Thames Street, divided into Lower and Upper Thames Street, is a road in the City of London. The London Bridge underpass marks the divide between Upper and Lower Thames Street, with Lower to the east and Upper to the west.
The Royal Britannia Saloon and Britannia Tavern opened on Easter Monday 1841 at 115/117 High Street, in Hoxton, London. Located in an Elizabethan tavern accommodating about 1,000 people, the Britannia was notable for staging melodramas. By 1858, the theatre was rebuilt to hold 3,000 seats.
Fleet Street is a major street in the City of London that became known for printing and publishing in the sixteenth century. In March 1702, the first issue of London’s first daily newspaper, the Daily Courant, was published there.
The Kingdom of the Two Sicilies was formed in 1815 with the unification of the Kingdom of Sicily and the Kingdom of Naples and extended from Southern mainland Italy to the island of Sicily.
Afghanistan is a multi-ethnic country located in the heart of south-central Asia, lying along important trade routes connecting southern and eastern Asia to Europe and the Middle East.
Located on King Street in the heart of St. James’s, Almack’s Assembly Rooms was an exclusive and fashionable dance club that flourished during the Regency.
Battersea Dogs and Cats Home (sometimes known simply as Battersea Dogs Home, though cats have been taken in since 1883) is an animal rescue institution in London, founded in the north London district of Holloway 1860 under the name The Temporary Home for Lost and Starving Dogs. The Home moved to its present site in 1871.
Birmingham is a large city in the English West Midlands and is now the second largest conurbation outside of London. During the Victorian era, the population swelled from 150,000 (1831) to over 500,000 (1901).
