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London Fire Engine Establishment, list of fire stationsFormed in 1833, the LFEE took over firefighting in London from the various Insurance Company fire brigades. It had 19 fire stations and its headquarters was located at Watling Street, City of London
Fleet Street, London, c. 1894Photograph showing the view east along Fleet Street, towards Ludgate and St. Pauls Cathedral, c.1894. A large number of horse-drawn carriages can be seen rushing along the street as a steam train
LCC-LFB Massey Shaw fireboat at BlackfriarsThe Massey Shaw was built in 1935 by the J Samuel White company at Cowes, Isle of Wight. She was built to a London County Council design, and cost around £ 18, 000 to build
London Tram 1952The last week in service for the poor old Route 36 tram, from Abbey Wood to Embankment via the Old Kent Road and Blackfriars. Londons very last tram ran on 7 July 1952
Manchester / River IrwellIndustrial Manchester, showing the Irwell River from Blackfriars Bridge
Blackfriars Bridge C1890looking north, with Blackfriars Station in the centre of the photo, St Pauls Cathedral on the skyline
LCC-LFB horse drawn 75ft turntable ladder (TL)Shand Mason (Blackfriars) supplied the London Fire Brigade with this hand operated 75 foot turntable ladder on a four wheel horse drawn carriage
Massey Shaw fireboat demonstrates pumpingMoored at its Blackfriars river station on the Victoria Embankment, the newly commissioned Massey Shaw fireboat demonstrates its massive pumping capacity by discharging a vast amount of water
London Fire Brigade fireboat Massey Shaw underwayThe Massey Shaw fireboat nearing her berth at Blackfriars on the Victoria Embankment, London
Thames / BlackfriarsGeneral view of activity on the Thames at Blackfriars Bridge
Unilever building, Blackfriars, LondonThe Unilever building at Blackfriars, London. Date: 20th century
City of London SchoolThe City of London School, Milk Street, on the Victoria Embankment at Blackfriars. Date: built 1835 - 1883
Guildhall School of Music, 1886The exterior of the Guildhall School of Music, Thames Embankment, Blackfriars, 1886. Date: 1886
Chartist ProcessionThe Chartist demonstration : the procession at Blackfriars Bridge, London
Group of workers on Blackfriars Bridge site, c.1863-4. PHO/1/3/14 Date: circa 1864
Roman mosaic pavement found at Blackfriars, Leicester. 2nd century
Advert, Vincent Woods ladies wearAdvert for Vincent Woods ladies wear, including a Cycling Corset, Corset Belt and Obstetric Binder. 1897
The Dog and Porringer Inn, Blackfriars Road, London, early 1900s Date: early 1900s
Black Friars Monastery, St Andrews, Scotland Date: circa 1905
Salvation Army Shelter, Blackfriars Road, LondonMen scrubbing floors at the Salvation Army Shelter, Blackfriars Road, London Date: 1897
Blackfriars Bridge, London Date: circa 1900
Horse drawn traffic on Blackfriars Bridge, LondonVintage 19th century photograph: horse drawn traffic on Blackfriars Bridge, London/
The Thames from Blackfriars Bridge, LondonThe River Thames at sunset from Blackfriars Bridge, London. Date: circa 1930s
Photograph of Swan PH, Blackfriars, London. The main side of the print (shown here) depicts: Corner on view of the pub. The back of the print (available on request) details: Nothing for the Swan
Sketch of Samuel Pepys PH, Blackfriars, London. The main side of the print (shown here) depicts: Sketch of the pub. The back of the print (available on request) details: Nothing for the Samuel Pepys
Photograph of Rising Sun PH, Blackfriars, London. The main side of the print (shown here) depicts: Face on view of the pub. The back of the print (available on request) details: Trading Record 1934
Photograph of Old Kings Head PH, Blackfriars, London. The main side of the print (shown here) depicts: Left Face on view of the pub
Photograph of Lord Nelson PH, Blackfriars (Old), London. The main side of the print (shown here) depicts: Left Face on view of the pub
Photograph of Lord Nelson PH, Blackfriars (New), London. The main side of the print (shown here) depicts: Corner on view of the pub
Photograph of Garibaldi PH, Blackfriars, London. The main side of the print (shown here) depicts: Right face on view of the pub
Photograph of Brunswick Arms, Blackfriars, London. The main side of the print (shown here) depicts: Right face on view of the pub
The Cut, WaterlooThe Cut (formerly New Cut) is a street in London which runs between Waterloo Road in Lambeth and Blackfriars Road in Southwark
The Royal Surrey TheatreThe Surrey Theatre, London began life in 1782 as the Royal Circus and Equestrian Philharmonic Academy, one of the many circuses that provided entertainment of both horsemanship and drama (hippodrama)
Chair-mender, News Boy, Flying Pieman and Blackfriar sChair-mender, News Boy, Flying Pieman and Blackfriars Bridge. Chair-mender repairing a chair seat with rushes in Punyer Alley 46
St Dunstans Church, Postman, Letter Carrier and Knife-Grinder. Clock with figures striking bells at St Dunstans Church in Fleet Street 42
Frost fair on the River Thames, 1814The last frost fair on the River Thames, London, in February 1814, looking upstream towards Blackfriars Bridge and St Pauls Cathedral
Evacuee children walking through countryside gate, Sept 1939A woman helps children through a kissing gate in Somerset evacuated from south Blackfriars in London. A boy named Charlie in the foreground is the first through and holds a bouquet of flowers
Scene in a Flint Glass Factory, glass engraver at workScene in a Flint Glass Factory, Holland Street, Blackfriars, London, glass engraver at work. 1841
Blackfriars Bridge and St Pauls Cathedral, London. circa 1900
View of Victoria Embankment, LondonView of Victoria Embankment, between Blackfriars and Westminster Bridges, London, with pedestrians, trams, and Cleopatras Needle on the right. Date: 1922
Blackfriars Bridge and River Thames, London. 1902
Great Railway Strike, queue of people waiting for tramsGreat Railway Strike - a queue of people waiting for trams, Blackfriars Bridge, London. 1919
The Prince of Wales at a boxing matchThe Prince of Wales (later King Edward VIII, Duke of Windsor) at the Ring on Blackfriars Road to see a fight between Jack Hood and Len Johnson
London, Southwark & Blackfriars bridges 1854Taken from the Surrey side of the River Thames, London, in 1854. Southwark and Blackfriars bridges, before Cannon Street Railway Bridge, opened in 1866 and Millennium Bridge in 2002. Date: 1854
London Fire Brigade fireboat Massey Shaw underwayThe Massey Shaw fireboat nearing her berth at Blackfriars on the Victoria Embankment, London. Date: 1938
Laying the first stone of Blackfriars Bridge, LondonLaying the first stone of Blackfriars Bridge by the Lord Mayor of London. 1769
A tug and lighters, from Blackfriars, with the OXO tower on the opposite bank, River Thames, London, England. Date: February 1939
Mayor of London laying Foundation-Stone of Blackfriars Bridge, London. Date: 1760
Advert for Priests furniture shops, London 1851Largest establishment household and office furniture of British, located in four stores in London, Priests furniture shops. Date: 1851
Scene in a Flint Glass Factory, glass cutter at work 1841Scene in a Flint Glass Factory, Holland Street, Blackfriars, London, glass cutter at work. Date: 1841
BLACKFRIARS BRIDGEfrom the Surrey (south) side of the river : St Pauls in the distance, hay barges and other shipping in the foreground Date: circa 1870
Frost on the ThamesThe winter of 1814 is renowned as being one of the coldest in history. In London, the Thames froze over and near Blackfriars Bridge the ice was thick enough to carry the weight of an elephant
Blackfriars Old BridgeThe Old Blackfriars Bridge designed by Scottish architect and engineer Robert Mylne was built in the 1760s and demolished in the 1860s. Date: 19th century
HMS Buzzard (a Nymphe-class composite screw sloop) - Royal Navy Training Ship at Blackfriars on the Thames in 1906. In 1904 she was converted to a drill ship for the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve at
Statue of Queen Victoria - Queen Victoria Street, London - at the Northern end of Blackfriars Bridge. Date: circa 1905
Model of the city of Stockholm in the late Middle Ages. By Trygve Jerneman, 1962. Scale 1:500. Medieval Museum. Stockholm. Sweden
Catherine of Aragon at Legatine Court, BlackfriarsCatherine of Aragon, first wife of King Henry VIII, probably on 21 June 1529 at the Legatine Court, Blackfriars, London. circa 1529
A View of Blackfriars, attributed to Francis SmithA View of Blackfriars and Saint Pauls from Somerset Gardens, attributed to Francis Smith
Salvation Army Shelter, Blackfriars Road, LondonA crowd of vagrants awaiting admission to the Salvation Army shelter for men (known as The Embankment) at 115B Blackfriars Road, London
London Tram 1952The last week in service for the poor old Route 36 tram, from Abbey Wood to Embankment via the Old Kent Road and Blackfriars. Londons very last tram ran on 7 July 1952. Date: July 1952
Baynards Castleaka Castle Baynard : a great house on the Thames at Blackfriars dating from the 11th century, though periodically rebuilt until its destruction in the Great Fire. Date: circa 17th century
Royal Motor Barge on the River Thames, 1937Photograph showing the Royal motor barge leading four motor torpedo boats down the River Thames, near Blackfriars, London, 1937
LCC-LFB Massey Shaw fireboat, Blackfriars, LondonTied up at her Blackfriars moorings, the Massey Shaw fireboat gives a demonstration of her fire power from her Merryweather pumps
Magdalen Hospital, SouthwarkThe Magdalen Hospital premises on Great Surrey Street (now Blackfriars Road, Southwark, opened in 1772. Date: early 1800s
Tour of the Colonies - Blackfriars - Queen Victoria - Statue of Queen under decorated arch with crown on top. Part of Box 246 Boswell collection - Tour of the Colonies
Blackfriars StationThe terminus of the London, Chatham and Dover Railway is at first known as Ludgate Hill Station. Date: 1863
Scientific ConversazioneThe Society of Apothecaries holds a Scientific conversazione at their council chamber, Apothecaries Hall, in Blackfriars, London. The evening focused on the use of the microscope. Date: 11 April 1855
Blackfriars Bridge 1795viewed from Somerset Place Date: 1795
Strike / Overturned VanAn overturned vehicle in Blackfriars Road, the work of a crowd of strike sympathisers Date: 1926
The aftermath of the great storm in LondonA page with several engravings showing the destruction caused by a great storm in 1846, as well as an image of the storm in full-swing over Blackheath. Date: 1846
The Christchurch Institution, Gray Street, LondonThe Christchurch Institution, Gray Street, Blackfriars Road, County of London, England. Date: 1920s
Engraving of Davies fire escape, Blackfriars Road, LondonEngraving of Davies portable fire escape belonging to the Royal Society for Protection of Life from Fire, at the Obelisk in Blackfriars Road, London. Date: 1849
Aftermath of high explosive bomb, Blackfriars Road, WW2Aftermath of a high explosive bomb at Blackfriars Road, London, on 24 October 1940. In the background is the train bridge between London Bridge and Waterloo stations
Blitz in London -- Blackfriars Goods Depot, WW2Blitz in London -- fire at the Blackfriars Goods Depot on 16 October 1940. Date: 1940
Blitz in the City of London - Queen Victoria Street, WW2Aerial view of London firemen at work with hoses in Queen Victoria Street (looking towards Blackfriars) following a bombing raid and incendiary attack, 11 May 1941. Date: 1941
Blitz in London -- firefighters at work, Blackfriars, WW2Blitz in London -- firefighters at work with hosepipes at the Blackfriars Goods Depot on 16 October 1940. Date: 1940
A tram outside Blackfriars tram terminal in London. It is headed for Abbey Wood via Old Kent Road
Surrey ChapelBlackfriars Road; also known as the Rotunda; the chapel of Rowland Hill. Date: early 19th century
Blackfriars BridgeThe temporary bridge at Blackfriars during the rebuilding of the main bridge. Date: 1775
New Bridge StreetBlackfriars Bridge is behind us and we are looking northward towards Holborn Viaduct. Date: 1895
Linacre HomeThe home of Thomas Linacre, physician to Henry VIII, in Knightrider Street, Blackfriars, London. Date: 16TH CENTURY
Blackfriars bridge / IMechE
London, Blackfriars Bridge. Date: 1906
Patent poster for Shand, Mason & CoA patent poster for Shand, Mason & Co, fire engine makers and hydraulic engineers, advertising three types of firefighting equipment
