty in areas of London was dreadful - but other larger municipal buildings also went which today would be unthinkable. A 1638 list of tithe-payers has survived in Lambeth Palace Library and was published as Dale TC (ed.) (1931) The Inhabitants of London in 1638. London: Society of Genealogists. It is Now available at British History Online. On January 19 th , Lost in London was broadcasted live to over 500 cinemas in the UK and US, making it first of its kind. Writing, directing, and starring in Lost in London , Woody Harrelson brings us a poignant story about one wild night in his life. The Oxford University Guild Business Society hosted the Oxford University screening of the film on May 19 th , which was followed by an engaging Q&A with Woody Harrelson.

This list of demolished buildings and structures in London includes buildings, structures and urban scenes of particular architectural and historical interest, scenic buildings which are preserved in old photographs, prints and paintings, but which have been demolished or were destroyed by bombing in World War II. Only a small number of the most notable buildings are listed out of the many thousands which have been demolished. College of Advocates, or Doctors of Law, where proceedings of the Court of Arches, the Prerogative Court and others were held. In Knightrider Street. Buildings arranged round two quadrangles; rebuilt after the Great Fire, sold in 1865 and subsequently demolished. Flyers collected by Hannah Quinlan and Rosie Hastings … The Scarcity of Liberty #2. Photograph: Courtesy the artists and Arcadia Missa

British History Online catalogue for Greater London sources: Text of many documents including directories, Victoria County History volumes and drafts, maps, a tax list, gazetteers,list of City of London inhabitants 1695, others. See also their guide to urban history on BHO. County Sources at the Society of Genealogists - The City of London and Middlesex", ed. Neville Taylor, 2002, Until the 19th century most parish churches had an adjacent churchyard. These became over-full, and there was a public outcry. Between 1837 and 1841 Parliament authorised seven commercial cemeteries. Links given are to the Friends organisations - which in many cases are transcribing and indexing the memorials or the burial registers. For information about these and similar organisations see National Federation of Cemetery Friends

Lang RG (ed.) (1993) Two Tudor subsidy rolls for the city of London 1541 and 1582. London: London Record Society. Now available at British History Online.

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a b "Harrelson's Lost in London to be shot and screened live". RTÉ.ie. 18 December 2016 . Retrieved 17 January 2017. Simple economics muscles in. The loss of so very many buildings because of the necessity of new road planning can be explained and understood as motor vehicles (cheaper) replaced horse-drawn conveyances. Enemy action in both the Great War and the Second World saw off an appreciable number of other buildings, resulting in the necessity for new plans. Renovation and adaptation is invariably cheaper than new-build; though new materials used are so frequently less substantial than the old. Alas wages can be higher than what will realistically grow employment. Is this economic insanity? Architects and designers wanted commissions and recognition. They got it. The 1723 Oaths of Allegiance for the City of London have been transcribed by Dr Alex Craven and are available from the Austrian Centre for Digital Humanities. 'Every person' was required to take this oath or else forfeit their estates. The list is unusual in including many women, and details such as residence, occupation and marital status, The much loved nightclub on Charing Cross Road closed forever in 2009. It was demolished soon after, the most high profile casualty of the Crossrail construction works. Heygate Estate (2014) Image by M@. London house of the Marquess of Londonderry, transformed during the 1820s by Benjamin Dean Wyatt and Philip Wyatt.