Timeline 1 · from 1536
St Anne's and early Soho
From Soho Fields to St Anne's Church, Soho Square and the area's early institutions.
Background: Robert Stallard, Soho, 1973 · The museum of Soho permanent collection · Mary Evans Picture Library ↗
Online display
Soho timelines
People, places and stories
Illustrated timelines exploring Soho’s people, streets, music and cultural life. Select an image to enlarge it and scroll across the detail.
The Soho History Hoardings
History in Soho Square
These boards were originally displayed around Soho Square while the Crossrail development — now the Elizabeth line — was being built. The Museum of Soho used the temporary hoardings to put the neighbourhood's history into the street, introducing passers-by to the people, places, music, nightlife and communities that shaped Soho.
The surviving boards are presented here as part of the Museum's digital archive.
Timeline 2 · from 1757
Teresa Cornelys and Georgian Soho
Carlisle House and the people, institutions and businesses that reshaped Soho through the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.
Timeline 3 · from 1896
The Colony Room and bohemian Soho
The clubs, restaurants, artists and outsiders that helped establish Soho's reputation for tolerance and bohemian life.
Panel 1
Panel 2
Timeline 4 · 1950s-2022
A sound history of Soho
From coffee bars and jazz cellars to rock, rhythm and blues, mod culture, punk and the Elizabeth line.
Street timeline
A Slice of Soho — Greek Street
A visual history of one of Soho’s defining streets, tracing its buildings, businesses and changing streetscape, including a snapshot of Greek Street on 17 November 1967.
The lettering is intentionally shown as a preview here. Open the full-size artwork to read the individual building captions clearly.