City of London Gallery

Fish wharf at Billingsgate Market CC72_01834

BILLINGSGATE MARKET, Lower Thames Street, City of London. Looking from London Bridge down the Thames with the Tower of London in the distance, and the old Billingsgate Market in the foreground to the left. For centuries this was the main wharf for fishing vessels to unload and moor, with the Custom House next door. Photographed by Henry Taunt in 1880

© Historic England

City Of London War Memorial BL25608_005

City Of London War Memorial, Cornhill, London. The City of London First World War memorial outside the portico of the Royal Exchange, showing the east face of the memorial bearing an inscription listing the regiments from the area.
This memorial to servicemen from the City of London lost in WWI was unveiled by HRH the Duke of York on the 12th of November 1920 was paid for by funds raised during the mayoralty of Colonel The Right Honourable Sir Horace Brooks Marshall, KCVO LLD, the Mayor of London during the peace celebrations, who also commissioned Bedford Lemere and Company to take this photograph

© Historic England Archive

Finsbury 21765_01

Finsbury, City of London. This picture was taken over Finsbury looking south-east to the square mile of the City. The large rectangular building with the green roof in the centre of the picture is Smithfield's Market. Further toward the river is the familiar dome of St Paul's Cathedral. The commercial heart of the capital employs somewhere in the region of half a million people, of whom only about 8, 000 actually live in the city. Photographed in August 2002

© Historic England Archive