I worked in St Olaves back in the early 90s when it was the home a law firm from the US. We worked in the basement or crypt as it turned out. I recall some remains were discovered when doing work down there and having a day or so off while they took care of it all. We also had to go up into the tower to adjust the clock manually back and forth for daylight savings. Great video!
I worked in The City briefly in 1977. I began exploring there in 1971 when I was a teen, and I still feel I've only scratched the surface in 2023. My love for all things London led me to study the 17th century in detail, which led me to your channel. I love and admire what you do. It brightens my days whenever I see another walk (anywhere, not just London). Thank you so much. My wife has become as big a fan now as myself. Here's to many more decades of exploration for all. Barty Black
Lawrence Pountney Hill holds a lot of memories for me. In 1967 I worked as a 19 year old post and filing clerk at Vestry House right next to the churchyard. The post room faced onto Lawrence Pountney Lane and I remember making eye contact with a girl working in the office opposite. I chatted her up a few times as we caught the same tube home from Monument station until one day she produced a photo of her boyfriend. I was crushed. Still, the following year I changed jobs and met my future wife. And as they say, the rest is history.
The London cohort of the Hanseatic League of merchants was based at the Steel Yard on All Hallows Lane where you saw people queing to get into the club of that name. A steel yard isn't an open area but a yard long hinged balance used to measure weights. This one-time walled compound was originally right on the river, which is a measure of just how much the river has been embanked over the years.
I just read up about the Hanseatic league and it is amazing how life and trade back then was so complicated. You would think that the 12, 13 and 1400’s were simple times, but when you actually read up on it you get a feel of the hustle and bustle of the times, and how much work and decisions the monarchs had to deal with running the country. Amazing.
You are walking my alleyways! The City is my favourite part of London and I have spent hours pounding the pavement and shooting photos around there. Even with my extensive rambling around, you still managed to point out a couple of plaques I haven't seen. Wonderful video. Regarding the oddity off Martin Lane, here is a comment from Alan Waltham on the Look Up London blog. Makes sense to me: "Hi Katie. Looking at the 1841 Street Directory, 7 Martin Lane was the premises of Walter Powell who is listed as a solicitor. If one looks at the metal surround there are four hinge-beds clearly visible which would imply that there were another pair of (most likely) heavy steel doors which would have secured the internal contents & smaller safe. Bearing in mind the nature of Walter Powell’s business, I believe that this would therefore have been a secure document & valuables “safe” with high value items being secured in the small internal safe with deeds & documents stored in the three large pigeon-holes above."
John your guide on the old churches is a treasure! I’m in London for just a couple of days, staying in Aldgate, walking to and enjoying many of these thanks to you! Warwick from New Zealand.
John as freemasonry recently celebrated 300 years would love you to a episode on the United Grand Lodge of England located near Covent garden, would be a great episode
London was a Hanseatic port for several centuries! Their London headquarters was the "Steelyard" (Stahlhof) which was a fortified compound on the site of Cannon Street station.
What's great about not having quite so much surviving masonry is that the mind is more attuned to such things as topography or hidden rivers etc.. Thus the true nature of London in all its complexity becomes apparent to the viewer, even if just for a few minutes.. Nice one John! ⭐👍
Funny, with the word 'Hanseatic'. I live in the Netherlands 30km from the German border and in Germany the big northern cities are still called Hansa Stad. You see it on the numberplates of cars. A car registered in Hamburg for instance will start with HH which means Hansa-stad Hamburg. (Stad means city). Great video as ever John! I really enjoyed it.
John, I enjoy your videos so much ! I am American who in 1990 worked at 'The Cannon' pub that was located directly across Cannon Street from the entrance to Cannon Street Station ...in what is now the Walbrook Building. Even though of course so much has changed in that area since: (new) Walbrook Building, (new) Cannon Street Station, (new) Bloomberg London & Mithraeum, etc. ...for me your well crafted videos* have the power to bring to life the 'psychogeography' of the City from my fond memories ! *I also enjoy my (signed) copy of your book 'This Other London'
The church of St Mildreds, Poultry, was demolished, but more correctly dismantled and all its stones were bought and carted off to the countryside. It was sold by the parish itself-- as a lot were-- as fewer and fewer people lived in the city. The amount of money gained from these sales was substantial and allowed new churches to be built in the near suburbs like Notting Hill. St Mildred's was replaced by a large office building in the 1880s, but its little churchyard was saved as a space. All the burials from these small churches were exhumed and reinterred in mass graves in the new Ilford cemetery.
I completely enjoyed this walk. London is a magical historical ancient place. OLD Churches is a subject I love. You & your videos are such a pleasure! Thank you so much. Blessings to you and family from East Tennessee (USA) 🙂 🕊️🙋
Over the years my travels through London have made many of these buildings familiar. My later discoveries through genealogy have given me personal connections in some cases. It is wonderful to see you exploring and giving life to these ancient places.
If it's plural (St Martin's), I've found the following from Wikipedia, which may explain it; "In the 18th-century St Martin's Lane was noted for the Academy founded by William Hogarth and later for premises of cabinet-makers and "upholsterers" such as Thomas Chippendale, who moved to better premises there in 1753, Vile and Cobb, and William Hallett around the corner in Newport Street". Perhaps it's supposed to be a cabinet so that merchants could show their wares. Great vid, btw. 😊
I’ve been watching your videos in preparation for our trip to London. They’re really interesting and help learn something different about the city. We’re here now and went off to Cambridge today. I went into a second hand bookstore to buy a book. A used book is the perfect souvenir. What did I happen to find but a beautiful copy of “The Old Churches of London” by Gerald Cobb. I had to buy it. I’m going to go back through your videos now and rewatch them with a view to look them up in the book each time.
Thank you, John, for another fascinating walk to find the lost churches of the City of London. It is a pity that much of London's history is being lost.
Apparently 7 Martin Lane was the site of a solicitor's office before the area was destroyed. The mysterious box is believed to be the safe that would have contained various documents deeds, etc.. Courtesy of Mr Google 😁
There's also some suggestion that it was an oven in the house next door to the wine bar that was destroyed (in the Blitz?). The domed roof (with traces of black soot?) of the 'room' hints at that, and it appears to be next to a chimney breast. It would be interesting to see what it looks like from inside The Olde Wine Shades.
Just curious about the area of London, where the MayflowerPub is. We were there over coronation weekend, and I noticed a church with a very old cemetery. The man who worked at the church, said that it is believed that the captain of the mayflower is buried there, but they’re not sure where. I just joined, so I don’t know if you have previously done anything in that area that I could watch or read. Thank you so much. I totally enjoy all your walks.
According to the 1841 Street Directory, 7 Martin Lane was the premises of a solicitor; Walter Powell. This, coupled with the fact that there’s evidence of outer doors covering a smaller safe seems to suggest it must have been a document and valuables safe. You could store deeds and documents in the pigeon-holes above and high-ticket valuables in the internal safe below. from what im guessing might be the remains of an inner wall standing your looking at..
I was thinking of going to the National Maritime Museum this week to see the Baltic Exchange stained glass window. Hard to believe the bomb was over 30 years ago. I was working in a barristers chambers off Fleet Street. Strange times. Truth, Faith, Fortitude, Hope and Justice. The City prevails.
@@westleymanclike most of the country, complaining about how much money is spent on London but never thinking about how much money London brought in to the rest of the country.. Now we're determined upon "leveling down" 🤦♂️
I love these videos looking for historical spots in London. I will never have the time in London to do this, so I appreciate your efforts and the fact you share the experience with us. Thank you.
Thanks John; much appreciated. Familiar scenes for me. I worked in the Lutyens-designed 'Ned' when it was the Midland Bank HQ. Very ornate inside. They minted their own chocolate coins embossed with the griffin logo. Very tasty!
Really enjoy your ramblings. Aside from the churches, this video brought back memories of when I was a volunteer on the archaeological dig that went on pre construction of the building where you started the tour - No 1 Poultry. Remains of Saxon and Roman London were found (even leather shoes). The archaeologists were digging down “under slab” even as the building was rising above them. We used to process finds in a building in Sise Lane.
Very interesting video, I have a crude device so apologies if this has already been said but London was very much a Hansa port, sort of. The Hansa had a trading zone in the area around Cannon St station, trading rights were won by the Hansa who would hire mercenary troops if nationalist forces like Kings tried to stop there. A proto EU in some ways with their minds focussed on trade an of course money. The three UK Hansa ports were London, Ipswich and of course Kings Lynn where some original buildings survive. However they also had trading connections with Colchester, Sandwich, Boston and Norwich. In some ways the early commerciality influenced the eventual creation f the Germany we know today. I'd recommend Tallin as the best preserved city of the league.
This is totally just a random guess, but that barricaded window thing could have been a fence or maybe something to do with a bank or maybe even a pawn shop type of deal. Seeing things like that makes my mind wonder, I am currently doing research on the area of Liverpool I live and its fascinating
I thoroughly enjoy ur videos & walks. I learn so much from them. I’m from the States &cannot look for these fascinating historical landmarks myself, so I’m thrilled to have found ur channel. I look forward to each one. Take care.
Watching,Enjoying,and Learning!!!Love your vids and the passion you show London,Im agree with you about ,lanes and alleyways have most of the treasures of the city.Thank you and cheers from Argentina.
Lovely, Interesting walk John. I seem to remember being told that many of the old bollards were made from canons taken from French warships back in the day.
Hanseatic Port, Apparently, I have a distant distant ancestor who was the Mayor of Bremen , There is an often talked about family crest made of silver that was made in Bremen when he was Mayor, A family heirloom only seen a few times since WW2 , Last seen propping up a cupboard in a Aunts house in Montreal in the early 1970s. Nordic Spirit is a brand of Nicotene pouches.
Great video John. Love how these videos unravel these now hidden layers of London, its a city that just keeps giving. Also pleased you mentioned the Benjamin Disraeli link as you saw I went to Hughenden a few months ago, and was interesting to see even though you live elsewhere places and people take you back to your roots.
Another magnificent video of the fascinating City. Nowadays as many buildings are listed the developers have to watch their step and find somewhere else to house the mega rich rather than just demolish great swathes of history.
A very fine video! I really enjoyed the tour and the wonderful detailed history. Your city is amazing, so many layers of history and something of significance around each corner! Thanks so much for your enthusiasm and effort which comes through all of your videos!
John, I’ve just bought a copy of ‘A Pilgrim of the Thames’ by Donald Maxwell (brother of Gordon) from our local Amnesty book shop in Bristol. I’m only 16 pages in and am loving it. Just wondering if you have a copy?
i now need to watch all of your church walks in a mini-marathon! and, thanks to grant naylor, my immediate thought, when i hear the word "cloister", is Red Dwarf 😁 i also watched this before dinnertime, but i can hardly stay awake for it, as my habitual viewing time is usually just before bed! 😆
Another great video, Thank You 😎 I was wondering whether St Matthew's Church in Camden, is a lost church or does it still stand? I have come across it during my research. Best Wishes from West Wales ☺
Only some of the smaller ones. Like the City churchyards and the plague pit of Charterhouse Square. St James's Park was a royal deer park.The biggest parks were in the countryside until quite late.
Great walk John. A favourite haunt of mine. I have been talking of your videos with friends and particularly members of the Swedenborgian community in Stockholm who I spent time with today. We had a discussion about where Swedenborg had his vision/revelation(following on.from your video with Iain and Stephen).
Hello I am looking for Albany Chapel that existed on Frederick street which may now be Longford street about a block from Albany street west of regent's Park. Do you have any suggestions for how I might find it?
Such an enjoyable walk! I guess demolishing beautiful old buildings isn’t confined to the modern era. We rightly protect victorian architecture now, but it seems the victorians were quite happy to get rid of old stuff that’s in the way. All part of the tangled history of London
I was at school with a girl whose surname was Pountney so I think you got the pronunciation right! This might be of interest.. Pountney Name Meaning From Poultney (Leics) which is recorded as Pontenei in 1086 and Pulteney in 1220. The place-name derives from an Old English personal name *Pulta (genitive *Pultan) + Old English ēg ‘island piece of dry ground in a fen’. Source: The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland, 2016
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The Ned was formerly The Midland Bank. It has a claim to fame, because the vaults were used in the 007 James Bond film Goldfinger. "No Mr. Bond, we expect you to die"!
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I worked in St Olaves back in the early 90s when it was the home a law firm from the US. We worked in the basement or crypt as it turned out. I recall some remains were discovered when doing work down there and having a day or so off while they took care of it all. We also had to go up into the tower to adjust the clock manually back and forth for daylight savings. Great video!
Brilliant thanks for sharing Mart
You've succeeded in making a Welshman who lives in Los Angeles fall in love with London again. Thank you mate.
I worked in The City briefly in 1977. I began exploring there in 1971 when I was a teen, and I still feel I've only scratched the surface in 2023.
My love for all things London led me to study the 17th century in detail, which led me to your channel.
I love and admire what you do.
It brightens my days whenever I see another walk (anywhere, not just London).
Thank you so much.
My wife has become as big a fan now as myself.
Here's to many more decades of exploration for all.
Barty Black
Lawrence Pountney Hill holds a lot of memories for me. In 1967 I worked as a 19 year old post and filing clerk at Vestry House right next to the churchyard. The post room faced onto Lawrence Pountney Lane and I remember making eye contact with a girl working in the office opposite. I chatted her up a few times as we caught the same tube home from Monument station until one day she produced a photo of her boyfriend. I was crushed. Still, the following year I changed jobs and met my future wife. And as they say, the rest is history.
The London cohort of the Hanseatic League of merchants was based at the Steel Yard on All Hallows Lane where you saw people queing to get into the club of that name. A steel yard isn't an open area but a yard long hinged balance used to measure weights. This one-time walled compound was originally right on the river, which is a measure of just how much the river has been embanked over the years.
I just read up about the Hanseatic league and it is amazing how life and trade back then was so complicated.
You would think that the 12, 13 and 1400’s were simple times, but when you actually read up on it you get a feel of the hustle and bustle of the times, and how much work and decisions the monarchs had to deal with running the country. Amazing.
You are walking my alleyways! The City is my favourite part of London and I have spent hours pounding the pavement and shooting photos around there. Even with my extensive rambling around, you still managed to point out a couple of plaques I haven't seen. Wonderful video.
Regarding the oddity off Martin Lane, here is a comment from Alan Waltham on the Look Up London blog. Makes sense to me: "Hi Katie. Looking at the 1841 Street Directory, 7 Martin Lane was the premises of Walter Powell who is listed as a solicitor. If one looks at the metal surround there are four hinge-beds clearly visible which would imply that there were another pair of (most likely) heavy steel doors which would have secured the internal contents & smaller safe. Bearing in mind the nature of Walter Powell’s business, I believe that this would therefore have been a secure document & valuables “safe” with high value items being secured in the small internal safe with deeds & documents stored in the three large pigeon-holes above."
John your guide on the old churches is a treasure! I’m in London for just a couple of days, staying in Aldgate, walking to and enjoying many of these thanks to you! Warwick from New Zealand.
John as freemasonry recently celebrated 300 years would love you to a episode on the United Grand Lodge of England located near Covent garden, would be a great episode
My Sunday night therapy completed. Thanks for another great walk.
Brilliant- my pleasure Javeed
London was a Hanseatic port for several centuries! Their London headquarters was the "Steelyard" (Stahlhof) which was a fortified compound on the site of Cannon Street station.
Ah thanks - explains the name of nightclub I walked past in Allhallows Lane
What's great about not having quite so much surviving masonry is that the mind is more attuned to such things as topography or hidden rivers etc.. Thus the true nature of London in all its complexity becomes apparent to the viewer, even if just for a few minutes.. Nice one John! ⭐👍
Just as interesting as the video are the comments from folks reminiscing of when they worked or lived in London, it really personalises your video.
Funny, with the word 'Hanseatic'. I live in the Netherlands 30km from the German border and in Germany the big northern cities are still called Hansa Stad. You see it on the numberplates of cars. A car registered in Hamburg for instance will start with HH which means Hansa-stad Hamburg. (Stad means city). Great video as ever John! I really enjoyed it.
@@wordsSHIFTminds Well, close enough ^____^
Kings Lynn was in the hanseatic league,we've got a hands house.
John,
I enjoy your videos so much !
I am American who in 1990 worked at 'The Cannon' pub that was located directly across Cannon Street from the entrance to Cannon Street Station ...in what is now the Walbrook Building.
Even though of course so much has changed in that area since: (new) Walbrook Building, (new) Cannon Street Station, (new) Bloomberg London & Mithraeum, etc.
...for me your well crafted videos* have the power to bring to life the 'psychogeography' of the City from my fond memories !
*I also enjoy my (signed) copy of your book 'This Other London'
John, thanks for taking us on another interesting journey around the Churches in the City of London.
My pleasure
The church of St Mildreds, Poultry, was demolished, but more correctly dismantled and all its stones were bought and carted off to the countryside. It was sold by the parish itself-- as a lot were-- as fewer and fewer people lived in the city. The amount of money gained from these sales was substantial and allowed new churches to be built in the near suburbs like Notting Hill. St Mildred's was replaced by a large office building in the 1880s, but its little churchyard was saved as a space. All the burials from these small churches were exhumed and reinterred in mass graves in the new Ilford cemetery.
I completely enjoyed this walk. London is a magical historical ancient place. OLD Churches is a subject I love. You & your videos are such a pleasure! Thank you so much. Blessings to you and family from East Tennessee (USA) 🙂 🕊️🙋
Thanks so much Janet
Over the years my travels through London have made many of these buildings familiar. My later discoveries through genealogy have given me personal connections in some cases.
It is wonderful to see you exploring and giving life to these ancient places.
13:40 your description of the linguistic origins of the English language had me laughing so hard 😆
It's so accurate! This is truly worthy of a short.
If it's plural (St Martin's), I've found the following from Wikipedia, which may explain it; "In the 18th-century St Martin's Lane was noted for the Academy founded by William Hogarth and later for premises of cabinet-makers and "upholsterers" such as Thomas Chippendale, who moved to better premises there in 1753, Vile and Cobb, and William Hallett around the corner in Newport Street". Perhaps it's supposed to be a cabinet so that merchants could show their wares. Great vid, btw. 😊
I’ve been watching your videos in preparation for our trip to London. They’re really interesting and help learn something different about the city. We’re here now and went off to Cambridge today. I went into a second hand bookstore to buy a book. A used book is the perfect souvenir. What did I happen to find but a beautiful copy of “The Old Churches of London” by Gerald Cobb. I had to buy it. I’m going to go back through your videos now and rewatch them with a view to look them up in the book each time.
Nice! No spare room on my bookshelves at present but I also would have had to buy that one. Congratz on your find.
Thank you, John, for another fascinating walk to find the lost churches of the City of London. It is a pity that much of London's history is being lost.
Wonderful.Thank you.
Apparently 7 Martin Lane was the site of a solicitor's office before the area was destroyed. The mysterious box is believed to be the safe that would have contained various documents deeds, etc.. Courtesy of Mr Google 😁
Brilliant thanks
There's also some suggestion that it was an oven in the house next door to the wine bar that was destroyed (in the Blitz?). The domed roof (with traces of black soot?) of the 'room' hints at that, and it appears to be next to a chimney breast. It would be interesting to see what it looks like from inside The Olde Wine Shades.
I was curious about it too
Superb...😀👍.
Just curious about the area of London, where the MayflowerPub is. We were there over coronation weekend, and I noticed a church with a very old cemetery. The man who worked at the church, said that it is believed that the captain of the mayflower is buried there, but they’re not sure where. I just joined, so I don’t know if you have previously done anything in that area that I could watch or read. Thank you so much. I totally enjoy all your walks.
A great walk through The City, John! You look fit and well! Cheers!❤
According to the 1841 Street Directory, 7 Martin Lane was the premises of a solicitor; Walter Powell. This, coupled with the fact that there’s evidence of outer doors covering a smaller safe seems to suggest it must have been a document and valuables safe. You could store deeds and documents in the pigeon-holes above and high-ticket valuables in the internal safe below. from what im guessing might be the remains of an inner wall standing your looking at..
Greetings from Budapest, John
Thank you for this interesting and informative tour . ❤ Many missionaries were sent from England.
John, you do a lot of research and effort to make these city of London videos fascinatingly addictive. Subscribed, thank you!
Many thanks Graeme
Nice one John, amazing walk - Cheers mate...
my favourite is St Dunstans near the Tower of London , its a shell , but is amazing when the budlia are flowering and you missed it by 50 yards
Yes that’s a beautiful spot. Went there in my previous City Churches video
The butterfly plant
Another wonderful video John. I’m waiting for footage of someone running off with your camera. Thanks and keep them coming, Malcolm
Love the city walks and the old church sites!
Fascinating as always. Feel like I have learnt so much in 20 mins!
The tripod shots are great... it feels so professional! Good stuff!
Another great video John, I always enjoy your City of London churches walks. Thank you.
thanks Lydia
Born on the estates in bermondsey, I would like to see more about places of the working class 🎉
You might enjoy this film I made a few years ago - must make another video in the area ruclips.net/video/dPrsDCU2qUc/видео.html
I was thinking of going to the National Maritime Museum this week to see the Baltic Exchange stained glass window. Hard to believe the bomb was over 30 years ago. I was working in a barristers chambers off Fleet Street. Strange times. Truth, Faith, Fortitude, Hope and Justice. The City prevails.
"The City prevails "! This concentration of wealth, by a Uber Capitalist Imperialist elite, IS the problem
@@westleymancfeel free to burn your hemp sandals 👍🏻
@@westleymanclike most of the country, complaining about how much money is spent on London but never thinking about how much money London brought in to the rest of the country.. Now we're determined upon "leveling down" 🤦♂️
I love these videos looking for historical spots in London. I will never have the time in London to do this, so I appreciate your efforts and the fact you share the experience with us. Thank you.
Thank you so interesting 😊
Another excellent walk, thankyou so much.
Thanks John; much appreciated. Familiar scenes for me. I worked in the Lutyens-designed 'Ned' when it was the Midland Bank HQ. Very ornate inside. They minted their own chocolate coins embossed with the griffin logo. Very tasty!
I used to bank at that branch way back in the early 80's when the cheques had pretty pictures on them. 😊
Really enjoy your ramblings. Aside from the churches, this video brought back memories of when I was a volunteer on the archaeological dig that went on pre construction of the building where you started the tour - No 1 Poultry. Remains of Saxon and Roman London were found (even leather shoes). The archaeologists were digging down “under slab” even as the building was rising above them. We used to process finds in a building in Sise Lane.
Thanks for taking me on this walk. Keep them coming in good health & happiness.
Very interesting video, I have a crude device so apologies if this has already been said but London was very much a Hansa port, sort of. The Hansa had a trading zone in the area around Cannon St station, trading rights were won by the Hansa who would hire mercenary troops if nationalist forces like Kings tried to stop there. A proto EU in some ways with their minds focussed on trade an of course money. The three UK Hansa ports were London, Ipswich and of course Kings Lynn where some original buildings survive. However they also had trading connections with Colchester, Sandwich, Boston and Norwich. In some ways the early commerciality influenced the eventual creation f the Germany we know today. I'd recommend Tallin as the best preserved city of the league.
This is totally just a random guess, but that barricaded window thing could have been a fence or maybe something to do with a bank or maybe even a pawn shop type of deal. Seeing things like that makes my mind wonder, I am currently doing research on the area of Liverpool I live and its fascinating
I thoroughly enjoy ur videos & walks. I learn so much from them. I’m from the States &cannot look for these fascinating historical landmarks myself, so I’m thrilled to have found ur channel. I look forward to each one. Take care.
Thanks Tina
Love your City church walks. I walk these streets two or three times a week and still discover new things in your videos.
Watching,Enjoying,and Learning!!!Love your vids and the passion you show London,Im agree with you about ,lanes and alleyways have most of the treasures of the city.Thank you and cheers from Argentina.
Thanks Marta
love this..
Thanks for another cracking trip around the fascinating city that is London 🎉
Fantastic city walk John . My wife and I did a few lost church’s walk last year and there is some beautiful hidden churchyard gardens .
Nice way to wake up on a Monday morning. Thank you John 🎧🙌
Thank you John, another fascinating episode.
Wonderful video, as ever John. phonetically you pronounce Glyndwr as “ Glyn Duwer” hope that helps! Best wishes from North Wales!
Came forv5he video, stayed for the comments. Bravo, John, this was so much fun.
Lovely, Interesting walk John. I seem to remember being told that many of the old bollards were made from canons taken from French warships back in the day.
Another nice video John, greetings from another Hanseatic city, Groningen. And yes, London also belonged to the League
London was indeed a Hanseatic port. The site of the Hanseatic League's wharfs and warehouses is where Cannon Street Station is now.
Another brilliant video John! I work not too far away so definitely feel an afternoon off and a mooch coming down the line soon 👍
Many thanks for another excellent video John, wonderful stuff
Golly, the time went by so fast, I had to watch it twice. Cheers John. Thanks for showing me an area I haven't seen in a lot of years.
Delightful as usual,we are all part of the layers of history.thank you John.
Glad you enjoyed it Keith
@@JohnRogersWalks thank you always interesting.
Brilliant as always. Thanks for your efforts
Thanks for watching Andrew
Hanseatic Port, Apparently, I have a distant distant ancestor who was the Mayor of Bremen , There is an often talked about family crest made of silver that was made in Bremen when he was Mayor, A family heirloom only seen a few times since WW2 , Last seen propping up a cupboard in a Aunts house in Montreal in the early 1970s.
Nordic Spirit is a brand of Nicotene pouches.
We have many treasures in this country
Now we have One More John Rogers A Treasure Indeed 👍🥰👋😊
That’s incredibly kind June
@@JohnRogersWalks A National Treasure We have all learned so much from you Thankyou very much xxx👍🥰💐👋👏👏
Yet another wonderful video John thank you. I absolutely love these walks around London.
Great video John. Love how these videos unravel these now hidden layers of London, its a city that just keeps giving. Also pleased you mentioned the Benjamin Disraeli link as you saw I went to Hughenden a few months ago, and was interesting to see even though you live elsewhere places and people take you back to your roots.
Another magnificent video of the fascinating City. Nowadays as many buildings are listed the developers have to watch their step and find somewhere else to house the mega rich rather than just demolish great swathes of history.
Another great video John. Seeking out the old churches keeps history of the City alive 👍
Once again, a brilliant snapshot of some of Londons old churches. Thank you John, fascinating stuff. 👍🌹
A very fine video! I really enjoyed the tour and the wonderful detailed history. Your city is amazing, so many layers of history and something of significance around each corner! Thanks so much for your enthusiasm and effort which comes through all of your videos!
Another great video John. Am really enjoying your series of the Churches of the City of London.
John, I’ve just bought a copy of ‘A Pilgrim of the Thames’ by Donald Maxwell (brother of Gordon) from our local Amnesty book shop in Bristol. I’m only 16 pages in and am loving it. Just wondering if you have a copy?
i now need to watch all of your church walks in a mini-marathon! and, thanks to grant naylor, my immediate thought, when i hear the word "cloister", is Red Dwarf 😁 i also watched this before dinnertime, but i can hardly stay awake for it, as my habitual viewing time is usually just before bed! 😆
WELL PRESENTED JOHN. thankyou
Fantastic John - such a marvellous series you’re creating here.
Thanks Ben
Love the video, John. I enjoy the history information. Richard in Renol.
Such a fantastic channel. Many thanks for all your work!🇨🇦🌏🌍🌎
Thank you
I enjoyed this walk. Nice that the sites of the old churches are often marked. And haven't some of them got strange names ...
Another great video, Thank You 😎 I was wondering whether St Matthew's Church in Camden, is a lost church or does it still stand? I have come across it during my research. Best Wishes from West Wales ☺
My favourite tower is that in the middle of Wood Lane outside the police station. It’s like a medieval rocket.
Great walk John I recently found out that the park areas in central London where graveyards
Only some of the smaller ones. Like the City churchyards and the plague pit of Charterhouse Square. St James's Park was a royal deer park.The biggest parks were in the countryside until quite late.
Great walk, one of your best ever.
Many thanks
Thanks John, Stay Safe .
Cheers Dave
Great walk John. A favourite haunt of mine. I have been talking of your videos with friends and particularly members of the Swedenborgian community in Stockholm who I spent time with today. We had a discussion about where Swedenborg had his vision/revelation(following on.from your video with Iain and Stephen).
Great stuff Mark. There’s going to be a screening of that film at Swedenborg House in September
@@JohnRogersWalks excellent. I will be there. I am documenting the summerhouse here in Stockholm.
This area took me back in time, thank you John for the memories 💕🇦🇺
Hello I am looking for Albany Chapel that existed on Frederick street which may now be Longford street about a block from Albany street west of regent's Park. Do you have any suggestions for how I might find it?
Such an enjoyable walk! I guess demolishing beautiful old buildings isn’t confined to the modern era. We rightly protect victorian architecture now, but it seems the victorians were quite happy to get rid of old stuff that’s in the way. All part of the tangled history of London
I forgot to mention that upon your suggestion I used John Betjeman's book on the City of London Churches as my reference.
I was at school with a girl whose surname was Pountney so I think you got the pronunciation right!
This might be of interest..
Pountney Name Meaning
From Poultney (Leics) which is recorded as Pontenei in 1086 and Pulteney in 1220. The place-name derives from an Old English personal name *Pulta (genitive *Pultan) + Old English ēg ‘island piece of dry ground in a fen’.
Source: The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland, 2016
John, if your subscriber count was a football supporter capacity you would be third in the UK behind Wembley and Old Trafford. Thank you for continuing to fill the John Rogers Stadium on a Sunday. 10,300 can get into Adams Park, Wycombe
Jon you must do a video in King's Lynn (not just because it's a stone's throw away from my home 😂)
The Ned was formerly The Midland Bank. It has a claim to fame, because the vaults were used in the 007 James Bond film Goldfinger. "No Mr. Bond, we expect you to die"!
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Great stuff thanks
I know there is a place for modern architecture but I find that view over to The Shard from Allhallows Lane so very depressing 😢
Another great walk