Monto Water Rats

Detail InformationEdit Monto Water Rats, also known as The Monto and Water Rats, is a music venue at 328 Grays Inn Road, Kings Cross, London.Until 1992 it was known as The Pindar of Wakefield and was famous for its regular old time music hall entertainment.The list of acts that have played this venue over the […]

Saint Monica’s Church

Detail InformationEdit Saint Monica’s Catholic Church is a parish church located at Palmers Green, Stonard Road, London, N13 4DJ (junction of Stonard Road and Green Lanes). Saint Monica’s Church is almost unique in that, except for the Augustinian Priory at Hoxton, it is the only parish in the Westminster Diocese to be dedicated to Saint […]

Edmonton County School

Detail InformationEdit Edmonton County School was a specialist technology college in Edmonton in the London Borough of Enfield in north London. The Cambridge Campus (formerly the upper school up until the end of 2009/2010 academic year) buildings are the site which was used by the former grammar school on the Great Cambridge Road (A10) near […]

Gorton Monastery

Detail InformationEdit The Church and Friary of St Francis, known locally as Gorton Monastery, is a 19th century former Franciscan friary in Gorton, in east Manchester, England. The Franciscans arrived in Gorton in December 1861 and built their friary between 1863 and 1867. Most of the buillding work was done by the friars themselves, with […]

Women Of World War II Monument

Detail InformationEdit The National Monument to the Women of World War II is a British war memorial sculpture situated in Whitehall, London to the north of The Cenotaph. It was sculpted by John W. Mills, unveiled by Queen Elizabeth II and dedicated by Baroness Boothroyd on 9 July 2005. Fundraising was conducted by a charitable […]

Battle Of Britain Monument

Detail InformationEdit The Battle of Britain Monument in London is a sculpture on the Victoria Embankment overlooking The River Thames in central London, England which pays tribute to those who took part in the Battle of Britain during World War II. It was unveiled on 18 September 2005, the 65th anniversary of the Battle, by […]

Great Fire Of London Monument

Detail InformationEdit The Monument to the Great Fire of London, more commonly known simply as the Monument, is a stone Roman Doric column in the City of London, near the northern end of London Bridge, which commemorates the Great Fire of London.It stands at the junction of Monument Street and Fish Street Hill, 202 ft […]

Richmondshire

Richmondshire is a local government district of North Yorkshire, England. It covers a large northern area of the Yorkshire Dales including Swaledale and Arkengarthdale, Wensleydale and Coverdale, with the prominent Scots’ Dyke and Scotch Corner along the centre. Teesdale lies to the north. It is larger than four of the English counties, such as Berkshire. […]

British Empire and Commonwealth Museum

Detail InformationEdit The British Empire and Commonwealth Museum was a museum in Bristol, United Kingdom exploring the history of the British Empire and the effect of British colonial rule on the rest of the World. The museum had a flourishing publications department, producing books on aspects of colonial life such as the history of the […]

Montfichet’s Tower

Detail InformationEdit Montfichet’s Tower was a Norman fortress on Ludgate Hill in London, between where St Paul’s Cathedral and City Thameslink railway station now stand. First documented in the 1130s, it was probably built in the late 11th century. The defences were strengthened during the revolt of 1173–1174 against Henry II. It was demolished in […]