Tower Hill
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Tower Hill is the area surrounding the Tower of London in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. It is infamous for the public execution of high status prisoners from the late 14th to the mid 18th century. The execution site on the higher ground north-west of the Tower of London moat is now occupied by Trinity Square Gardens.
10 Trinity Square, Tower Hill
A surviving section of Roman Wall on Tower Hill. Great Tower Hill lay inside the wall, Little Tower Hill outside.
The Tower Hill Memorial, marking the site of the Scaffold
Scale model of the Tower of London showing the Bulwark Gate and bastion to the left
Trinity House
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The Corporation of Trinity House of Deptford Strond, also known as Trinity House, is the official authority for lighthouses in England, Wales, the Channel Islands and Gibraltar. Trinity House is also responsible for the provision and maintenance of other navigational aids, such as lightvessels, buoys, and maritime radio/satellite communication systems. It is also an official deep sea pilotage authority, providing expert navigators for ships trading in Northern European waters.
The headquarters at Trinity House in Tower Hill, London, built in 1796.
Trinity House, London (January 2007)
A meeting at Trinity House c. 1808
Winston Churchill in his Trinity House uniform during the Atlantic Conference