Esoteric London

Wardour Street, London, W1. Photo © Roger Dean 2012

Curiosities of London, Exhibiting the Most Rare and Remarkable Objects of Interest in the Metropolis; with Nearly Sixty Years’ Personal Recollections - John Timbs F.S.A., 1867:

In the East India Docks, at Blackwall, arrived, April, 1848, a large Chinese Junk, the first ever seen in England.