Charing Collection (page 6)

Charing Cross, London, c. 1880
Photograph showing Charing Cross, London, c.1880. The photographer used an exposure of sufficient length to blur some of the moving vehicles and pedestrians, but retain the stationary ones perfectly

Prince of Wales opening the new wards of Charing Cross Hospi
Established in 1831, this picture shows the opening ceremony after improvements made to the hospital in 1877. The alterations cost approximately 13, 000 and took just over a year to complete"

The Funeral Procession of Lord Palmerston, 1865
Engraving of the Funeral Procession of Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston (1784-1865), as the hearse passes Charing-Cross, London, 1865

Charing Cross Railway Bridge, March 1860
Engraving of the Charing Cross railway bridge over the Thames, with Westminster in the distance, from the Illustrated London News, 31st March 1860

Boulanger in England
General Boulanger, successful general and right- wing politician, no friend of the government, visits England where he is welcomed by supporters at Charing Cross

OPEN AIR ACADEMY 1950S
A glimpse of the Open Air Academy, held every year in the Victoria Embankment Gardens, near Charing Cross, London. It is here that young artists exhibit paintings

Nurses waiting to travel to the coast to prepare for the rec
London Hospital nurses at Charing Cross station ready to travel to the aid of casualties of the First World War

Transporting patients through busy London streets
Method of transporting patients before the introduction of ambulances. In 1905 a proposal was put forward to Parliament to establish and maintain a street ambulance service

Charing Cross Pier 1950S
A busy scene at Charing Cross Pier, Victoria Embankment, London, showing tourists enbarking on or alighting from boat trips up and down the River Thames, London

Thames / Charing X 1926
The Thames: Charing Cross by night

Royal Stables 1747
Horses and carriages are the principal form of transport for royalty & nobility, so the Royal Stables at Charing Cross play a vital role. St Martins in the Fields to the right

N umberland Hse / Canaleti
A view of Northumberland House and Charing Cross with various people going about their business

Charing Cross C1915
Looking east along the Strand, with Charing Cross station on the right; motor buses and taxi-cabs drive past Queen Eleanors Cross

Westminster / 1540
Ancient view of St. James s, Westminster Abbey, Hall and Charing Cross

Charing Cross Stn 1907
The street front of the station and hotel, with a hansom cab coming towards us across the Strand

Charing X Stn (Aerial)
A pigeons view of the Strand front of the station : most of the traffic is motorised now, the horse buses and hansom cabs are gone but horse drawn carts and wagons remain

Charing X Lantern Slide
The street front of the station and hotel, on a quiet day with no traffic in the Strand

Charing X Station
People entering Charing Cross station, one man buying London Evening Standard on the way in

Charing Cross / Owen
Charing Cross/Owen

Hotel Cecil, London
THE HOTEL CECIL overlooking the Thames near Charing Cross

London / Westminster
An ancient view of St James, Westminster Abbey & Hall &c from the village of Charing, now Charing Cross

Horse Bus Scrap
This horse bus plies from Camberwell to Camden Town, passing Charing Cross and the Zoo : the advertisement for Ridges Food is written backwards to puzzle you

Street Arabs / Adelphi 19C
A policeman discovers a group of homeless boys and girls sheltering under the Adelphi arches, near Charing Cross, London

Charles I Horse Statue
CHARLES I OF ENGLAND The statue of Charles on his horse, at Charing Cross, London showing part of the decorative pediment with the inscription: Karel Den I

Advert / Railway Station
The walls of the station are a gigantic billboard for medical items, travel, insurance, billiards, Cooks Tours, sherry, and more beside

Hungerford Market, London
Hungerford Market, near Charing Cross - Street traders and their customers outside the dairy of Thomas Olley, cowkeeper, while washing hangs from the windows above

Suffolk House London
Originally Northampton House, this ponderous pile near Charing Cross was erected early 17th century; the earl of Suffolk purchased it from the earl of Northampton

Hogarth Times Night
4. Night In a street leading to Charing Cross, with a statue of Charles I at the far end, a frightened horse has overturned a coach

Powder Plot Cellar
Interior of the Crypt or Powder Plot Cellar beneath the old Palace of Westminster looking towards Charing Cross. It was taken down in June 1833

Charing Cross 1877
Charing Cross before development, with the equestrian statue of the royal martyr, Charles I

Embankment Westminster
The Thames Embankment at Westminster Stairs - at Westminster Bridge, with Charing Cross station looming in the distance

Charing Cross Bridge
Charing Cross railway bridge

Trafalgar Sq / Charles I
Charles I statue at Charing Cross. In the background is the church of St Martin in the Fields

Thames / Charing Cross
The river at Charing Cross, with the Embankment and Cleopatras Needle to the left, the Cleopatra swimming bath in the foreground

Last train from Charing Cross, Central London
Passengers - many of them evidently theatregoers - await the last train of the day out of Charing Cross, Central London

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