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62 relations: Aldersgate, Apartment, Arup Group, Bailey (castle), Barbican, Barbican Centre, Barbican tube station, Baron Willoughby de Eresby, Ben Jonson, Brutalist architecture, Catherine Brandon, Duchess of Suffolk, Catherine of Aragon, Central London, Chamberlin, Powell and Bon, Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk, City of London, City of London School for Girls, Court of Common Council, Cripplegate, Daniel Defoe, Earl of Lauderdale, Edward I of England, Edward III of England, Farringdon station, Fortifications of London, Garchey, Golden Lane Estate, Guildhall School of Music and Drama, Hampton Court Palace, Humphrey Gilbert, Isle of Dogs, John Bunyan, John Speed, John Trundle, Lady-in-waiting, Lancelot Andrewes, List of tallest buildings and structures in London, Listed building, Liverpool Street station, Londinium, London, London Underground, London Wall, María de Salinas, Martin Frobisher, Michael Paraskos, Minister for Culture, Communications and Creative Industries, Mixed-use development, Moorgate station, Museum of London, ..., National Rail, Nicholas Breton, Oliver Cromwell, Pan Peninsula, Robert d'Ufford, 1st Earl of Suffolk, St Giles-without-Cripplegate, St. Paul's tube station, Tessa Blackstone, Baroness Blackstone, Thomas More, William Shakespeare, World War II, YMCA. Expand index (12 more) »
Aldersgate
Aldersgate is a Ward of the City of London, named after a gate in the ancient London Wall around the City.
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Apartment
An apartment (American English), flat (British English) or unit (Australian English) is a self-contained housing unit (a type of residential real estate) that occupies only part of a building, generally on a single storey.
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Arup Group
Arup (officially Arup Group Limited) is a multinational professional services firm headquartered in London which provides engineering, design, planning, project management and consulting services for all aspects of the built environment.
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Bailey (castle)
A bailey or ward in a fortification is a courtyard enclosed by a curtain wall.
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Barbican
A barbican is a fortified outpost or gateway, such as an outer defense to a city or castle, or any tower situated over a gate or bridge which was used for defensive purposes.
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Barbican Centre
The Barbican Centre is a performing arts centre in the Barbican Estate of the City of London and the largest of its kind in Europe.
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Barbican tube station
Barbican is a London Underground station situated near the Barbican Estate, on the edge of the ward of Farringdon Within, in the City of London in Central London.
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Baron Willoughby de Eresby
Baron Willoughby de Eresby is a title in the Peerage of England.
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Ben Jonson
Benjamin Jonson (c. 11 June 1572 – 6 August 1637) was an English playwright, poet, actor, and literary critic, whose artistry exerted a lasting impact upon English poetry and stage comedy.
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Brutalist architecture
Brutalist architecture flourished from 1951 to 1975, having descended from the modernist architectural movement of the early 20th century.
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Catherine Brandon, Duchess of Suffolk
Catherine Brandon, Duchess of Suffolk, suo jure 12th Baroness Willoughby de Eresby (22 March 1519 – 19 September 1580), was an English noblewoman living at the courts of King Henry VIII, King Edward VI and Queen Elizabeth I. She was the fourth wife of Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk, who acted as her legal guardian during his third marriage to Henry VIII's sister Mary.
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Catherine of Aragon
Catherine of Aragon (16 December 1485 – 7 January 1536), was Queen of England from June 1509 until May 1533 as the first wife of King Henry VIII; she was previously Princess of Wales as the wife of Henry's elder brother Arthur.
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Central London
Central London is the innermost part of London, in the United Kingdom, spanning several boroughs.
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Chamberlin, Powell and Bon
Chamberlin, Powell and Bon was a British firm of architects whose work involved designing the Barbican Estate.
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Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk
Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk, 1st Viscount Lisle, (22 August 1545) was the son of Sir William Brandon and Elizabeth Bruyn.
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City of London
The City of London is a city and county that contains the historic centre and the primary central business district (CBD) of London.
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City of London School for Girls
City of London School for Girls (CLSG) is an independent school located in the City of London.
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Court of Common Council
The Court of Common Council is the primary decision-making body of the City of London Corporation.
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Cripplegate
Cripplegate was a gate in the London Wall and a name for the region of the City of London outside the gate.
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Daniel Defoe
Daniel Defoe (13 September 1660 - 24 April 1731), born Daniel Foe, was an English trader, writer, journalist, pamphleteer and spy.
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Earl of Lauderdale
Earl of Lauderdale is a title in the Peerage of Scotland.
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Edward I of England
Edward I (17/18 June 1239 – 7 July 1307), also known as Edward Longshanks and the Hammer of the Scots (Malleus Scotorum), was King of England from 1272 to 1307.
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Edward III of England
Edward III (13 November 1312 – 21 June 1377) was King of England and Lord of Ireland from January 1327 until his death; he is noted for his military success and for restoring royal authority after the disastrous and unorthodox reign of his father, Edward II.
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Farringdon station
Farringdon is a London Underground and connected main line National Rail station in Clerkenwell, in the London Borough of Islington, just outside the City of London.
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Fortifications of London
The fortifications of London are extensive and mostly well maintained, though many of the City of London's fortifications and defences were dismantled in the 17th and 18th century.
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Garchey
The Garchey System was an early refuse disposal system in the United Kingdom.
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Golden Lane Estate
The Golden Lane Estate is a notable 1950s council housing complex in the City of London.
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Guildhall School of Music and Drama
The Guildhall School of Music and Drama is an independent music and dramatic arts school which was founded in 1880 in London, England.
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Hampton Court Palace
Hampton Court Palace is a royal palace in the borough of Richmond upon Thames, London, England, south west and upstream of central London on the River Thames.
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Humphrey Gilbert
Sir Humphrey Gilbert (c. 1539 – 9 September 1583) of Compton in the parish of Marldon and of Greenway in the parish of Churston Ferrers, both in Devon, England, was an adventurer, explorer, member of parliament and soldier who served during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I and was a pioneer of the English colonial empire in North America and the Plantations of Ireland.
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Isle of Dogs
The Isle of Dogs, locally referred to as the island, is a geographic area made up of Millwall, Cubitt Town, Canary Wharf and parts of Blackwall, Limehouse and Poplar.
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John Bunyan
John Bunyan (baptised November 30, 1628August 31, 1688) was an English writer and Puritan preacher best remembered as the author of the Christian allegory The Pilgrim's Progress.
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John Speed
John Speed (1551 or 1552 – 28 July 1629) was an English cartographer and historian.
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John Trundle
John Trundle (1575–1629) was a London publisher and bookseller.
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Lady-in-waiting
A lady-in-waiting or court lady is a female personal assistant at a court, royal or feudal, attending on a royal woman or a high-ranking noblewoman.
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Lancelot Andrewes
Lancelot Andrewes (155525 September 1626) was an English bishop and scholar, who held high positions in the Church of England during the reigns of Elizabeth I and James I. During the latter's reign, Andrewes served successively as Bishop of Chichester, of Ely, and of Winchester and oversaw the translation of the King James Version of the Bible (or Authorized Version).
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List of tallest buildings and structures in London
This list of the tallest buildings and structures in London ranks skyscrapers, towers and other structures in London by their height.
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Listed building
A listed building, or listed structure, is one that has been placed on one of the four statutory lists maintained by Historic England in England, Historic Environment Scotland in Scotland, Cadw in Wales, and the Northern Ireland Environment Agency in Northern Ireland.
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Liverpool Street station
Liverpool Street station, also known as London Liverpool Street, is a central London railway terminus and connected London Underground station in the north-eastern corner of the City of London, in the ward of Bishopsgate.
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Londinium
Londinium was a settlement established on the current site of the City of London around 43.
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London
London is the capital and most populous city of England and the United Kingdom.
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London Underground
The London Underground (also known simply as the Underground, or by its nickname the Tube) is a public rapid transit system serving London and some parts of the adjacent counties of Buckinghamshire, Essex and Hertfordshire in the United Kingdom.
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London Wall
The London Wall was the defensive wall first built by the Romans around Londinium, their strategically important port town on the River Thames in what is now London, England, and subsequently maintained until the 18th century.
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María de Salinas
María de Salinas, Baroness Willoughby de Eresby (ca. 1490 – 1539) was a noblewoman from Spain.
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Martin Frobisher
Sir Martin Frobisher (c. 1535 – 22 November 1594) was an English seaman and privateer who made three voyages to the New World looking for the North-west Passage.
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Michael Paraskos
Michael Paraskos, FHEA, FRSA (born 1969) is a novelist, lecturer and writer on art, and is the son of the Cypriot artist Stass Paraskos.
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Minister for Culture, Communications and Creative Industries
In the United Kingdom government, the Minister for the Arts is a ministerial post, usually a low to middle-ranking minister to the much senior Secretary of State, who runs the entire department and is ultimately responsible for the department's brief.
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Mixed-use development
Mixed-use development is a type of urban development that blends residential, commercial, cultural, institutional, or entertainment uses, where those functions are physically and functionally integrated, and that provides pedestrian connections.
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Moorgate station
Moorgate is a central London railway terminus and connected London Underground station on Moorgate in the City of London.
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Museum of London
The Museum of London documents the history of the English capital city from prehistoric to modern times.
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National Rail
National Rail (NR) in the United Kingdom is the trading name licensed for use by the Rail Delivery Group, an unincorporated association whose membership consists of the passenger train operating companies (TOCs) of England, Scotland, and Wales.
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Nicholas Breton
Nicholas Breton (also Britton or Brittaine) (1545–1626), English poet and novelist, belonged to an old family settled at Layer Breton, Essex.
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Oliver Cromwell
Oliver Cromwell (25 April 15993 September 1658) was an English military and political leader.
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Pan Peninsula
Pan Peninsula, also known as 1 Millharbour, is a residential development on the Isle of Dogs, London located near South Quay DLR station.
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Robert d'Ufford, 1st Earl of Suffolk
Robert de Ufford, 1st Earl of Suffolk, KG (9 August 1298 – 4 November 1369) was an English peer.
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St Giles-without-Cripplegate
St Giles-without-Cripplegate is a Church of England church in the City of London, located on Fore Street within the modern Barbican complex.
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St. Paul's tube station
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Tessa Blackstone, Baroness Blackstone
Tessa Ann Vosper Blackstone, Baroness Blackstone, PC (born 1942) is an English politician and university administrator.
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Thomas More
Sir Thomas More (7 February 14786 July 1535), venerated in the Catholic Church as Saint Thomas More, was an English lawyer, social philosopher, author, statesman, and noted Renaissance humanist.
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William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare (26 April 1564 (baptised)—23 April 1616) was an English poet, playwright and actor, widely regarded as both the greatest writer in the English language, and the world's pre-eminent dramatist.
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World War II
World War II (often abbreviated to WWII or WW2), also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945, although conflicts reflecting the ideological clash between what would become the Allied and Axis blocs began earlier.
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YMCA
The Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA), often simply called the Y, is a worldwide organization based in Geneva, Switzerland, with more than 58 million beneficiaries from 125 national associations.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbican_Estate
