Jim Easterbrook's photos
Site of King William Street tube station
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The world's first deep level underground railway ran from King William Street to Stockwell, and is now part of the Northern Line.
The Monument
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The Monument to the Great Fire of London was designed by Christopher Wren and Robert Hooke.
Site of London's first coffee house.
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The coffee house was opened in 1652 by an Armenian who worked as a servant to a merchant. The merchant was so impressed by the coffee he made that he encouraged him to open the shop.
Old water pump
Leadenhall Market
Leadenhall Market
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LLoyd's Building
St Helen's Bishopsgate
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Plaque commemorating the scientist Robert Hooke's burial. When the church was remodelled in 1891 some of the 1000 or more bodies buried under the church were uncovered and re-interred in Ilford.
Police telephone
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There are several of these old police call boxes in the City, provided for the public to phone the police in an emergency.
Lord Aberconway pub
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An unusual mezzanine floor in an otherwise typical City pub. (With typical City prices.)
Turkish bath
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A Victorian Turkish bath, built in 1895. Surviving buildings like this are dwarfed by the (mostly hideous) tower blocks that have taken over much of London.
The Aldgate Pump
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The Aldgate Pump
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St Botolph's Aldgate
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Memorial to Robert Dow, erected by the Worshipful Company of Merchant Tailors. There are 109 of these medieval trade associations or guilds surviving today.
St Olave's Hart Street
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Entrance to the churchyard. St Olave's is one of the few City churches which mostly pre-dates the Great Fire of 1666.
Site of Pepys' office
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Site of the Royal Navy office where Samuel Pepys worked and lived. Now a small garden in front of a modern hotel.
London City wall
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One of the better preserved bits of London's old wall. Roman lower part, medieval upper part.
