The Incredible History of 8 London Streets

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  • Опубліковано 27 сер 2024
  • ‘The Secrets Of London’s Oldest Streets’
    In this video History Hit presenter Alice Loxton takes us on a tour of some of London’s oldest and most fascinating history.
    From the grisly association between Whitechapel and Jack The Ripper, to the surprising origins of Piccadilly Circus, Alice tells some of London’s most interesting stories stretching back to its foundation by the Romans.
    Tower Hill, Cornhill, Great Marlborough Street, Trafalgar Square, Tooley Street and Whitehall all feature in this tour.
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 293

  • @shaunsteele8244
    @shaunsteele8244 2 роки тому +33

    I've been visiting London almost every year since 2002... there's always something new to see every time

  • @steverennie5787
    @steverennie5787 2 роки тому +119

    How about a video showcasing the OLDEST streets from London's, including any that might still be around from Roman times. That would also be very interesting to me.

    • @Stonewalljr1241
      @Stonewalljr1241 2 роки тому +1

      They've done a couple I'm pretty sure

    • @Joanna-il2ur
      @Joanna-il2ur 2 роки тому +13

      Because London was hardly occupied between AD400 and AD900, there are very few. London Wall runs along the Roman wall, and I believe Queen Victoria Street is Roman. There was a cathedral on Tower Hill, from Roman times, but it fell down in the early medieval period. St. Paul’s cathedral is built on top of a temple to Mercury.

    • @TooLittleInfo
      @TooLittleInfo Рік тому +8

      There is another channel on here that has a series called Walking Britain's Roman Roads, have you seen that one? It was so interesting

    • @RogerOThornhill
      @RogerOThornhill Рік тому

      Yeah, this video is just all over the place. Really sloppy.

    • @sirloin8745
      @sirloin8745 8 місяців тому

      ua-cam.com/video/xLqLOVHubt0/v-deo.htmlsi=PicHnIoC27M7Or1M

  • @AndreasViklundOfficial
    @AndreasViklundOfficial 2 роки тому +65

    History told with true enthusiasm is always a joy to watch! Thanks for letting this random nobody in northern Sweden learn a bit more about the history of London...

  • @sureshot8399
    @sureshot8399 Рік тому +7

    4:07 If anyone ever doubts the amazing courage of Shackleton and his crew, they only need to look at the ship he explored the poles in.

  • @jpete190
    @jpete190 2 роки тому +18

    I absolutely love learning about the history of London.

  • @beachcomberbloke462
    @beachcomberbloke462 Рік тому +2

    Wow!!I learned more about Historic London in under 10 minutes than i ever did with my history teacher .Alice Loxton,s enthusiasm and vibrancy really bring history alive.❤

  • @srice8959
    @srice8959 2 роки тому +17

    I really do hope that she does more of these types of videos. It’s so interesting to learn about some of the history and quirky things of history also

    • @bobhaze5324
      @bobhaze5324 Рік тому

      Check out her Instagram channel, instagram.com/history_alice/

  • @melvincain5012
    @melvincain5012 2 роки тому +7

    Woah! Woah! Woah! Slow down. Editing much too fast, I couldn't take it all in. Brain overload. But as ever very interesting. Alice again so engaging.

  • @Andrew.W75
    @Andrew.W75 2 роки тому +6

    Great video, good to see Alice's enthusiasm which is almost bubbling over at times! And she looks lovely in that summer dress as well!!

  • @edwarddavidson868
    @edwarddavidson868 2 роки тому +28

    More Alice was just what I needed today. A+

  • @scottoreilly4785
    @scottoreilly4785 2 роки тому +10

    I absolutely love English history. I'm so glad you do these programmes in a fun and interesting way that engages a younger audience. London is such an interesting place, so bravo for your efforts to tell the world what a great country we live in.

  • @stephenlane9168
    @stephenlane9168 2 роки тому +5

    This was great. I enjoyed this. Nice work Alice 👌👏

  • @williamrobinson7435
    @williamrobinson7435 2 роки тому +45

    Alice is a STAR! These bite size history films are great. This whistle stop tour is well worth a revisit and gives plenty of scope for those of us who wish to go deeper into the excellently chosen topics. Nice one Alice! 🌟👍

    • @williamrobinson7435
      @williamrobinson7435 2 роки тому +1

      Well said, Fool. Whilst we are on the subject of Alice, we have a thing we would like her to look at, which concerns Joseph, Chevalier de St George, noted Classical composer and champion swordsman of France. This guy was a celebrity, touring with an orchestra; for a time, he taught Marie Antoinette music.. There have possibly been some attempts to disguise his birth & death dates, in order to disguise the extent of Chevalier's relationship with Mozart, because Joseph de St George, Chevalier de toutes France ahem was a black guy.. 🤔🇫🇷👍

    • @CBTheMechanic
      @CBTheMechanic 2 роки тому +2

      Does anyone know if she's single?

    • @isabellesullivan-appleton7521
      @isabellesullivan-appleton7521 Рік тому +2

      @@CBTheMechanic you definitely are

  • @thylacinenv
    @thylacinenv 2 роки тому +60

    I new this would be good, it's the way Alice at the beginning luxuriated in her pronunciation of "grisly", more Alice please!

    • @cleverusername9369
      @cleverusername9369 2 роки тому +3

      Haha she made a meal out of those two syllables

    • @peecee1384
      @peecee1384 2 роки тому +3

      That’s a “new” way to spell “knew” 🤣

    • @thylacinenv
      @thylacinenv 2 роки тому +3

      @@peecee1384 new......oops!

    • @163london
      @163london 2 роки тому

      Why, how do you pronounce it? As a Londoner I find it entirely unremarkable.

    • @thylacinenv
      @thylacinenv 2 роки тому

      @@163london perhaps emphasis rather than pronunciation then.

  • @distantbabble
    @distantbabble Рік тому +1

    Alice Loxton needs to be tagged in these so I can find more of her videos, she's hilarious and charming!

  • @musicloverlondon6070
    @musicloverlondon6070 2 роки тому +5

    1:33 "Cute couple alert". 😄
    Didn't know the Sally-Anns started at the Blind Beggar pub. Very interesting video!

  • @dianalynnelizabeth780
    @dianalynnelizabeth780 Рік тому +23

    I love Alice Loxton’s presentation style! Give us more docs with her in them! ♥️

  • @delosny
    @delosny 2 роки тому +6

    Every time I watch this channel I get anxiety thinking about all the strangers that would be listening to me talk on crowded streets. Glad you are brave enough lol

  • @danielanimal
    @danielanimal 2 роки тому +24

    Hooray for Alice Loxton! Star of History Hit and headed for the BBC.

    • @mat4263
      @mat4263 2 роки тому +4

      Why the BBC? She announced she is leaving History Hit? :(

    • @megancrager4397
      @megancrager4397 2 роки тому +7

      Hope not

    • @CBTheMechanic
      @CBTheMechanic 2 роки тому

      BBC? Really? 😵I can't keep up with those. 😑

  • @BuzzSargent
    @BuzzSargent 4 місяці тому

    Alice is a wonderful person to talk about history. Charming, exact and good voice. Happy Trails from Florida

  • @IsabellaMason-fy6ow
    @IsabellaMason-fy6ow 3 місяці тому

    Your attention to detail and storytelling skills are top-notch! Loved this video!

  • @MB-gs7pk
    @MB-gs7pk 2 роки тому +1

    youtube actually recommended something good for a change. subbed.

  • @robbiecrossing9447
    @robbiecrossing9447 6 місяців тому

    Love watching Alice. So eloquent and easy to listen to

  • @retrorevival1
    @retrorevival1 10 місяців тому +2

    mentioning Joseph Merrick and not showing the building he lived in or the Royal London Hospital where he spent much time and where his skeleton remains are displayed (random weird shot of the new hospital though?), mentioning the Battle of Cable Street and not showing Cable Street or the fantastic commemorative mural painted there. It's a shame that Alice's enthusiasm can't be paired with good quality b-roll and cutaways.

  • @marcelwiszowaty1751
    @marcelwiszowaty1751 2 роки тому +6

    I know London pretty well, having studied and lived there (many!) years ago and also as a frequent visitor thessdays. However of course there is *so much* to learn and this vid was a delight... interesting and engaging. I particularly liked the fact that Marlboro cigarettes are thus named... who would have guessed? Subscribed!

  • @denniskavanagh3075
    @denniskavanagh3075 2 роки тому +1

    Thank you Alice for this interesting and informative video, very well presented.

  • @nickanderson966
    @nickanderson966 11 місяців тому +1

    Good video. I hated london the first time I visited but am starting to think I didn’t research enough. This helped.

    • @GrahamPlays
      @GrahamPlays 9 місяців тому

      Yeah if you love history its bizarre to hate London.

  • @suddieparry3940
    @suddieparry3940 2 роки тому +2

    This is right up my street

  • @katesleuth1156
    @katesleuth1156 3 місяці тому

    When in London in April, sat on a bus, not the double decker tourist one, and saw lots of London, including parts Roman wall. Inexpensive tour.

  • @pamelajohnson9260
    @pamelajohnson9260 15 днів тому

    Very interesting, thank you, makes me want to visit again.

  • @arturodalessandro7813
    @arturodalessandro7813 2 роки тому +2

    great content, one tiny thing - the video could use some colour correction during editing to make the colours more vibrant!

  • @Nerd4LifeTV
    @Nerd4LifeTV 2 роки тому +5

    Absolutely love the History Hits YT channel! A big thank you Alice for adding another great video to it!

  • @tommunyon2874
    @tommunyon2874 2 роки тому +7

    So interesting. I wish I had been able to spend more than a couple days in London. The most exploring that I got to do was the time between rehearsal and performance at Methodist Central Hall, which was only a few hours. I saw an analogy in the seemingly haphazard arrangement of the London streets and those of Santa Fe, New Mexico. Santa Fe had its origins around paths that were laid down by indigenous people long before the arrival of the Conquistadors, just as London grew up around roads and paths established centuries ago. London, of course, has grown to a scale that far outstrips that of Santa Fe, but therein lies a cautionary tale of how it may become necessary to restrict traffic into such areas as they grow over time.

  • @milesvanrothow2067
    @milesvanrothow2067 2 роки тому +6

    What do I have in common with Charles Dickens? I also was a court reporter in Marlnorough Street Court.

  • @hiramabiff2017
    @hiramabiff2017 2 роки тому +9

    Take a walk down Bow Lane just off Cheapside, and that gorgeous looking old lane/ally will not only take you back in time it will have you stumbling across a " hidden gem " of a butchers shop that has been on the same spot for over 100yrs. Unlike most English butcher shops who did not adapt to changes in trade this one offers a lovely hearty cooked breakfast with hand made sausages etc. You will have to que up for food, but well worth a look if your passing.

    • @twentyrothmans7308
      @twentyrothmans7308 2 роки тому +2

      It's near my office and I can also recommend it.
      They only brought in the hot food about four or five years ago, but as you say, it's been a success.

    • @rayfinkle8860
      @rayfinkle8860 2 роки тому

      And then you get mugged!!

    • @rayfinkle8860
      @rayfinkle8860 2 роки тому

      @Hiram Abiff ... What is they say about fools and assumptions?? 🤔 Actually I'm from London and have lived here my whole life, I know where you speak of,, it was called a joke, most people from London would've understood that.
      Now tell me, what sandbag sh,thole do you hail from?

  • @johncamp2567
    @johncamp2567 2 роки тому +1

    Very interesting and informative….excellent documentation and presentation!!

  • @danieldravot341
    @danieldravot341 2 роки тому +6

    What a superb little video. Concise, pithy and very much to the point.
    I hope you do more of these on London . . .

  • @chappyhall6682
    @chappyhall6682 2 роки тому +2

    great content, excellent work from everyone involved

  • @danq.5140
    @danq.5140 2 роки тому

    Always a joy to watch Alice present.

  • @karenclare4241
    @karenclare4241 2 роки тому +6

    Thanks Alice thoroughly enjoyed

  • @kariannecrysler640
    @kariannecrysler640 2 роки тому +2

    Our hostess is so wonderful! But I think Caesar would be getting the better end of the deal in that pairing. lol

  • @davidsavage6910
    @davidsavage6910 2 роки тому +1

    Wot no Brixton Road. London General, Charlie Chaplin, first department store in UK, first street with electric lights....etc. It is like whenever anyone does a programme on volcanoes, they always go to the same ones.

  • @Mr_GoGs_Official
    @Mr_GoGs_Official 2 роки тому +2

    more of london and the UK & empire please.

  • @paulpowell4871
    @paulpowell4871 9 місяців тому

    More history in 20 minutes than a year in High School!!!

  • @moniquem783
    @moniquem783 4 місяці тому

    More recently she says, then mentions 1848. Only 60 years after the beginning of recorded history in Australia. It boggles my mind. I suspect if I'd been a Brit, I'd be a historian. It's so fascinating.

  • @christopherdoyle9074
    @christopherdoyle9074 2 роки тому +1

    Alice’s enthusiasm is fantastic for history

  • @qed456
    @qed456 8 місяців тому

    Alice is so clever knowing all this stuff

  • @chrisbond7324
    @chrisbond7324 11 місяців тому

    ❤ to watch Alice all day long

  • @juanhunglow2220
    @juanhunglow2220 2 роки тому +1

    I’m a born and bred Londoner. I ran a pub in Tooley st in the 80s. The Antigallican, sadly, no longer there.

  • @stenbak88
    @stenbak88 2 роки тому +2

    Alice so amazing

  • @jackiereynolds2888
    @jackiereynolds2888 2 роки тому +6

    Over here in the States the only history that I have really been able to my arms around is our expansion west, - most notably of course being the Old West - and I am very passionate about that 50 to more realistically the approx. 35 years following the war.
    Of course prior to this WE ALL had to come from somewhere else !
    In England I feel that there is tremendous age and substance, oldness and real history beneath my feet and all around me wherever I go ! It's a very unique feeling and altogether different from the relatively brand new streets and buildings here in America. At sounds weird I know, but it doesn't feel like I possess any 'real' roots here in the states. I feel like I'm just visiting someone's house they just bought brand new !

    • @tomcarl8021
      @tomcarl8021 2 роки тому +1

      I'm a New Yorker and I don't feel the same as you at all. New York history is epic. All of the east coast has amazing history.

    • @Ater_Draco
      @Ater_Draco 2 роки тому +3

      The other 3 countries in the UK have a diverse, rich history, in addition to England. It amazes me sometimes when I stop to think about how many generations have lived and worked in the area that became my home town. We are fortunate, you are right 🙂

    • @dawnkindnesscountsmost5991
      @dawnkindnesscountsmost5991 Рік тому +3

      I once read a saying about one general difference in perspectives between a person from the USA and a person from the UK: the former thinks 100 years is a long time ago, and the latter thinks 100 miles is a long distance to travel. The European-based history in the USA is pretty new compared to the histories of the UK, Europe, and the Indigenous Peoples in the Americas, all of which goes back so much farther.

  • @grahamturner1290
    @grahamturner1290 2 роки тому +1

    Excellent, thanks for this! 😊👍

  • @peterwhittington1054
    @peterwhittington1054 2 роки тому +2

    More Alice please

  • @Richard-fv7rq
    @Richard-fv7rq 2 роки тому

    Enjoyed that crazy history tour!

  • @HRJ1411
    @HRJ1411 2 роки тому +1

    Another good vid! I had thought All Hallows’ by The Tower was site of earliest London Church

  • @richardthompson9836
    @richardthompson9836 2 роки тому +3

    Always love watching you here in Orlando Alice. More please.

  • @penelopestrack7520
    @penelopestrack7520 2 роки тому

    I agree with Steve Rennie, the oldest streets would be a very interesting video.

  • @sarahstrong7174
    @sarahstrong7174 Рік тому

    Thankyou for sharing. Very interesting.

  • @barbarahannon6033
    @barbarahannon6033 10 місяців тому

    Loved the map.

  • @joensuu123
    @joensuu123 2 роки тому +1

    Silly question - but why is Big Ben (incorrectly) placed in the opening map (c. 37 seconds), but not featured in the video?

  • @kami3000
    @kami3000 2 роки тому +1

    Alice has a little bit the same joy and enthusiasm like Jessica Knappet. I mean this in a good way ;)

  • @hayleystratus7713
    @hayleystratus7713 11 місяців тому

    Loves these

  • @saiyanaurag8845
    @saiyanaurag8845 2 роки тому +5

    More Alice please!

  • @Jay-ql4gp
    @Jay-ql4gp Рік тому

    That was very interesting, thank you!

  • @coding7196
    @coding7196 2 роки тому +1

    I once read that Scotland Yard was a garden where Scottish monarchs walked while visiting London and their apartments were next to Scotland Yard.

  • @joshubrook324
    @joshubrook324 2 роки тому +2

    Thank you, you are a must watch for me when I see your name in know I’m in for a treat ! thank you Alice keep them coming please

  • @greghelms4458
    @greghelms4458 2 роки тому +1

    What a great channel.

  • @CartoonHistory
    @CartoonHistory 2 роки тому +1

    anyone interested - you have to read "London: The Biography" by Peter Ackroyd. Amazing!

  • @kev3d
    @kev3d 2 роки тому +2

    I live near Denver....where there were once some cowboys and natives, also there's an amusement park.

  • @gmdhargreaves
    @gmdhargreaves 2 роки тому

    This was a good watch- slick edit,

  • @joenock3466
    @joenock3466 Рік тому

    she is much more knowledgeable than Rick Steeves that is one huge compliment and much pretier

  • @adrianmadden
    @adrianmadden 4 місяці тому

    Nice to see the Boys getting a mention.......

  • @captainhindsight8779
    @captainhindsight8779 2 роки тому +3

    Alice is awesome, great presenter!

  • @dereks1264
    @dereks1264 11 місяців тому

    The north-east corner of Trafalgar Square is also the home to one set of the official Imperial System measurements (inches, feet, yards, chains, rods, perches, etc., etc.)

  • @omicroneridani7456
    @omicroneridani7456 2 роки тому +2

    This chick looks just exquisitely British and might well make a credible medieval damsel. Very nice output and accent, regardless.

  • @qwertyuiop98320
    @qwertyuiop98320 2 роки тому +1

    Whitehall palace is still around but most people never know. The old cellars are still in use and, just as a bonus factoid, the COBRA room is in there.

    • @frankrowland
      @frankrowland 2 роки тому

      Ever been in the banqueting room,part of Whitehall Palace?

  • @boum62
    @boum62 2 роки тому

    Enjoyable presentation

  • @Obiter3
    @Obiter3 2 роки тому +1

    Watching this I feel like I just tried to see London on the back of a rocket. Better to go, I just went this month and it was fantastic. This vid doesnt even begin to cover the wonders of this city.

  • @carola.h.5689
    @carola.h.5689 2 роки тому

    This was so fascinating!!!!!!

  • @robnewman6101
    @robnewman6101 2 роки тому +1

    Greetings Your Majesty.

  • @TheSilmarillian
    @TheSilmarillian 2 роки тому +1

    Great presentation indeed and well researched

  • @dustykeleher
    @dustykeleher 2 роки тому

    This was a lot of fun.

  • @franciscojose6496
    @franciscojose6496 2 роки тому

    No words one fantastic channel congratulation

  • @robnewman6101
    @robnewman6101 5 місяців тому

    Queen Victoria blamed the London Metropolitan Policemen for not being able to catch & arrest Jack the Ripper.

  • @murrayscott9546
    @murrayscott9546 Рік тому

    What about the North Road that starts around Soho as Tottenham Court Rd. , then changes names about 3 more times before reaching Hampstead.

  • @elhombre2711
    @elhombre2711 2 роки тому

    Charles the 1st was 'headed'? Did I hear that correctly?

  • @O-sa-car
    @O-sa-car 2 роки тому

    nice and concise

  • @richardsingh5827
    @richardsingh5827 2 роки тому

    Good video

  • @jonathanlong6497
    @jonathanlong6497 2 роки тому

    Very good! But how old is that map you use? Around 1750? Earlier?

  • @Patrickmc_92
    @Patrickmc_92 2 роки тому

    We Love Alice ❤️

  • @54mgtf22
    @54mgtf22 2 роки тому

    Love your work 👍

  • @FliVids
    @FliVids 6 місяців тому

    Stay traditional! Presenter! Thanks for the video

  • @asterixdogmatix1073
    @asterixdogmatix1073 2 роки тому

    Whitechapel is my old station. Used to to live on Newark Street, Whitechapel, E1 2ES.

  • @65stang98
    @65stang98 2 роки тому

    been watching a lot of travel vids lately and tis crazy that pretty much every country has roman architecture for gov buildings that are new not built by romans. crazy how long that style has stuck around

  • @georgielancaster1356
    @georgielancaster1356 Рік тому

    Stephen Fry lived in Piccadilly, but don't know where.
    I think he liked to think that somewhere close by, he might walk out for a stroll and run into Bertie Wooster.

  • @jimarmstrong1271
    @jimarmstrong1271 2 роки тому +1

    Please look outside of London. Every city, town & village in the UK is teeming with history especially the North. We have kings, saints, battles, Vikings, castles, stone circles & stone age settlement to name a few.

  • @paulmaryon9088
    @paulmaryon9088 2 роки тому +1

    Brilliant, thank you from a born and bred true cockney, born under the sound of the bell at Bow

    • @RighteousReverendDynamite
      @RighteousReverendDynamite Рік тому

      They are closing the long-established Pie & Mash shop on Hoxton Street unfortunately and moving somewhere to West London.

  • @HairByJamesAnnabel
    @HairByJamesAnnabel 2 роки тому

    Amazing

  • @admiralbenbow5083
    @admiralbenbow5083 11 місяців тому

    3.15 My x4 Gt gfather nearly lost his shirt at Jonathans. He did learn from his mistake though and eventually became one of the early members stock exchange.

  • @mikeymike276
    @mikeymike276 7 місяців тому

    Marlborough Street Magistrates (now the Courthouse Hotel) is at numbers 19&21, not 20&21. Would be weird to split it across the road.