2-703-785 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

'In Lansdowne Passage, Where A Highwayman Once Galloped For His Life', c1935. Alley in Westminster, central London, with an iron bar set across it. This was placed here in the 18th century, to prevent robberies by mounted 'highwaymen'. From "Wonderful London, Volume 3", edited by Arthur St John Adcock. [The Fleetway House, London, c1935]