The Incredible History of 8 London Streets 

I've been visiting London almost every year since 2002... there's always something new to see every time

I absolutely love learning about the history of London.

How about a video showcasing the OLDEST streets from London's, including any that might still be around from Roman times. That would also be very interesting to me.

History told with true enthusiasm is always a joy to watch! Thanks for letting this random nobody in northern Sweden learn a bit more about the history of London...

More Alice was just what I needed today. A+

I really do hope that she does more of these types of videos. It’s so interesting to learn about some of the history and quirky things of history also

I new this would be good, it's the way Alice at the beginning luxuriated in her pronunciation of "grisly", more Alice please!

Great video, good to see Alice's enthusiasm which is almost bubbling over at times! And she looks lovely in that summer dress as well!!

Alice is a STAR! These bite size history films are great. This whistle stop tour is well worth a revisit and gives plenty of scope for those of us who wish to go deeper into the excellently chosen topics. Nice one Alice! 🌟👍

This was great. I enjoyed this. Nice work Alice 👌👏

Woah! Woah! Woah! Slow down. Editing much too fast, I couldn't take it all in. Brain overload. But as ever very interesting. Alice again so engaging.

4:07 If anyone ever doubts the amazing courage of Shackleton and his crew, they only need to look at the ship he explored the poles in.

Wow!!I learned more about Historic London in under 10 minutes than i ever did with my history teacher .Alice Loxton,s enthusiasm and vibrancy really bring history alive.❤

Very interesting, thank you, makes me want to visit again.

I love Alice Loxton’s presentation style! Give us more docs with her in them! ♥️

I absolutely love English history. I'm so glad you do these programmes in a fun and interesting way that engages a younger audience. London is such an interesting place, so bravo for your efforts to tell the world what a great country we live in.

1:33 "Cute couple alert". 😄 Didn't know the Sally-Anns started at the Blind Beggar pub. Very interesting video!

Love watching Alice. So eloquent and easy to listen to

Hooray for Alice Loxton! Star of History Hit and headed for the BBC.

Alice Loxton needs to be tagged in these so I can find more of her videos, she's hilarious and charming!

That was very interesting, thank you!

Alice is a wonderful person to talk about history. Charming, exact and good voice. Happy Trails from Florida

youtube actually recommended something good for a change. subbed.

Your attention to detail and storytelling skills are top-notch! Loved this video!

This is right up my street

Thanks Alice thoroughly enjoyed

Thank you Alice for this interesting and informative video, very well presented.

Always a joy to watch Alice present.

I know London pretty well, having studied and lived there (many!) years ago and also as a frequent visitor thessdays. However of course there is *so much* to learn and this vid was a delight... interesting and engaging. I particularly liked the fact that Marlboro cigarettes are thus named... who would have guessed? Subscribed!

Every time I watch this channel I get anxiety thinking about all the strangers that would be listening to me talk on crowded streets. Glad you are brave enough lol

great content, excellent work from everyone involved

Very interesting and informative….excellent documentation and presentation!!

When in London in April, sat on a bus, not the double decker tourist one, and saw lots of London, including parts Roman wall. Inexpensive tour.

Take a walk down Bow Lane just off Cheapside, and that gorgeous looking old lane/ally will not only take you back in time it will have you stumbling across a " hidden gem " of a butchers shop that has been on the same spot for over 100yrs. Unlike most English butcher shops who did not adapt to changes in trade this one offers a lovely hearty cooked breakfast with hand made sausages etc. You will have to que up for food, but well worth a look if your passing.

Love your videos

Absolutely love the History Hits YT channel! A big thank you Alice for adding another great video to it!

Excellent, thanks for this! 😊👍

What a superb little video. Concise, pithy and very much to the point. I hope you do more of these on London . . .

Alice’s enthusiasm is fantastic for history

Thankyou for sharing. Very interesting.

What do I have in common with Charles Dickens? I also was a court reporter in Marlnorough Street Court.

Enjoyed that crazy history tour!

mentioning Joseph Merrick and not showing the building he lived in or the Royal London Hospital where he spent much time and where his skeleton remains are displayed (random weird shot of the new hospital though?), mentioning the Battle of Cable Street and not showing Cable Street or the fantastic commemorative mural painted there. It's a shame that Alice's enthusiasm can't be paired with good quality b-roll and cutaways.

So interesting. I wish I had been able to spend more than a couple days in London. The most exploring that I got to do was the time between rehearsal and performance at Methodist Central Hall, which was only a few hours. I saw an analogy in the seemingly haphazard arrangement of the London streets and those of Santa Fe, New Mexico. Santa Fe had its origins around paths that were laid down by indigenous people long before the arrival of the Conquistadors, just as London grew up around roads and paths established centuries ago. London, of course, has grown to a scale that far outstrips that of Santa Fe, but therein lies a cautionary tale of how it may become necessary to restrict traffic into such areas as they grow over time.

Loved the map.

❤ to watch Alice all day long

Good video. I hated london the first time I visited but am starting to think I didn’t research enough. This helped.

more of london and the UK & empire please.

Always love watching you here in Orlando Alice. More please.

Alice is so clever knowing all this stuff

Alice so amazing

Our hostess is so wonderful! But I think Caesar would be getting the better end of the deal in that pairing. lol

More recently she says, then mentions 1848. Only 60 years after the beginning of recorded history in Australia. It boggles my mind. I suspect if I'd been a Brit, I'd be a historian. It's so fascinating.

More Alice please!

This was so fascinating!!!!!!

More Alice please

Wot no Brixton Road. London General, Charlie Chaplin, first department store in UK, first street with electric lights....etc. It is like whenever anyone does a programme on volcanoes, they always go to the same ones.

Over here in the States the only history that I have really been able to my arms around is our expansion west, - most notably of course being the Old West - and I am very passionate about that 50 to more realistically the approx. 35 years following the war. Of course prior to this WE ALL had to come from somewhere else ! In England I feel that there is tremendous age and substance, oldness and real history beneath my feet and all around me wherever I go ! It's a very unique feeling and altogether different from the relatively brand new streets and buildings here in America. At sounds weird I know, but it doesn't feel like I possess any 'real' roots here in the states. I feel like I'm just visiting someone's house they just bought brand new !

great content, one tiny thing - the video could use some colour correction during editing to make the colours more vibrant!

Another good vid! I had thought All Hallows’ by The Tower was site of earliest London Church

I’m a born and bred Londoner. I ran a pub in Tooley st in the 80s. The Antigallican, sadly, no longer there.

I agree with Steve Rennie, the oldest streets would be a very interesting video.

This was a good watch- slick edit,

Loves these

What a great channel.

nice and concise

Enjoyable presentation

Love your work 👍

Thank you, you are a must watch for me when I see your name in know I’m in for a treat ! thank you Alice keep them coming please

Good video

I live near Denver....where there were once some cowboys and natives, also there's an amusement park.

This was a lot of fun.

Alice is awesome, great presenter!

Amazing

I once read that Scotland Yard was a garden where Scottish monarchs walked while visiting London and their apartments were next to Scotland Yard.

No words one fantastic channel congratulation

anyone interested - you have to read "London: The Biography" by Peter Ackroyd. Amazing!

Alice has a little bit the same joy and enthusiasm like Jessica Knappet. I mean this in a good way ;)

More history in 20 minutes than a year in High School!!!

Silly question - but why is Big Ben (incorrectly) placed in the opening map (c. 37 seconds), but not featured in the video?

she is much more knowledgeable than Rick Steeves that is one huge compliment and much pretier

Great presentation indeed and well researched

Brilliant Alice 👏

Greetings Your Majesty.

We Love Alice ❤️

Nice to see the Boys getting a mention.......

Whitehall palace is still around but most people never know. The old cellars are still in use and, just as a bonus factoid, the COBRA room is in there.

This chick looks just exquisitely British and might well make a credible medieval damsel. Very nice output and accent, regardless.

The north-east corner of Trafalgar Square is also the home to one set of the official Imperial System measurements (inches, feet, yards, chains, rods, perches, etc., etc.)

Great video very interesting ❤️

More of Alice! This was great!

Whitechapel is my old station. Used to to live on Newark Street, Whitechapel, E1 2ES.

What a difference №1 Royal Exchange looks cleaned up.

Stephen Fry lived in Piccadilly, but don't know where. I think he liked to think that somewhere close by, he might walk out for a stroll and run into Bertie Wooster.

beautiful

Alice is a rising star. Really nicely done.

Stay traditional! Presenter! Thanks for the video

Enjoyed this. Great host.

Brilliant, thank you from a born and bred true cockney, born under the sound of the bell at Bow

Please look outside of London. Every city, town & village in the UK is teeming with history especially the North. We have kings, saints, battles, Vikings, castles, stone circles & stone age settlement to name a few.