Historically the other main difference between the war of the roses & Game of Thrones is that with the war of the roses the dragons were far smaller & considerably harder to train
My wife passed away a month ago today. 2 years before she passed, we took a trip to London and Paris and sought out some of this stuff. Watching this was cathartic and brought up memories of closeness and love. Thank you.
I used to work at London Wall around 20 years ago and had my lunch frequently sitting next to a section of the wall. I was privileged to have lived amongst so much rich history so thanks for refreshing my addled memories.
I’ve replaced you now, haha. I often go for lunch between lessons at school as it’s very near and go for walks at the weekend when the city is sleeping. I feel very privileged to have done the same.
I've always had a soft spot for that little chunk of the wall by Tower Gateway. Completely overshadowed by the Tower of London & Tower Bridge, right outside a busy entrance to a busy tube station, and nobody ever pays it much attention.
During my first time in London, I went to Tower Gateway specifically to see it! When your homeland's entire written history begins in 1769, you appreciate things like that.
As with many visitors I'm sure I came across this piece of wall by sheer accident because I was on my way to the Tower. Consequently the Tower visit was postponed for a bit as I had to go exploring the wall. :) I've been back with other family members and when I exit the Underground there I steer them directly to the wall. :)
There's a part running behind properties on Crescent and Cooper's Hill that you can see from a path behind the hotel at 2:38. Crescent itself is worth an entire video by itself I think (the Circle and District run underneath it and Fenchurch Street station throat crosses it if a Tales-from-the-Tube connection were needed).
Jago's quality of content certainly puts a wall or fence between him and other similar content creators. This video screening only fortifies and reinforces that notion. He certainly sets the bar, or embankment or bulwark high and I think it's because he does not set limitations, restrictions, barriers on the things he talks about by not barricading himself in his own citadel of ideas. He jumps over every hurdle avoiding any roadblocks. You know, nothing is set in stone or bricks, so to speak. And you can take that to the bank.
Having worked for a bank in Berlin, for which I had to look after its London branch first at Bishopsgate, then Gracecurch St then Cheapside, i took my daily footpath from Tower Hotel to the City under the eyes of emperor Trajan. Every second month from 1980 till 2005. So your videos bring back memories to streets, buildings, sites and foremost watering holes of the old square mile era. So a big thank you for your vids and please continue your channel in this way, best regards from Germany.
Having worked in banking for too long now, I absolutely love the City, especially how they mix ancient Roman heritage with modern architecture and everything in between. I am currently stuck working at a bank in Canary Wharf and it's a sterile, soulless environment, I long for the City.
Ditto, except I now work at a bank in Charlotte, NC. The closest I get to "history" here is the brass plates set into the sidewalk, sorry, _pavement,_ that refer to buildings or events less than 250 years ago.
@@alaintallier1956 Yeah, there aren't many businesses in NC, that come anywhere near to being a pub, and even if they are physically similar, the lack of pub culture means they just don't _feel_ like a pub. That said, the range and quality of beers available in the US has _exploded_ since 2008, when if you were lucky the bar or restaurant would sell Sam Adam's beer. Now the range of beers available in the US is simply staggering, though some restaurants still only have a small selection.
Probably my favourite part of London...my wife works in Barbican so I'm around this area all the time and it never ceases to fascinate me. This is one of the best things about London, that rubbing up of ancient history with the brand new and shiny.
and the name Lud may refer to the Celtic god variously known as Lugus, Lug, Lugh, Llew or Lleu, also the origin of the modern name of Lyons (from Lugdunam, "Lug's fortress", or "Lug's place").
IIRC, the bit in the office building was uncovered when the foundations were being dug, and the developers were only allowed to carry on if the exposed part of the wall was kept exactly as-is and publicly viewable. That's how it was told to me back in the day.
@@darkjudge8786 Actually this isn't correct. A quick look around the Museum of London will show you there is lots more to say about Roman London and beyond.
Unfortunately, there's not much apart from the wall that remains--this has been a big, bustling important city for 2000 years and old things tended to get knocked down pretty quickly after losing their usefulness.
This bit of wall next to the museum of london provides excellent protection from wind chill, so students at the city of london schools use it for after parties and stuff. I just think it's neat that something so old has found a new use even now
Enjoyed this even the warneresque ending. I've walked all of London Wall and there are a few traces of the wall exposed you didn't mention, but it was nice to see it well presented and it helped with my terrible wanderlust that wants me to jump on a plane and walk more of London. Oh well if we survive the plague hopefully I will get that chance.
Great video Jago. I think, for many non-Londoners, 'The City' just meant that bit of Central London with the financial district (Stock Exchange etc.) so it's nice to have explained that it literally was the original City within the walls.
There's actually a piece of the London wall visible from the West bound platform at Tower Hill underground station, and it's actually illuminated and has a brief history of the wall next to it. It's at the East end of the platform, and up by the roof. As most people nowadays tend to be looking down at their phones, they don't see it.
When I did an internship in the city I'd spend my whole 1hr lunch break searching for the hidden roman/old structures. Very cool to see how they've built around all the old structures.
Fond memories of seeing bit of the Roman wall (unexpectedly) and amazing my tour group by pointing it out much to the annoyance of tour leader. Thank you dad for subscribing to National Geographic all those years ago when I was a child.
When I worked at the old City Of London Poly from 1972 in Jewry Street Aldgate, in the Basement labs of the Physics Dept was a insitu part of the London Wall, found in the cupboards below a lab bench
It wouldn't surprise me if there aren't any polytechnics (or their equivalents) in the City of London today, although I haven't checked. I've been visiting it quite often for the last 10 years and it doesn't seem to have many ordinary amenities these days.
@@ajs41 CLP got expanded when it too over NELP, and is currently London Guildhall University. Still has premises within London including Jewry Street , Moorgate and Aldgate ( with additional facilities outside - Whitechapel Road and out near Caledonian Road.
Excellent video. It reinforces to me the fact that despite having spent many months in London collectively over about a half dozen trips, there's still so much to see and explore.
Thank you Geoff - a splendidly presented programme. The City has fascinated me since I was 11 yrs young & my father worked in Milk Street. In the 1960s I put my bicycle on the train in Hertford & arrived at Liverpool Street station apprximately 2.30pm. I cycled around The City until 5pm & met my father at his office. Wonderful exciting times then and now - at 69 years young.
Places that are named after things that they replaced are always interesting. Wall Street in New York is probably the most famous example in the US, also named for a(n obviously much more recent) wall that is no longer there. We also have any number of Canal Streets commemorating canals that were filled in and replaced, usually with railroads first, and then streets for automobile traffic later.
Thanks, Jago. I really enjoy these rambly videos. And I know it's cold and uncomfortable for you to film in, but... there's something special about London with rain-slicked streets (and low lighting).
this is exactly why video sharing is a good thing. so many interesting subjects in one short video. exactly the right amount of intereting things in just the right amount of time. i come from yorkshire and i absolutely love the architecture and history of london. my gf is from london but lives in east sussex. another amazing place for historically interesting things. i just can't get enough of this stuff.
The Blackfriar pub is one of my favourite London boozers! Art Nouveau never tasted ahem, looked so good! It's a great place to dive out of the rain this time of year! Absolutely beautiful inside!
Whenever in London (I'm in NZ) I always go for as many walks as possible. I'll set up a walk before I leave and devote a day to it, making sure I drop in on the sites. A good walk is from Pudding Lane to Pye Corner (the route of the fire)....next time (whenever that is) it'll be a walk around the wall.
I had no idea that London was dotted with so many old ruins! I thought it would've all been knocked down centuries ago by now. That is really interesting! Great material!
Quick correction Jago, that "office building" you mentioned which has a section of Wall inside it is not actually an office, it is a student accommodation! I fear for the Wall's integrity with the many mishaps some rowdy figures may cause over many years.
Probably more at risk from a greedy developer who realises the fine would be miniscule compared to the price per sq metre he could liberate if he accidentally drove a bulldozer into it a few times.
well, having worked for the company who designed it, Apt, it is a mix of both office space, commercal and Student halls. With the uses being split across the old london wall
Thanks for showing Ebenezer Howard's birthplace plaque. I'm writing this not far from the house he passed away in in the second garden city. I walked some of this route on the way to Wilton's Music Hall last month. How odd to mention that, but getting out and about these past years isn't as common as it was. Great video: superb narration and editing as usual. Your prolific output is amazing.
I worked on the student/office development at Vine Street and when they were looking to redevelop the existing office site they discovered the Roman wall built into a storage room. This resulted in the proposals now including the creation of a small museum space open to the public within the building. Almost complete and ready to view. Worth looking at planning application as DAS includes 8mages of it in its old store room setting!
On a holiday a was gently awoken by a polite officer from my slumber while nuzzle up cozy on one of those walls after a bender. The one with the Ceasar looking statue. Instead of hassling me, he told me what I was resting on, and it's significance. Two hours later I parted with a map of London where the old walls we're circled with a pen, and they still remained. To the man who took pity on me and sent me down a path of interest, I thank you. For my freedom, and your influence. You have my gratitude. ❤ As they say, Cheers 🍻
Thanks for the video. I worked in the city for over 20 years and have seen all those places many times, quite often on my way to a pub for lunch. Lovely memories.
Thanks, and as an "Original Transcontinental Railway" fan from America, this history is great to see and interpreted. Our greatest American achievement was the fulfillment of "Manifest Destiny", courtesy of Jack Casement on the Union Pacific line, and James Strobridge of the Central Pacific RR, and the "Wedding of the Rails" at Promontory Summit, UT., May 10 of 1869...quite a contrast to Roman ruins. Thanks, again...Mr. Hazard....PS...some iron rail came from England, back in 1860's, to initially build our Transcon RR.
I have been in that building on vine Street a few times and seen the wall. I like to joke with the builders that they have missed a bit...funny everytime
I visited the London museum a while ago, and while traipsing around I happen to look out a window and lo and behold part of the wall in all its glory! couple that with the history within it brought it home, thank you Jago as always you bring the past to life.
FYI, a section of the wall is preserved in the basement of the Merrill Lynch Financial Centre, under the “west” building that is located on Giltspur St between St Bart’s and the Viaduct Tavern. The route of the wall is marked on the ground in the pedestrian area behind the pub and Newgate St shops; however, the preserved section is not accessible other than to employees (nor can it be seen from outside the building).
I was sad to see nothing about this. The Financial Centre is built over the site of the London Greyfriars - a Franciscan friary that existed from 1225 to 1538 on a site at the North-West of the City of London by Newgate in the parish of St Nicholas in the Shambles. The Friary was bounded on the northern side by the city wall and ditch. It was the second Franciscan religious house to be founded in the country, and for a short period in the early 14th century was an intellectual centre rivalling only Oxford university. Members of the community at that time included William of Ockham, Walter Chatton and Adam Wodeham. It was dissolved in 1538 at the instigation of Henry VIII as part of the dissolution of the monasteries.
I know you reference the Barbican estate her, but I personally would love to see you do a dedicated video on this remarkable, if divisive part of the City.
Plenty of Films on the Barbican Estate on YT. the interesting bits include some modern additions opp Barbican Station , and the Older Flats of Golden Lane Estate and elsewhere.
FYI : at 11:30, you see the pub that was used in MIB (Men in Black (International)) as the location of the typewriter repair shop, entrance to the Men in Black underground complex... but you probably knew that already.
Excellent video. Would it be possible to provide locations of the sites on the map you showed at the beginning ,as you are gaining an increasingly large global audience, who will be unfamiliar with the the City of London? Many thanks.
I think showing a map for 5 or 10 seconds in all of his videos would be an excellent idea. Jago, I've seen you show old maps a couple of times, that show proposed routes and stations that were never built, but I don't recall you showing modern maps very much. Especially nice would be to start with a map that shows all of greater London, then zoom in to the area in question. And highlight whatever spot you are talking about. I know it takes effort to do that, but I think lots of your viewers would find it helpful.
5:00 Cripple Gate must be from "creep under" : short wall studs in construction (under window frames etc) are called "cripples" - which would be because they're shorter and hold up lower framework - which you'd have to creep under....I'd always wondered about the etymology of that particular term! Thanks for the video!
Fascinating video, I've seen bits of the wall but didn't realise how many there were still standing, and it's great to see something that ties them in with all the relevant place names. Thanks!
Very informative as ever. Any chance of a video on London's Rowton Houses? There was a few around London, not sure if any still exist though. I stayed in the one at Whitechapel back in the 80s when I was working in the city as a carpenter. It was certainly cheap, but all you got was cell like room and use of a communal bathroom area located on each floor. There was also a dinning hall on the ground floor, or maybe it was in the basement, where a hearty, cheap (presumably subsidised) dinner could be purchased.
Another one of those great episodes of history about a great city, the one where I was born but know so little about... So when I see there is a new posting from Jago, its get a coffee, sit down, relax and learn something new.... Thank you Sir for another great 12 minutes of Jagos history lesson... As the legend Stanley Unwin said - Are you all sitty comftybold two-square on your botty? Then I'll begin.
Very interesting video. I love these kind of ancient connections to the present. Makes me feel part of something bigger. I live along the Rhine river, where plenty of Roman influence is felt to this day as well. Also some stray Norse stuff and even Napoleon did some stomping about here too.
Thank you so much 😊 🙏🏻 🌹 and the idea of giving a place for a small garden around these walls is very important. Cela donne un côté romantique à l’ endroit. Et l’ on se surprend à rêver de cette période.
I used to work in that building on Crosswall! It was a private radiology clinic when I worked there and I was it’s clinic manager. And I used to walk past the Barbican Roman ruins every day to and from work. These videos are great! All the wonderful memories of the amazing city that is London ❤️❤️❤️ I never knew Colchester used to the the capital, that is so interesting! 🥰 I am quickly getting addicted to these video productions 🥰
"Fields, fields, fields! And what's on the other side of this wall? More fields!" And I certainly enjoyed what could have been described as an "aperturian tour of the City of London."
Very nice but you missed a great bit of wall just off Coopers Row. Walk through the carport thingy of the 'Leonardo Royal Hotel London City' and there is a big section, you can even walk through a hole in it by use of a small foot bridge.
@@dianastevenson131 you can, it leads to a courtyard with the wall and the footbridge, on the other side of the wall is an alleyway that ends on a road named Crescent just off of America Square and the back way into the Co-op.
You get a like just for that final line... A very interesting video. I do find it odd that they cut a hole in York's city wall so they could run a railway through it and into the city, yet terminated the railway just the other side.
The station in York was initially outside the walls but a few years later the first arch in the wall was built and later the station inside the walls was added, as was the second arch. The "new" station was then built outside the walls and after a while the inside station was closed. I believe they are now going to remove the Queens Street road bridge and have a flat crossing between the wall and the station, finance approved last year.
@@parcelmonious Correct. The first (temporary) station only lasted two years, the one that's referred to as "York old station", inside the walls, was built in 1841 and replaced in 1877 by the current one. But the lines through the walls continued to be used for carriage storage and parcels until well into the 1960s. The old station is now the council's West Offices building. The platforms are still there.
I hope you charge your sponsors double the going rate; you are possibly the only RUclipsr there is whose sponsor scripts are too interesting to be fast forwarded.
There is a section of the Roman Wall preserved in a car park under London Wall, and the remains of a gatehouse under Bastion House, near the Museum of London. It is hoped this will have more public access after the Museum moves and the site is redeveloped.
"If you are watching this video, and I have no reason to believe you aren't..." I had to pause the video for a few minutes to wrap my head around that sentence.
As an American reading books with references to places with "gate" at the end in London, I really appreciate this tour with explanation of the Roman wall of which I had little knowledge of! Great video.🤗
Did you know that Barbican underground station was originally called Aldersgate. With the brutalist redevelopment of the area known as Barbican the name of the station was changed. Curiously London Transport (as it was called then) also stated that the name Aldersgate was too similar to Aldgate which isn't very far away so that was their reason for the name change.
@@jonathanma2741 COZ or course? He who? Mind you, having pressed the link I see it was Mr.Hazzard. Okay folks,take a look at Mr. Hazzard's video. Much more interesting than me.
What a fantastic channel this is! I always learn something new about the city I was born in and parts of it I grew up in and lived in. Outstanding work by Jago every time.
Happy New Year! Honestly, really want to thank you for your videos. They've added some joy to a couple years that needed it. And I apparently now like trains.
For some reason all the wall-named streets reminds me of my 18 month sojourn in Amsterdam. I stayed in Nieuwezijds Voorburgwal or New Side Front Bastion Wall Street. Those were the days…
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Historically the other main difference between the war of the roses & Game of Thrones is that with the war of the roses the dragons were far smaller & considerably harder to train
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This was fascinating, thank you 👍
My wife passed away a month ago today.
2 years before she passed, we took a trip to London and Paris and sought out some of this stuff. Watching this was cathartic and brought up memories of closeness and love.
Thank you.
Sorry for your loss. You have my deepest sympathy. Hopefully perhaps more sincere because I DON'T know you.
I used to work at London Wall around 20 years ago and had my lunch frequently sitting next to a section of the wall. I was privileged to have lived amongst so much rich history so thanks for refreshing my addled memories.
I’ve replaced you now, haha. I often go for lunch between lessons at school as it’s very near and go for walks at the weekend when the city is sleeping. I feel very privileged to have done the same.
I've always had a soft spot for that little chunk of the wall by Tower Gateway. Completely overshadowed by the Tower of London & Tower Bridge, right outside a busy entrance to a busy tube station, and nobody ever pays it much attention.
Yes that section is quite interesting especially when you look at the Roman courses that were built so long ago.
That bit of wall absolutely stunned me when I visited. Bit of a history buff, never knew it was there.
During my first time in London, I went to Tower Gateway specifically to see it! When your homeland's entire written history begins in 1769, you appreciate things like that.
As with many visitors I'm sure I came across this piece of wall by sheer accident because I was on my way to the Tower. Consequently the Tower visit was postponed for a bit as I had to go exploring the wall. :) I've been back with other family members and when I exit the Underground there I steer them directly to the wall. :)
There's a part running behind properties on Crescent and Cooper's Hill that you can see from a path behind the hotel at 2:38. Crescent itself is worth an entire video by itself I think (the Circle and District run underneath it and Fenchurch Street station throat crosses it if a Tales-from-the-Tube connection were needed).
Jago's quality of content certainly puts a wall or fence between him and other similar content creators. This video screening only fortifies and reinforces that notion. He certainly sets the bar, or embankment or bulwark high and I think it's because he does not set limitations, restrictions, barriers on the things he talks about by not barricading himself in his own citadel of ideas. He jumps over every hurdle avoiding any roadblocks. You know, nothing is set in stone or bricks, so to speak. And you can take that to the bank.
Walls!
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Still the only ad reads i don't skip, Jago genuinely can make everything extremely listenable (spell check tells me listenable is actually a word)
Having worked for a bank in Berlin, for which I had to look after its London branch first at Bishopsgate, then Gracecurch St then Cheapside, i took my daily footpath from Tower Hotel to the City under the eyes of emperor Trajan. Every second month from 1980 till 2005. So your videos bring back memories to streets, buildings, sites and foremost watering holes of the old square mile era. So a big thank you for your vids and please continue your channel in this way, best regards from Germany.
Having worked in banking for too long now, I absolutely love the City, especially how they mix ancient Roman heritage with modern architecture and everything in between. I am currently stuck working at a bank in Canary Wharf and it's a sterile, soulless environment, I long for the City.
I sympathize. Fascinating city.
Ditto, except I now work at a bank in Charlotte, NC. The closest I get to "history" here is the brass plates set into the sidewalk, sorry, _pavement,_ that refer to buildings or events less than 250 years ago.
@@pulaski1 Oh no, I can imagine there aren't any ancient pubs tucked away down hidden alleys for the regular lunch time City pints in Charlotte.
@@alaintallier1956 Yeah, there aren't many businesses in NC, that come anywhere near to being a pub, and even if they are physically similar, the lack of pub culture means they just don't _feel_ like a pub. That said, the range and quality of beers available in the US has _exploded_ since 2008, when if you were lucky the bar or restaurant would sell Sam Adam's beer. Now the range of beers available in the US is simply staggering, though some restaurants still only have a small selection.
Maybe find an other job. Go make something else then boring money
Probably my favourite part of London...my wife works in Barbican so I'm around this area all the time and it never ceases to fascinate me. This is one of the best things about London, that rubbing up of ancient history with the brand new and shiny.
The first Roman ruins I ever saw was a section of London's wall in 1980 when I was 18 and on my first trip to Europe. I took a photo. I still have it.
Hey... Any chance we can see the photo pls?
The Welsh name for the City of London was Caerludd. Literally translated into English it means Luds' Fort.
Excellent!
and the name Lud may refer to the Celtic god variously known as Lugus, Lug, Lugh, Llew or Lleu, also the origin of the modern name of Lyons (from Lugdunam, "Lug's fortress", or "Lug's place").
But Geoffrey of Monmouth just made that up. It's not actually true.
@@roderickjoyce6716 - could it be connected to lughnasadh, the Celtic celebration of the harvest?
@@franl155 I believe so.
IIRC, the bit in the office building was uncovered when the foundations were being dug, and the developers were only allowed to carry on if the exposed part of the wall was kept exactly as-is and publicly viewable. That's how it was told to me back in the day.
Such a good topic. More about Roman London would be great.
@@darkjudge8786 Actually this isn't correct. A quick look around the Museum of London will show you there is lots more to say about Roman London and beyond.
@@AmsNl2BcnEs Including the Temple of Mithras.
@@jerribee1 And that arena thingy under the Guildhall.
@m ARC Old time team has something for you.
Unfortunately, there's not much apart from the wall that remains--this has been a big, bustling important city for 2000 years and old things tended to get knocked down pretty quickly after losing their usefulness.
This bit of wall next to the museum of london provides excellent protection from wind chill, so students at the city of london schools use it for after parties and stuff. I just think it's neat that something so old has found a new use even now
Enjoyed this even the warneresque ending. I've walked all of London Wall and there are a few traces of the wall exposed you didn't mention, but it was nice to see it well presented and it helped with my terrible wanderlust that wants me to jump on a plane and walk more of London. Oh well if we survive the plague hopefully I will get that chance.
Warneresque? Ive never heard of 5
@@adonaiyah2196 his closing in this episode is a take on the ending of old Warner Brothers Cartoons .
Great video Jago. I think, for many non-Londoners, 'The City' just meant that bit of Central London with the financial district (Stock Exchange etc.) so it's nice to have explained that it literally was the original City within the walls.
I worked at Tower Hill for 3 years, the wall was hardly visited by tourists, everyone really just came for the Tower of London and London Bridge.
Possibly Tower Bridge as well?
There's actually a piece of the London wall visible from the West bound platform at Tower Hill underground station, and it's actually illuminated and has a brief history of the wall next to it. It's at the East end of the platform, and up by the roof. As most people nowadays tend to be looking down at their phones, they don't see it.
When I did an internship in the city I'd spend my whole 1hr lunch break searching for the hidden roman/old structures. Very cool to see how they've built around all the old structures.
Fond memories of seeing bit of the Roman wall (unexpectedly) and amazing my tour group by pointing it out much to the annoyance of tour leader.
Thank you dad for subscribing to National Geographic all those years ago when I was a child.
When I worked at the old City Of London Poly from 1972 in Jewry Street Aldgate, in the Basement labs of the Physics Dept was a insitu part of the London Wall, found in the cupboards below a lab bench
It wouldn't surprise me if there aren't any polytechnics (or their equivalents) in the City of London today, although I haven't checked. I've been visiting it quite often for the last 10 years and it doesn't seem to have many ordinary amenities these days.
@@ajs41 CLP got expanded when it too over NELP, and is currently London Guildhall University. Still has premises within London including Jewry Street , Moorgate and Aldgate ( with additional facilities outside - Whitechapel Road and out near Caledonian Road.
Excellent video. It reinforces to me the fact that despite having spent many months in London collectively over about a half dozen trips, there's still so much to see and explore.
Thank you Geoff - a splendidly presented programme. The City has fascinated me since I was 11 yrs young & my father worked in Milk Street. In the 1960s I put my bicycle on the train in Hertford & arrived at Liverpool Street station apprximately 2.30pm. I cycled around The City until 5pm & met my father at his office. Wonderful exciting times then and now - at 69 years young.
Places that are named after things that they replaced are always interesting. Wall Street in New York is probably the most famous example in the US, also named for a(n obviously much more recent) wall that is no longer there. We also have any number of Canal Streets commemorating canals that were filled in and replaced, usually with railroads first, and then streets for automobile traffic later.
The "Wall Street" wall was a defensive wall at the tip of Manhattan Island built by the early Dutch settlers for defense against the Indians.
Thanks, Jago. I really enjoy these rambly videos. And I know it's cold and uncomfortable for you to film in, but... there's something special about London with rain-slicked streets (and low lighting).
2:45 - "...long after the Romans have eunted domus."
Careful, you might have to write it correctly a hundred times.
'So apart from the bridge, the wharves, the City Wall, the baths and the Temple of Mithras...'
@@blameless_hyperborean8638 ...the wine?
@@blameless_hyperborean8638 The ampitheatre ?
@@blameless_hyperborean8638 ...the single market? I'll get me coat.
Oh so few would get that joke these days LOL
"long after the Romans had eunted domus" made me spit my drink all over my screen. Thanks for the laughs Jago :-D
this is exactly why video sharing is a good thing. so many interesting subjects in one short video. exactly the right amount of intereting things in just the right amount of time.
i come from yorkshire and i absolutely love the architecture and history of london. my gf is from london but lives in east sussex. another amazing place for historically interesting things. i just can't get enough of this stuff.
The Blackfriar pub is one of my favourite London boozers!
Art Nouveau never tasted ahem, looked so good!
It's a great place to dive out of the rain this time of year! Absolutely beautiful inside!
Whenever in London (I'm in NZ) I always go for as many walks as possible. I'll set up a walk before I leave and devote a day to it, making sure I drop in on the sites. A good walk is from Pudding Lane to Pye Corner (the route of the fire)....next time (whenever that is) it'll be a walk around the wall.
I had no idea that London was dotted with so many old ruins! I thought it would've all been knocked down centuries ago by now. That is really interesting! Great material!
Quick correction Jago, that "office building" you mentioned which has a section of Wall inside it is not actually an office, it is a student accommodation! I fear for the Wall's integrity with the many mishaps some rowdy figures may cause over many years.
Probably more at risk from a greedy developer who realises the fine would be miniscule compared to the price per sq metre he could liberate if he accidentally drove a bulldozer into it a few times.
well, having worked for the company who designed it, Apt, it is a mix of both office space, commercal and Student halls. With the uses being split across the old london wall
You mean like writing "Romanes Eunt Domus" over it in red letters? :P
@@theenigmaticst7572 Wossis, then? 'People called "Romanes"...they go the 'ouse'?!
I love this guy, whenever I am stressed I watch and listen to these to calm me.
Thanks for showing Ebenezer Howard's birthplace plaque. I'm writing this not far from the house he passed away in in the second garden city.
I walked some of this route on the way to Wilton's Music Hall last month. How odd to mention that, but getting out and about these past years isn't as common as it was.
Great video: superb narration and editing as usual. Your prolific output is amazing.
I worked on the student/office development at Vine Street and when they were looking to redevelop the existing office site they discovered the Roman wall built into a storage room. This resulted in the proposals now including the creation of a small museum space open to the public within the building. Almost complete and ready to view. Worth looking at planning application as DAS includes 8mages of it in its old store room setting!
On a holiday a was gently awoken by a polite officer from my slumber while nuzzle up cozy on one of those walls after a bender. The one with the Ceasar looking statue.
Instead of hassling me, he told me what I was resting on, and it's significance. Two hours later I parted with a map of London where the old walls we're circled with a pen, and they still remained.
To the man who took pity on me and sent me down a path of interest, I thank you. For my freedom, and your influence. You have my gratitude. ❤
As they say, Cheers 🍻
Thanks for the video. I worked in the city for over 20 years and have seen all those places many times, quite often on my way to a pub for lunch. Lovely memories.
Thanks!
I gave you a thumbs-up for another excellent video, then nearly took it away again when I heard the closing sentence 😁
That was excellent. I was born in London and lived all my life here but did not know much of the history you referenced. Thank you.
Thanks, and as an "Original Transcontinental Railway" fan from America, this history is great to see and interpreted. Our greatest American achievement was the fulfillment of "Manifest Destiny", courtesy of Jack Casement on the Union Pacific line, and James Strobridge of the Central Pacific RR, and the "Wedding of the Rails" at Promontory Summit, UT., May 10 of 1869...quite a contrast to Roman ruins. Thanks, again...Mr. Hazard....PS...some iron rail came from England, back in 1860's, to initially build our Transcon RR.
Entertaining and educational as always. Amazing what you unearth while 'Roman' around London
I have been in that building on vine Street a few times and seen the wall. I like to joke with the builders that they have missed a bit...funny everytime
I visited the London museum a while ago, and while traipsing around I happen to look out a window and lo and behold part of the wall in all its glory! couple that with the history within it brought it home, thank you Jago as always you bring the past to life.
"we don't need no education..." but then maybe we do... Thanks Jago, another brilliant video...
FYI, a section of the wall is preserved in the basement of the Merrill Lynch Financial Centre, under the “west” building that is located on Giltspur St between St Bart’s and the Viaduct Tavern. The route of the wall is marked on the ground in the pedestrian area behind the pub and Newgate St shops; however, the preserved section is not accessible other than to employees (nor can it be seen from outside the building).
I was sad to see nothing about this. The Financial Centre is built over the site of the London Greyfriars - a Franciscan friary that existed from 1225 to 1538 on a site at the North-West of the City of London by Newgate in the parish of St Nicholas in the Shambles.
The Friary was bounded on the northern side by the city wall and ditch.
It was the second Franciscan religious house to be founded in the country, and for a short period in the early 14th century was an intellectual centre rivalling only Oxford university. Members of the community at that time included William of Ockham, Walter Chatton and Adam Wodeham.
It was dissolved in 1538 at the instigation of Henry VIII as part of the dissolution of the monasteries.
I know you reference the Barbican estate her, but I personally would love to see you do a dedicated video on this remarkable, if divisive part of the City.
Plenty of Films on the Barbican Estate on YT. the interesting bits include some modern additions opp Barbican Station , and the Older Flats of Golden Lane Estate and elsewhere.
@@highpath4776 I do know that, but I would like a Jago vid on the Barbican. As I said.
FYI : at 11:30, you see the pub that was used in MIB (Men in Black (International)) as the location of the typewriter repair shop, entrance to the Men in Black underground complex... but you probably knew that already.
Thanks
Excellent video. Would it be possible to provide locations of the sites on the map you showed at the beginning ,as you are gaining an increasingly large global audience, who will be unfamiliar with the the City of London? Many thanks.
I think showing a map for 5 or 10 seconds in all of his videos would be an excellent idea. Jago, I've seen you show old maps a couple of times, that show proposed routes and stations that were never built, but I don't recall you showing modern maps very much. Especially nice would be to start with a map that shows all of greater London, then zoom in to the area in question. And highlight whatever spot you are talking about. I know it takes effort to do that, but I think lots of your viewers would find it helpful.
Your videos are so calming and informative. I really enjoy them and hope you continue to make them for many more years.
5:00 Cripple Gate must be from "creep under" : short wall studs in construction (under window frames etc) are called "cripples" - which would be because they're shorter and hold up lower framework - which you'd have to creep under....I'd always wondered about the etymology of that particular term! Thanks for the video!
Another great video Jago, enjoying seeing you do more London history that isn’t centred on the tube.
Fascinating video, I've seen bits of the wall but didn't realise how many there were still standing, and it's great to see something that ties them in with all the relevant place names. Thanks!
Very informative as ever.
Any chance of a video on London's Rowton Houses? There was a few around London, not sure if any still exist though. I stayed in the one at Whitechapel back in the 80s when I was working in the city as a carpenter. It was certainly cheap, but all you got was cell like room and use of a communal bathroom area located on each floor. There was also a dinning hall on the ground floor, or maybe it was in the basement, where a hearty, cheap (presumably subsidised) dinner could be purchased.
Another one of those great episodes of history about a great city, the one where I was born but know so little about... So when I see there is a new posting from Jago, its get a coffee, sit down, relax and learn something new.... Thank you Sir for another great 12 minutes of Jagos history lesson... As the legend Stanley Unwin said - Are you all sitty comftybold two-square on your botty? Then I'll begin.
Very interesting video. I love these kind of ancient connections to the present. Makes me feel part of something bigger. I live along the Rhine river, where plenty of Roman influence is felt to this day as well. Also some stray Norse stuff and even Napoleon did some stomping about here too.
Thank you so much 😊 🙏🏻 🌹 and the idea of giving a place for a small garden around these walls is very important.
Cela donne un côté romantique à l’ endroit. Et l’ on se surprend à rêver de cette période.
I used to work in that building on Crosswall! It was a private radiology clinic when I worked there and I was it’s clinic manager. And I used to walk past the Barbican Roman ruins every day to and from work. These videos are great! All the wonderful memories of the amazing city that is London ❤️❤️❤️ I never knew Colchester used to the the capital, that is so interesting! 🥰 I am quickly getting addicted to these video productions 🥰
Well done! Informative and witty. Nice that at least these portions of the wall have been preserved.
"Fields, fields, fields! And what's on the other side of this wall? More fields!" And I certainly enjoyed what could have been described as an "aperturian tour of the City of London."
Really excellent and entertaining video from you, Jago! I haven't been to London for many years, so, perhaps, next year sometime I will!
So good to see this channel is growing.
Thanks Jago! Duly added to the "next time we're in London" list!
This one is awesome 🦋🦋🦋 saved, will watch it again. 🦋🦋🦋 love your channel 🦋🦋🦋
Very nice but you missed a great bit of wall just off Coopers Row. Walk through the carport thingy of the 'Leonardo Royal Hotel London City' and there is a big section, you can even walk through a hole in it by use of a small foot bridge.
I will try to see this part of the Wall - can you really just walk through the carport of the hotel?
@@dianastevenson131 you can, it leads to a courtyard with the wall and the footbridge, on the other side of the wall is an alleyway that ends on a road named Crescent just off of America Square and the back way into the Co-op.
All those ancient walls are built so well. Amazing to be amongst history.
I don't want a room full of magazines...GASP!!!!
You get a like just for that final line...
A very interesting video. I do find it odd that they cut a hole in York's city wall so they could run a railway through it and into the city, yet terminated the railway just the other side.
The station in York was initially outside the walls but a few years later the first arch in the wall was built and later the station inside the walls was added, as was the second arch. The "new" station was then built outside the walls and after a while the inside station was closed. I believe they are now going to remove the Queens Street road bridge and have a flat crossing between the wall and the station, finance approved last year.
@@parcelmonious Correct. The first (temporary) station only lasted two years, the one that's referred to as "York old station", inside the walls, was built in 1841 and replaced in 1877 by the current one. But the lines through the walls continued to be used for carriage storage and parcels until well into the 1960s. The old station is now the council's West Offices building. The platforms are still there.
12 minutes and two seconds of fascinating and perfectly delivered new knowledge - thank you!
I hope you charge your sponsors double the going rate; you are possibly the only RUclipsr there is whose sponsor scripts are too interesting to be fast forwarded.
Had no idea there was so much Roman relics that reside in London to this day, def an eye opener, thanks!
I love your sardonic delivery and dry humour. And Dad jokes...! Keep 'em coming Jago x
Particularly the nod to Monty Python.
There is a section of the Roman Wall preserved in a car park under London Wall, and the remains of a gatehouse under Bastion House, near the Museum of London. It is hoped this will have more public access after the Museum moves and the site is redeveloped.
"If you are watching this video, and I have no reason to believe you aren't..." I had to pause the video for a few minutes to wrap my head around that sentence.
loved this video!!! its so informative and to the point. im so impressed all this is still preserved for the most part. much love from chile!
As an American reading books with references to places with "gate" at the end in London, I really appreciate this tour with explanation of the Roman wall of which I had little knowledge of! Great video.🤗
Great historical insight, with some dry wit!
Really enjoyed it.
I remember being in an underground office car park that had a part of the wall. It was closed off by fences so no one could physically get to it.
The section on Vine street is student accommodation. It will open as a museum next year If you want to visit. I work there :-)
Very interesting and informative video Jago. I love your humour!
I've been watching John Rogers walking videos.. LOVE these historical videos!
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Did you know that Barbican underground station was originally called Aldersgate.
With the brutalist redevelopment of the area known as Barbican the name of the station was changed.
Curiously London Transport (as it was called then) also stated that the name Aldersgate was too similar to Aldgate which isn't very far away so that was their reason for the name change.
I think that before before it was called Aldersgate Street.
It was "Aldersgate and Barbican" at one stage
yes of coz he knew, he even made a video about it ruclips.net/video/xPPAYE2YdVk/видео.html
@@jonathanma2741 COZ or course?
He who?
Mind you, having pressed the link I see it was Mr.Hazzard. Okay folks,take a look at Mr. Hazzard's video. Much more interesting than me.
Why "curiously"? - the explanation makes perfect sense, no?
yet another perfectly delivered, pun infested, highly educational yet engaging film. there really is no such thing as Hazzard-lite! I'll get my coat.
What a fantastic channel this is! I always learn something new about the city I was born in and parts of it I grew up in and lived in. Outstanding work by Jago every time.
Very Interesting! Shall make it a point to see some of these during my next trip!
Very interesting video. Informative and entertaining. Thank you Jago.
Nice Life Of Brian reference, appreciated.
You got me with the history and kept me with the chuckles - keep it up!
I did a recital in the grounds of St Alphege's a few years ago, I was stunned at how beautiful it was! Fortunately the weather held up..!
Jago - this one is one of your best videos! Happy new year! Viewers from Bath :)
I absolutely love your videos. If I am feeling rather low, here you are to cheer me up. Brilliant history as well.
Thank you 😊.
This may be one of my favorite videos of yours. Nicely done
It is delightful to hear the use of that old Anglo Saxon term "chutzpah" used at 4:40.
A very prosperous and above all healthful New Year to Jago Hazzard in gratitude for all his sterling work.
Happy New Year! Honestly, really want to thank you for your videos. They've added some joy to a couple years that needed it. And I apparently now like trains.
Well done Jago - another superb video
Well done Jago.
Very interesting
"The Romans are most famous for their roads".
I give you the Aqueduct.
For some reason all the wall-named streets reminds me of my 18 month sojourn in Amsterdam. I stayed in Nieuwezijds Voorburgwal or New Side Front Bastion Wall Street. Those were the days…