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Station Road, Chingford, London

This was Station Road in Chingford in 1913. The London and Provincial Bank occupied a dominant position in this busy road. The London and Provincial was originally known as the ‘Provincial Banking Corporation’ and was founded in 1864. It became the London and Provincial in 1870 and most of their branches were in London’s suburbs. Five years after this photograph was taken, the London and Provincial (following a merger with another bank) was acquired by Barclays Bank.
Credit: Photographer unknown
In May 2020, there is some development taking place next door to the bank building.
Photograph: © Steven Miell (TimeViews)

Rangers Road, Chingford, London

Henry VIII was responsible for commissioning this building situated on Rangers Road in Chingford. It was completed in 1543 and was then known as ‘Great Standing’. Its original purpose was to observe deer chases in Chingford. Some 50 years later (in 1589), the building was renovated for use by Queen Elizabeth I. This photograph was taken in the 1920s.
Credit: Photographer unknown
The Queen Elizabeth hunting lodge has been extensively restored over the years. It is now a three-storey building which houses a museum, and has been managed by the City of London Corporation since 1960.
Photograph: © Steven Miell (TimeViews)

Fleet Street, London

Fleet Street in the 1890s – a photograph dominated by the church of St. Dunstan-in-the-West. The original church was on the exact site as today’s and was built around 1000 AD. The church escaped destruction (albeit narrowly) during London’s Great Fire (1666). However, wear and tear over the years took its toll and St. Dunstan’s was rebuilt in 1831. During World War II, the church’s tower was damaged by German bombing and was rebuilt in 1950.
On the left-hand side of the photograph, you can see the building which houses the Royal Courts of Justice in Strand.  
Credit: London Metropolitan Archive
In November 2019, there are virtually no newspapers left in Fleet Street, bit it remains a busy thoroughfare.
Photograph: © Steven Miell (TimeViews)

Blackhorse Road, London

In 1975, Blackhorse Road underground station can be seen on the left-hand side of the photograph. Traffic flows freely past the station. The Black Horse can clearly be seen near the entrance to the station.
Credit: Photographer unknown
With the station (and the Black Horse) in the same position in April 2020, the development around the station and the accompanying road works dominate this photograph.
Photograph: © Steven Miell (TimeViews)

Turnpin Lane, Greenwich, London

One of the entrances to Greenwich Market (Turnpin Lane) photographed in the early 1900s. A market has existed in Greenwich since the 14th century, and the present market was granted a charter in 1700. All of the buildings surrounding the market are Grade II listed and were built between 1827 and 1833. The market’s roof was added around the time of this photograph and the structure was replaced in 2016.
Credit: National Maritime Museum
In January 2020, the entrance to Turnpin Lane and the market remains.
Photograph: © Steven Miell (TimeViews)

Marlborough Road, St. James’s, London

Dominating this photograph of Marlborough Road (taken in the 1930s) is St. James’s Palace, the most senior royal palace in the UK. Although it has not been the principal residence of the monarch for nearly 200 years, it remains as a ceremonial location and also the home to some of the royal family’s minor members. Also, foreign ambassadors continue to be accredited ‘to the Court of St. James’s’.
The palace’s construction was ordered by King Henry VIII in the early 1530s and the site chosen was formerly a leper hospital which was dedicated to ‘Saint James the Less’. Following its construction, the palace was not deemed to be as important as the Palace of Whitehall. However, it’s importance increased during the early Georgian period. It was superseded by Buckingham Palace in the early years of the 19th century with the move being made official by Queen Victoria in 1837.
The palace (built between 1531 and 1536) is in red-brick, and is Tudor in style. Like many of London’s buildings, a fire in 1809 destroyed elements of the building and the monarch’s private apartments were never replaced.
Credit: Photographer unknown (1930s)
From the same position, the view of the palace has hardly changed in the intervening 80 years.
Photograph: © Steven Miell (TimeViews)

Brushfield Street, London

Brushfield Street in Spitalfields in the 1950s. A market has existed on this site since 1638 when King Charles I licenced the sale of ‘flesh, fowl and roots’. It was then called Spittle Fields and was a rural area on the eastern edge of London. Following the inter-regnum, the rights to the market lapsed but were reintroduced in 1682 by Charles II.
The wholesale fruit and vegetable market moved to Leyton in the early 1990s. Christ Church (in the centre of the photograph) was built in 1729.
Credit: Photographer unknown
Since the fruit and veg market moved to Leyton, Spitalfields market has become the home to fashionable shops and other businesses.
Photograph: © Steven Miell (TimeViews)

Blackhorse Road Station, London

The cover of September 1968’s ‘London Transport Magazine’ shows the newly installed mural of a black horse outside Blackhorse Road station. The mural was designed by David McFall.
The station was originally opened in 1894 when that area of London started to change from being a gentrified location, to an industrial one. The Victoria Line station opened in September 1968 and the overground station was re-sited (by British Rail) in December 1981 – this was in order to provide a better interchange with the Underground station.
Credit: London Transport Magazine
In April 2020, Blackhorse Road Underground station is closed due to the Coronavirus. David McFall’s mural looks as good as new in the sun.
Photo: © Steven Miell (TimeViews)