One History, EC1 in the making, is a project to highlight, celebrate and record the rich history of the EC1 area of London carried out by King’s College London researchers and funded by EC1 New Deal for Communities.
EC1, also known as Finsbury, is an area in the south of the London Borough of Islington.
The aim of One History is to produce a lasting people's history of the area.
The results of the One History project are:
• articles about the history of the area
• recordings of interviews with EC1 residents (people’s histories)
• walking trails (the St John Street trail and the Black Cat Trail)
• a full report of the researchers’ findings
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walks in EC1
St John Street snakes northwards from Smithfield to the Angel. Along its route a fascinating story of change unfolds that spans more than a thousand years of London’s history.
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The Black Cat trail crosses EC1 from Old Street in the east to the Angel in the west. It reveals some of the major changes in the area, passing by characterful churches, former cigarette factories, 19th century housing estates and Finsbury Council’s pioneering efforts to improve social housing in the 20th century.
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