Finsbury Collection

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

London arms and seals
The Arms and Common Seals of the Metropolitan Boroughs of London and of the City of London, with a block map showing their boundaries

Photograph of Old Ivy House PH, Finsbury, London. The main side of the print (shown here) depicts: Corner on view of the pub

London Birdseye 18
Bird s-eye view of London at the end of the 19th century : the City Road, Finsbury Circus to the Angel, Islington

Map of London Underground railway, Hampstead Tube
Map of London Underground railway extension, highlighting the recently opened Hampstead Tube (Charing Cross, Euston & Hampstead Railway), branching out to Golders Green and Highgate. Date: 1907

Stroud Green Road, Finsbury Park, North London. Date: circa 1905

Great Northern and City (Electric) Railway - Finsbury Park
Great Northern and City (Electric) Railway (London Underground) - Finsbury Park - Platform Number 1. This line opened on 14th February 1904

Panoramic picture of UB40 fans from stage - Finsbury Park co
Panoramic picture of UB fans taken from the stage at Finsbury Park concert

Finsbury Rifles recruiting HQ, North London, WW1
Finsbury Rifles recruiting headquarters and drill hall, 17 Penton Street, Islington, North London, around the start of the First World War. Date: circa 1914

Blitz in London -- sub-fire station, Finsbury, WW2
Blitz in London -- firefighters clearing debris at what was their sub-fire station in Hugh Myddleton Primary School, Finsbury, EC1. The building took a direct hit from a high explosive bomb

Trams, Finsbury Park
TRAMS AT FINSBURY PARK, LONDON The boy stood on the tramway line, The driver rang his bell. The tram went on to Finsbury Park : the boy went down to H*ll

Photograph of Park Tavern, Finsbury Park, London. The main side of the print (shown here) depicts: Corner on view of the pub

Finsbury Rifles Dart Club, North London
Group photo, Finsbury Rifles Dart Club outside their headquarters and drill hall, 17 Penton Street, Islington, North London. Date: 1930

Finsbury Park
The opening of Finsbury Park

Finsbury Park Boaters
The first large pleasure boat launch on the lake at Finsbury Park, north London, England

Map of London Underground railway, for Harrods
Map of the London Underground railway, How to Reach Harrods by Tube. Date: circa 1909

Finsbury Park Road, London. A cold winters morning. View toward the gates of Brownswood Park at the end of the road. Date: 1905

Walks of London - City Road From Finsbury Circus ?
Walks of London - City Road From Finsbury Circus To Angel Islington

Chris Smith, Labour politician and government minister
Chris Smith (Christopher Robert Smith, Baron Smith of Finsbury, b 1951), British Labour politician and government minister. Date: circa 1970s

Photograph of Windmill PH, Finsbury, 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: Trading Record 1922

Photograph of White Hart PH, Finsbury, London. The main side of the print (shown here) depicts: Left Face on view of the pub

Photograph of Pooles Park Tavern, Finsbury Park, London. The main side of the print (shown here) depicts: Corner on view of the pub

Photograph of Fonthill Tavern, Finsbury Park, London. The main side of the print (shown here) depicts: Corner on view of the pub

Photograph of Bulls Head PH, Finsbury, London. The main side of the print (shown here) depicts: Left Face on view of the pub

Victorian scrap, Birn Brothers horse-drawn tram
Victorian scrap, Birn Brothers, Finsbury Street, London, horse-drawn tram with passengers. 19th century

Extension of London Underground railway, 1906
Extension of the London Underground railway in 1906, showing the Booking Office at Piccadilly Station, the line running from Hammersmith in the west to Finsbury Park in the north

Map of London Underground railway, 1906
Map of the London Underground railway in 1906, showing its expansion in all directions. Date: 1906

Advert, Hindes Popular Shilling Toys, October 1888. 1888

Walter Hancocks steam-powered road vehicle 1833
Walter Hancocks Autopsy, high pressure steam vehicle with passengers in London. Date: 1833

Picturesque illustration of an Italian Community living off Leather Lane in London. The County Council had decided at the time that they would gradually do away with a colony of Italian people living

Royal London House, Finsbury Square, London
circa 1910s

March of the archers
Great marches of archers took place as thousands went out into the fields of Finsbury, Moorfields, Spitalfields and Bethnal Green

Albion Printing Press
An Albion press by Hopkinson and Cope of Finsbury, London. A very well-made and popular press, still in use amongst artists and printers today. Date: 1851

Photograph of Windmill PH, Finsbury, 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

Photograph of Park Tavern, Finsbury Park, London. The main side of the print (shown here) depicts: Floor Plan of the pub. The back of the print (available on request) details

Photograph of Bedford Arms, Finsbury Park, London. The main side of the print (shown here) depicts: Corner on view of the pub

Deacons Music Hall, Finsbury, London
Postcard with " A view of Deacons Music Hall which was demolished in 1891 for the making of Rosebery Avenue" in Finsbury

Finsbury Park Empire
Colour postcard of the facade of Finsbury Park Empire, circa 1914. The theatre was built in 1910 for Oswald Stoll to a design by Frank Matcham from one of Matchams few essays in the Arts

Growing vegetables for victory, WW1
A page from The Graphic demonstrating the wide variety of ways the British population was growing vegetables during the First World War

Finsbury Square
The Temple of the Muses, the publishing house which, inter alia, publishes Shepherds Metropolitan Improvements from which this print is taken. Date: 1828

Sir William Wood
SIR WILLIAM WOOD dressed as marshal of the Finsbury Archers, author. Date: 1609 - 1691

London Institution
in Finsbury Circus. Date: 1827

Dolgellau - Plas Newydd, Gwynedd, Wales
Plas Newydd Drapery Store at Finsbury Square, Dolgellau, Gwynedd, Wales Date: circa 1907

Blind Hannah Brentford, 1827
Hannah Brentford, blind musician of Bunhill-row, shown here aged 24 giving a street performance of hymns, accompanied by her violin

Finsbury Fields as they appeared in the time of queen Elizabeth I

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