Blackfriars Collection

Fleet Street, London, c. 1894
Photograph 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

London Fire Engine Establishment, list of fire stations
Formed 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

LCC-LFB Massey Shaw fireboat at Blackfriars
The 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

Manchester / River Irwell
Industrial Manchester, showing the Irwell River from Blackfriars Bridge

London Tram 1952
The 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

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

London Fire Brigade fireboat Massey Shaw underway
The Massey Shaw fireboat nearing her berth at Blackfriars on the Victoria Embankment, London

Blackfriars Bridge C1890
looking north, with Blackfriars Station in the centre of the photo, St Pauls Cathedral on the skyline

Unilever building, Blackfriars, London
The Unilever building at Blackfriars, London. Date: 20th century

City of London School
The City of London School, Milk Street, on the Victoria Embankment at Blackfriars. Date: built 1835 - 1883

Guildhall School of Music, 1886
The exterior of the Guildhall School of Music, Thames Embankment, Blackfriars, 1886. Date: 1886

Chartist Procession
The 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

Massey Shaw fireboat demonstrates pumping
Moored 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

Thames / Blackfriars
General view of activity on the Thames at Blackfriars Bridge

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, London
Men scrubbing floors at the Salvation Army Shelter, Blackfriars Road, London Date: 1897

Blackfriars Bridge, London Date: circa 1900

Horse drawn traffic on Blackfriars Bridge, London
Vintage 19th century photograph: horse drawn traffic on Blackfriars Bridge, London/

The Thames from Blackfriars Bridge, London
The 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, Waterloo
The Cut (formerly New Cut) is a street in London which runs between Waterloo Road in Lambeth and Blackfriars Road in Southwark

The Royal Surrey Theatre
The 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 s
Chair-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

Roman mosaic pavement found at Blackfriars, Leicester. 2nd century

Frost fair on the River Thames, 1814
The 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 1939
A 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 work
Scene in a Flint Glass Factory, Holland Street, Blackfriars, London, glass engraver at work. 1841

Advert, Vincent Woods ladies wear
Advert for Vincent Woods ladies wear, including a Cycling Corset, Corset Belt and Obstetric Binder. 1897

Blackfriars Bridge and St Pauls Cathedral, London. circa 1900

View of Victoria Embankment, London
View 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 trams
Great Railway Strike - a queue of people waiting for trams, Blackfriars Bridge, London. 1919

The Prince of Wales at a boxing match
The 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 1854
Taken 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 underway
The Massey Shaw fireboat nearing her berth at Blackfriars on the Victoria Embankment, London. Date: 1938

Laying the first stone of Blackfriars Bridge, London
Laying 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

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