London - Islington High Street White Lion St. 1843 - Pamlin / Library postcard

Postcard
• Picture / Image:  Islington High Street c.1843 from White Lion Street to Liverpool Road
• Publisher:  Pamlin Prints of Croydon / Islington Libraries Postcard Reprint no. 12 c.1980s
• Postally used:  no
• Stamp:  n/a
• Postmark(s): n/a
• Sent to:  n/a
• Notes / condition:  older image on collectable series of more modern cards

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Text from the free encyclopedia WIKIPEDIA may appear below to give a little background information (internal links may not  work) :

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Islington High Street is the former High Street of the village of Islington. The earliest reference to Islington High Street is its appearance on a 1590 map of the area. At this time, nine inns (including the famous Angel, which has subsequently given its name to the area), as well as housing and a public pond were shown lining the street.^[11] Then as now, Islington was and is unusual in that the village church, St Mary's, does not stand on the high street but is some way off on Upper Street.

In 1716 Islington High Street came under the control of the newly formed Islington Turnpike Trust. The Trust grew rapidly, and soon had control of most major roads in the area, building a number of major road arteries through the expanding residential areas, including Caledonian Road, Euston Road, City Road and New North Road.^[12]

The Peacock Inn^[13] at 11 Islington High Street dates from 1564, although the current façade dates from 1857. It featured in Tom Brown's Schooldays as the inn at which Tom stays prior to travelling to Rugby School. It closed in 1962, although the building still stands.^[14]

Angel tube station on Islington High Street has the longest escalator on the London Underground system, at 318 steps.^[15] In 2006 a Norwegian man made headlines after skiing down the escalator at the station.^[16]

Islington /'?zl??t?n/ is a district in Greater London, England, and part of the London Borough of Islington. It is a mainly residential district of Inner London, extending from Islington High Street to Highbury Fields, encompassing the area around the busy Upper Street, Essex Road and Southgate Road to the east.

type=printed

london borough=islington

period=post-war (1945-present)

publisher=pamlin prints

postage condition=unposted

number of items=single

size=continental/ modern (150x100 mm)