StuffAboutLondon: London's history - and other stuff

Wernher von Braun and the V2 missile

21/02/2026 donbrown 0

A couple of years ago I wrote a post about the V2 (Vergeltungswaffe, or ‘vengeance weapon’) that stands in the atrium of the Imperial War […]

‘Hidden London’ beneath Clapham South

17/02/2026 donbrown 0

In the 30 years or so that I’ve been living in this part of Battersea I must have passed through Clapham south tube (my nearest […]

London Pubs: the Seven Stars in Carey Street

07/02/2026 donbrown 0

To “find yourself in Carey Street” used to mean you were broke, because this is where the main Bankruptcy Courts were based in the late […]

Death victorious – the Nightingale Monument in Westminster Abbey

06/02/2026 donbrown 0

Westminster Abbey can be seen as many things. It’s a Royal Chapel, the place of coronations, weddings, funerals and burials; a National Church, where services […]

Book Review: Old London Bridge by Patricia Pierce

28/01/2026 donbrown 0

Standing for more than 600 years, old London Bridge was the longest inhabited stone bridge in Europe, a high street, a processional route, a gateway […]

What’s the story behind ‘London Bridge Is Falling Down’?

21/01/2026 donbrown 0

You know the nursery rhyme, but do you know – or do you just think you know – the origin of the verse. Here are some of the theories.

The ‘Southwark Needle’ and the Grisly History of London Bridge

12/01/2026 donbrown 0

Why the great long stone spike at the Southwark end of London Bridge might not mean what you think it does.

ribbons on a red metal gate. The shard in the background

Cross Bones Graveyard and the Outcast Dead

09/01/2026 donbrown 0

Across Southwark Street, a few hundred metres from the insanely busy Borough Market, is a little oasis of calm and mortality called the Crossbones Graveyard. […]

The stuffaboutlondon Review of 2025

01/01/2026 donbrown 0

The top posts from last year’s blogging on StuffAboutLondon. Some old faithfuls, some new entries and one or two surprises.

buxton memorial fountain in the foreground, victoria tower in the background

More Neo-Gothic Splendour: the Buxton Memorial

15/12/2025 donbrown 0

In Victoria Tower Gardens, the little public park that runs from Parliament to Lambeth Bridge, stands a very ornate Victorian drinking fountain (now, sadly, disconnected […]

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