Dr Greg Roberts
@d-profundis.bsky.social
Historian of Regency era (1788-1837)
Researching William Long-Wellesley, celebrity, and the fall of Wanstead House
University of Westminster Alumni
Londonist 🔶 Orient Fan 🔶
Eejit 🔶 Irishman
Blog - www.wickedwilliam.com
Researching William Long-Wellesley, celebrity, and the fall of Wanstead House
University of Westminster Alumni
Londonist 🔶 Orient Fan 🔶
Eejit 🔶 Irishman
Blog - www.wickedwilliam.com
My talk on the Lost Children of Wanstead House went off very well!
@wansteadfringe
@wansteadfringe
September 18, 2025 at 6:33 PM
My talk on the Lost Children of Wanstead House went off very well!
@wansteadfringe
@wansteadfringe
This calling card of John Child, 2nd Earl Tylney - exiled in Naples after a homosexual scandal at #Wanstead House c.1770 adopts fascinatingly reversed 'N'. I am wondering if he used this socially as a form of coded confirmation of his sexuality to others.
Any thoughts?
Any thoughts?
September 13, 2025 at 8:36 AM
This calling card of John Child, 2nd Earl Tylney - exiled in Naples after a homosexual scandal at #Wanstead House c.1770 adopts fascinatingly reversed 'N'. I am wondering if he used this socially as a form of coded confirmation of his sexuality to others.
Any thoughts?
Any thoughts?
Whatever happened to the last family born at Wanstead House? Find out via my @wansteadfringe talk at #Wanstead Cricket Club on Tuesday 16th September 7-30pm wansteadfringe.org/event/the-unto…
August 26, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Whatever happened to the last family born at Wanstead House? Find out via my @wansteadfringe talk at #Wanstead Cricket Club on Tuesday 16th September 7-30pm wansteadfringe.org/event/the-unto…
3/3 Ludgate Prison
This fascinating location map shows precisely where Ludgate Prison was situated, with business preises, stable yards and the Half Moon Public House close by #London 1819
This fascinating location map shows precisely where Ludgate Prison was situated, with business preises, stable yards and the Half Moon Public House close by #London 1819
July 3, 2025 at 4:42 PM
3/3 Ludgate Prison
This fascinating location map shows precisely where Ludgate Prison was situated, with business preises, stable yards and the Half Moon Public House close by #London 1819
This fascinating location map shows precisely where Ludgate Prison was situated, with business preises, stable yards and the Half Moon Public House close by #London 1819
2/3 Ludgate Prison
The old prison, which housed about 30 inmates, was situated close to the back of the London Workhouse in which unfortunate and desperate poor people were crammed like sardines
The old prison, which housed about 30 inmates, was situated close to the back of the London Workhouse in which unfortunate and desperate poor people were crammed like sardines
July 3, 2025 at 4:41 PM
2/3 Ludgate Prison
The old prison, which housed about 30 inmates, was situated close to the back of the London Workhouse in which unfortunate and desperate poor people were crammed like sardines
The old prison, which housed about 30 inmates, was situated close to the back of the London Workhouse in which unfortunate and desperate poor people were crammed like sardines
1/3 Ludgate Prison
A view of the ruins of Ludgate Prison #London (1819). Closed just a few years earlier this niche prison tended to incarcerate merchants and tradesmen who had fallen into debt
A view of the ruins of Ludgate Prison #London (1819). Closed just a few years earlier this niche prison tended to incarcerate merchants and tradesmen who had fallen into debt
July 3, 2025 at 4:40 PM
1/3 Ludgate Prison
A view of the ruins of Ludgate Prison #London (1819). Closed just a few years earlier this niche prison tended to incarcerate merchants and tradesmen who had fallen into debt
A view of the ruins of Ludgate Prison #London (1819). Closed just a few years earlier this niche prison tended to incarcerate merchants and tradesmen who had fallen into debt
Sometimes #London never changes: Two views of St Martin Ludgate Church, on the north side of Ludgate Street, looking towards St Paul's Cathedral - left hand print is from 1812
July 3, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Sometimes #London never changes: Two views of St Martin Ludgate Church, on the north side of Ludgate Street, looking towards St Paul's Cathedral - left hand print is from 1812
St Thomas' Hospital #Southwark c.1840 - demolished & relocated to #Lambeth 1862 making way for Charing Cross Viaduct
July 3, 2025 at 4:37 PM
St Thomas' Hospital #Southwark c.1840 - demolished & relocated to #Lambeth 1862 making way for Charing Cross Viaduct
July 3, 2025 at 4:36 PM
The stair case of Lollards Tower (nowadays the Water Tower) at Lambeth Palace by John Wykeham Archer (1841) - originally built c.1435 and for many years used as a prison
July 3, 2025 at 4:35 PM
The stair case of Lollards Tower (nowadays the Water Tower) at Lambeth Palace by John Wykeham Archer (1841) - originally built c.1435 and for many years used as a prison
A view of recently constructed Royal Cobourg Theatre in #Lambeth, January 14th 1819 - The foundation stone was laid by tragic Princess Charlotte of Wales, and it was subsequently renamed The Old Vic after the princess who ultimately took her place as Queen of Britain
July 3, 2025 at 4:34 PM
A view of recently constructed Royal Cobourg Theatre in #Lambeth, January 14th 1819 - The foundation stone was laid by tragic Princess Charlotte of Wales, and it was subsequently renamed The Old Vic after the princess who ultimately took her place as Queen of Britain
A view of Beaufoy's Distillery, formerly Cuper's Gardens; in Lambeth on the site of modern-day Waterloo Bridge Road; depicting a large warehouse with barrels piled up outside, #London (1809)
July 3, 2025 at 4:32 PM
A view of Beaufoy's Distillery, formerly Cuper's Gardens; in Lambeth on the site of modern-day Waterloo Bridge Road; depicting a large warehouse with barrels piled up outside, #London (1809)
County Lines or The Original Drug Mules
Lambeth Drug Mill by Paul Sandby c.1770 Owned by the Apothecaries' Company at Mill Street (now Juxon St) this mill was used for the grinding of drugs until 1867 when it was demolished to make way for #London & South Western Railway line.
Lambeth Drug Mill by Paul Sandby c.1770 Owned by the Apothecaries' Company at Mill Street (now Juxon St) this mill was used for the grinding of drugs until 1867 when it was demolished to make way for #London & South Western Railway line.
July 3, 2025 at 4:31 PM
County Lines or The Original Drug Mules
Lambeth Drug Mill by Paul Sandby c.1770 Owned by the Apothecaries' Company at Mill Street (now Juxon St) this mill was used for the grinding of drugs until 1867 when it was demolished to make way for #London & South Western Railway line.
Lambeth Drug Mill by Paul Sandby c.1770 Owned by the Apothecaries' Company at Mill Street (now Juxon St) this mill was used for the grinding of drugs until 1867 when it was demolished to make way for #London & South Western Railway line.
The Boys From The Black Stuff
Scharf's sketches of #London coal wagons between 1830 and 1841 include the (nowadays) unfortunately named Frederick West whose firm operated out of Commercial Wharf, in Lambeth
Scharf's sketches of #London coal wagons between 1830 and 1841 include the (nowadays) unfortunately named Frederick West whose firm operated out of Commercial Wharf, in Lambeth
July 3, 2025 at 4:31 PM
The Boys From The Black Stuff
Scharf's sketches of #London coal wagons between 1830 and 1841 include the (nowadays) unfortunately named Frederick West whose firm operated out of Commercial Wharf, in Lambeth
Scharf's sketches of #London coal wagons between 1830 and 1841 include the (nowadays) unfortunately named Frederick West whose firm operated out of Commercial Wharf, in Lambeth
Looking accross the houses and windmills of Lambeth towards its Palace, with Westminster visible on the northern shore. Part of Thomas Girtlin's panorama of #London c.1800
July 3, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Looking accross the houses and windmills of Lambeth towards its Palace, with Westminster visible on the northern shore. Part of Thomas Girtlin's panorama of #London c.1800
Nice Pub, Shame About the View
The Nags Head in Fore Street Lambeth (1851) cheekily boasts a fine view of the Thames despite the unremittingly grim dominance of Millbank Penitentiary which stands on the opposite bank.
The Nags Head in Fore Street Lambeth (1851) cheekily boasts a fine view of the Thames despite the unremittingly grim dominance of Millbank Penitentiary which stands on the opposite bank.
July 3, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Nice Pub, Shame About the View
The Nags Head in Fore Street Lambeth (1851) cheekily boasts a fine view of the Thames despite the unremittingly grim dominance of Millbank Penitentiary which stands on the opposite bank.
The Nags Head in Fore Street Lambeth (1851) cheekily boasts a fine view of the Thames despite the unremittingly grim dominance of Millbank Penitentiary which stands on the opposite bank.
A beaux trap: A pretty girl saunters past a house at Cavendish Square, holding up a parasol, & raising her skirt, showering mud upon a leering footman but captivating her target -the rich old git at the window above. Notice the incredibly penis-like bollard #London May 8th 1818
July 3, 2025 at 4:28 PM
A beaux trap: A pretty girl saunters past a house at Cavendish Square, holding up a parasol, & raising her skirt, showering mud upon a leering footman but captivating her target -the rich old git at the window above. Notice the incredibly penis-like bollard #London May 8th 1818
A fashionable encounter at the junction of Piccadilly and Bond Street on 28th April 1786 - the man carries a large tasselled bludgeon, whilst the woman seductively reveals her ankles, with the presence of a bollard telling us all we need to know #Piccadilly #London
July 3, 2025 at 4:28 PM
A fashionable encounter at the junction of Piccadilly and Bond Street on 28th April 1786 - the man carries a large tasselled bludgeon, whilst the woman seductively reveals her ankles, with the presence of a bollard telling us all we need to know #Piccadilly #London
Greetings from Newcastle House, Lincolns Inn Fields #London c.1820 where you'll find a road sweeper taking a break on a bollard
Lithograph by Scharf from a drawing by Howlet
Lithograph by Scharf from a drawing by Howlet
July 3, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Greetings from Newcastle House, Lincolns Inn Fields #London c.1820 where you'll find a road sweeper taking a break on a bollard
Lithograph by Scharf from a drawing by Howlet
Lithograph by Scharf from a drawing by Howlet