Images of or about the Cloudesley area

Cloudesley Blossoms, Spring 2015

11 Cloudesley Street, open as part of the National Gardens Scheme, June 28th 2015

Images relating to "Cloudesley" from the "Collage" Website: collage.cityoflondon.gov.uk (highly recommended!).

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Richard Cloudesley's Gravestone. St Mary's Church, Upper St

 Cloudesley Trees - Autumn 2018

(Hover cursor over the image for identification, in format "name-of-tree_XXn", where XX refers to street - CS: Cloudesley Street; SQ: Square; CR: Cloudesley Road, etc, - and n is the approximate street number.  NB: the tree IDs could be wrong - please let us know if you disagree!)

... and here's a magnificent photo of the Catalpa or Indian Bean tree on the corner of Richmond Avenue and Thornhill Road in full bloom in July 2019 (thanks Jenny):

... and, one of my favourites, the Raywood Ash on the Western approach road to Cloudesley Square, autumn 2019:

Colin Pearson's Pottery Studio in Cloudesley Road

Photos kindly provided by Doreen Brooks (nee Lampshire) from "Gold Dust - Born and Bred in Cloudesley Road"

Old Cloudesley Images by Kind Permission of the Islington Local History Centre

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Scenes from Thornhill Gardens, Sunday 25 August, 2019

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Holy Trinity Church, Christmas 2021

Some attempts at artwork - the view from the front bedroom at No 16 ....

And for comparison, my neighbour Warwick has just sent me this 1978 photo.  As he points out, note the size of the trees!

Summer 2021 - Shadows cast by the balconies on Cloudesley Road - captured by Jenny.

And Jenny is also responsible for these photos of the new church interior, showing the magnificent new nave ceiling, but the still sadly neglected walls below.

 And here's a photo of Holy Trinity at dawn taken by Henrietta:

Old Islington Postcards

Postcards c1906 kindly provided by Martin Leman:

• Union Chapel Compton Terrace. Islington of Yesteryear 7
• Roman Road, Barnsbury N with Cumberland Street on the left and further left Pentonville Prison. Islington of Yesteryear 24
• Westbourne Road Barnsbury, N with Ellington Street on the right and the church on the left. Islington of Yesteryear 19

Platinum Jubilee Street Party in Cloudesley Street

Lesley from Cloudesley Street kindly organised a street party for the Bank Holiday 3-6 June 2022 and by all accounts it was a big success, as you can see from these photos which Jenny took.  As Jenny points out, if you look here in the gallery you can see a photo taken by Doreen Lampshire of another street party which took place in Cloudesley Street to celebrate VE day.

Paintings by Francisco Gutierrez of Islington pubs (including the Crown, in both summer and winter!) - check out his complete collection here: https://franciscoadolfo.com/pubs/ 

Old photos kindly provided by Mick Bucknell, lifelong resident of Cloudesley Road, of the outings by bus which used to be organised by the Friendly Neighbours Association on a regular basis in the 1950s and 1960s.  You can read an account in the Islington Gazette of one such outing to Margate in 1962 which Jenny included in her piece on Doreen Brooks, who also went on the trips.  Mick's photos, below, are mostly from a 1950 outing and feature his Dad, who was on the organising committee. 

Liquid Amber Tree

Jo Murray captured this stunning image of what she claims is a Liquid Amber tree, known in the US as a Sweetgum, taken at an unusual angle from her rooftop in Barnsbury Road.  According to my calculations, the tree stands outside about no. 130 Cloudesley Road, just North of the old Linalux factory at nos.120-125.  There's an interesting view of the back of what remains of this, on the right of the photo.

Churchyard Garden, May 2023

The Bluebells are particularly impressive this year.  These are Spanish Bluebells - the native ones are less showy, and droop to one side.  The clumps of smaller pink flowers are Oxalis.  And some wildflowers are just beginning to appear - Marigolds and some Forget-Me-Nots borrowed from Thornhill gardens.

 And here's some close-ups from late May (hover over image for ID):

Islington of Yesteryear Postcards, Early C20th - see Here for Captions

More Church Artwork, 2024

The two paintings below were created using a lithograph drawn and printed by C.J. Greenwood, C1850 and entitled:

THE CHURCH OF THE HOLY TRINITY, ISLINGTON

To the Rev William Vincent M.A. Incumbent this View is Respecfully Dedicated

By his humble servant C.J Greenwood

C.J. Greenwood Del et Lith

The original is courtesy of the London Metropolitan Archives

It appears to have been drawn from a vantage point on the steps of No. 15.  

I've coloured in the original:

 In this one I've added present day images:

French Bulldog donated by Florence Trust to New River College

Florence Trust Reliquary Show, October 2024

Islington in Bloom Award for Holy Trinity Churchyard

We've been awarded the Best Hidden Gem for the wildflowers in the churchyard.  See here and throughout here for examples of the display.  Special thanks to Jo Murray, gardener extraordinaire, who entered us into "Islington in Bloom", provided expert advice and donated many plants.