Daily Archives: August 12, 2019

Claremont Square leads off Pentonville Road at its highest point, a short distance west from the Angel, Islington. London’s Georgian squares typically comprise four rows of houses forming a rectangle enclosing a park or garden in the centre. Claremont Square … Continue reading →

If you, like me, are sometimes intrigued by place names in Britain, their often eccentric spelling and counterintuitive pronunciations, you may have tried to research their origins and history, whether in books or online. Sites such as Wikipedia and those … Continue reading →