Secret Islington and Clerkenwell Easter26 charting its dramatic evolution over

charting its dramatic evolution over a 150-year period

had family connections in the crime world-and big ambitions for the tall

all are remarkable for being refined but warm

to humankind

and of course the results – newspaper front pages

Secret Islington and Clerkenwell Easter26 charting its dramatic evolution overSecret Islington and Clerkenwell delves into this historic areas often unknown but colourful past. It takes the reader on a fascinating journey from the time when these villages were rural communities up to the thriving, vibrant neighbourhoods they are today. You will discover what made the area initially so attractive to farmers and dairy maids, why so many monastic communities settled here in the Middle Ages, and how a seventeenth century waterway