A few more pockets of old Westminster, snapped on a lunchtime walk yesterday. And by Westminster, I really mean Thorney Island, or the area within half a mile’s radius of Westminster Abbey, rather than the modern borough. For some other blog posts on pre-1834 Westminster, you can also see here and here.
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| Street scene in Old Queen Street, by the Two Chairmen pub.As well as these great buildings, I like the pub sign of two men carrying a sedan chair. |
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| Fancy black and white doorway in Old Queen Street |
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| Surviving gateway of the early 17th century Westminster Bridewell, or House of Correction. Later known as Tothill Fields Prison, the remnant was relocated here at the rear of Middlesex Guildhall in 1969 by the GLC. The plaque over the door reads “Here are Several Sorts of Work for the Poor of this Parish: of St Margaret’s Westminster. As also the County, according to LAW and forsuch as will Beg, and live Idle in this City and Liberty of Westminster. Anno 1655.” |
