Postbox by Brick Court
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Postbox by Brick Court
Image: © Basher Eyre Taken: 13 Apr 2008
So called because the buildings here were the first to be built of brick rather than wattle and daub. Number 2 and 3 were bombed in 1940. Goldsmith https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oliver_Goldsmith and later Thackeray https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Makepeace_Thackeray both lived here Long, D. (2021). London’s Secret Square Mile. 2nd ed. Cheltenham: The History Press.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.513244
Longitude
-0.110968
