Viewpoints – Placecloud

London, United Kingdom. The history of Temple Bar and the traitors heads that once adorned it.

London, United Kingdom. The story of Margaret Martel who was executed in Suffolk Street in 1697.

London, United Kingdom. In 1500 St Pauls Cathedral was a great bastion of medieval Catholocism but over the next 150 years the Protestant Reformation and successive natural disasters changed it beyond recognition until in 1666 it was destroyed in the Great Fire. This is the story of a Cathedral and of England during some of the most tumultuous years in their history.

London, United Kingdom. The parish and burial grounds of St Olave, Silvers Street and the individuals that were interred there.

London, United Kingdom. A brief history of Execution Dock.

London, United Kingdom. The location and history of the Maypole in the Strand.

London, United Kingdom. The Execution of Mary Aubry in Leicester Fields, which is now Leicester Square.

London, United Kingdom. Today the site of one of London’s most notorious prisons is occupied by the Mount Pleasant office. During the years Coldbath Fields Prison operated, it had a reputation for severity. This viewpoint will take a look at the history of Coldbath and explore the stories behind the reputation.

London, United Kingdom. This viewpoint will touch on the history of Gatehouse and what lies in its place today.

London, United Kingdom. Marshalsea was known for its imprisonment of the poorest of London’s debtors and became particularly well known through the work of Charles Dickens. Today, we can still see the two gate arches and original brick wall in Southwark, London.