Boyd's Inhabitants of London gives the names and brief biographical and family details of 60,000 men who lived in the City of London at dates ranging from 1209 to 1948. The original is available at the Society of Genealogists, and an online version is available on Findmypast with a useful explanation of the structure of the records. Much of the information has also been transcribed into a searchable lineage-linked database on FamilySearch. London Colosseum (Great Portland Street): Not to be confused with the existing London Coliseum theatre, the Colosseum was an impressive domed building to the east of Regent's Park. It housed Thomas Hornor's panorama of London, said to be the largest painting in the world. It was demolished in 1874.

St George's Fields (Lambeth North): A large open space covering parts of Southwark and Lambeth, roughly centred on St George's Circus. The fields were gradually filled in through the 18th and 19th century and the area is now almost entirely built up. Six or seven people were killed by soldiers here in 1768 during a protest at the imprisonment of John Wilkes. Royal Menagerie (Tower Hill): From ancient times until the 19th century, the Tower of London was home to the royal collection of exotic animals, including elephants, lions and even a polar bear. A series of escapes and mishaps saw the animals decanted over to the new London Zoo in 1832. Today, a number of impressive mesh animal sculptures can be found dotted around the Tower's grounds. From its foundation in 1741 the Foundling Hospital rescued abaondoned babies, but from the 1760s it extended its remit to accommodate the children of unmarried mothers who made written petition for the child to be accepted. The surviving applications record details of the lives of the mothers, which can include how they became pregnant and of their employment. About two-thirds of applications in the 19th century were from women in domestic service. The type of information available is detailed in an article by Pamela Horn in Genealogists' Magazine vol. 29, no. 8, pp.293-297 (December 2008). Sahib’s Helix IV memorialises yet another kind of space: Chariots gay sauna, in Shoreditch, which closed in 2016. It is a plaster replica of one the classical reliefs that decorated the walls above the pool and jacuzzi, but pierced by metal studs and rings, as though it was the body of one of the patrons. Q: [You are very involved in environmental activism.] What do you think the role of film or other creative media can be in furthering advocacy?This book does indeed describe ‘an eccentric city of unexpected delights’ (p.242); but also a city where very many residents lived in appalling poverty. I now have the visual images to inform my reading of Jennifer Worth’s “Call The Midwife”. I also now see why even today so very many commentators on interiors bemoan the demolishment, in 1924, of Devonshire House. The Astoft collection of buildings of England has photographs by Allan Soedring of a number of churches and other buildings

Following the three-month duration, any unclaimed items will have personal data removed and securely destroyed, before being either donated to charity, recycled or auctioned. Any revenue generated from unclaimed items contributes towards the cost of running the Lost Property Office. Harben's Dictionary of London - the text of a gazetteer for the City of London - provided by British History OnlinePeople's Palace (Mile End): Writer Walter Besant was the driving force behind this Mile End entertainment complex, which opened in 1887. It attracted one and a half million people in its first year. Sadly, the venue burnt down in the 1930s. The replacement building is now part of Queen Mary University of London.