Sacred City of London Walk (4K)
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- Опубликовано: 19 окт 2024
- A walk linking together a series of churches and sacred sites in the City of London. Thanks to my supporters on Patreon / johnrogers
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This is episode five in the City of London churches walks. Churches on this walk: St. Paul's Cathedral, St. Nicholas Cole Abbey, St. James Garlickhithe, St. Mary Aldermary, Site of St. Mildred’s, St Peter’s Churchyard, St Mary-le-Bow, St. Mary Woolnoth.
We also visit the birthplace of St Thomas Becket.
Streets: Bow Lane and Watling Street, Queen Victoria Street, Cheapside, Lombard Street, Groveland Court
Pubs: Ye Olde Watling Pub, The Pavilion End, Williamson’s Tavern
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No.7 Alone With My Thoughts - Esther Abrami
Pachabelly - Huma-Huma
Nadir - Gavin Luke
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St Peter’s Westcheap church yards is the home of the Wood Street Plane Tree, which is said to be the oldest living tree in the City of London.
As both my parents were born within the sound of Bow Bells, I have to say "Gor Blimey Mate"!!! I always find your videos relaxing in a hurried world. Look forward to the next.
Sunday in the City is such a special experience.
I worked in the City for years and used to love to steal 30\40 minutes between meetings and go to all these churches and little gardens. I was lucky enough to go into lots of offices and trading rooms and see the views from the windows. Its an amazing place.
So, I worked in Ironmonger Lane for a few years in the early 90s and walked that corner twice a day and somehow missed the fact about Becket! I worked for a company in St Olave's Church, Old Jewry in Inronmonger Lane which is I believe is another Wren church. We used to have to climb the tower to manually turn the clock forward and back and I was also sent home for a few days when they found some skeletal remains in the basement quite literally under my desk during renovations.
My late Grandmother loved her history and she has been gone for 25 years now. I would so love for her to be around now and spend time taking in the history of London with her visiting old churches and other historical sites. I do remember she took me to the British museum to see the Lindow man when the exhibit was installed there. It’s a shame as I did not go out with her that much as I was young and doing my own thing. Still some nice memories exist.
I was a cycle courier in London in the 90’s so know my way around. It is amazing how many back streets I knew and remember watching this video.
Really lovely to read about your memories of your Grandmother. As we remember people who died they come alive in our mind. I hope you are still cycling thess days. Have a good week.
Excellent. Our grandson was born on the 17th June at the Royal London within the sound of St Mary le Bow with St Mildred's Bread St.
St Mary le Bow also encompasses many other former churches including St Pancras Soper lane.& All Hallows Honey Lane. There is a new paving plaque for an Eleanor Cross in St Mary le Bow church yard. Great project of walks John.
London is amazing and beyond imagination.Yeah,I read somewhere in magazines that France 🇫🇷 wine is famous.London famous for churches ⛪...and William wordsworths sister Dorothy in India . I want to see London once in my life. It's like a dream for me Westminster abbey beautiful place ❤ 😀
Thank you for the memories of growing up and the streets and lanes that were short cuts for me. Loved the history and the last street Lombard St was special as I worked in Coutts bank there when I first left school in 1962. All those little courts and lanes had tge odd fantastic tiny shops, tailors, jewellers etc. Oldy worldy types. Loved this tour and being a history buff so enjoyed it. Thank you so much 💕🇦🇺
St Mary Woolnoth (final church of the video) has a great coffee shop in the front run by the lovely Melina (Cosy Coffee Corner). St Mary Aldermary also has a great coffee shop inside (Host Coffee). Great to see some of the churches being used that way
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Fascinating as ever. It amazes me how you make Central London look so quiet ☺️
The City of London proper is basically a wasteland on weekends, other than the tourists around St Paul’s and the Tower. This has been amplified by covid. It turns out a monoculture of banks and business services firms don’t make for a vibrant part of the city. There is the odd pub open off the tourist trail, but most of the smaller businesses are only open Monday to Friday.
Fabulous. I worked in and around the City for 20 years or so and loved it so much - history around every corner, and so many interesting places to wander during lunch hours. Work locally now since having a family, and I literally feel homesick watching videos like this, even though I return now and again! Thanks so much. Fascinating.
Captured how it makes me feel too Sara x
Every few months I marked exams in Aldermanbury just off Wood Street and I used to wander round the area looking for blue plaques and churches. Great memories brought back by this video, thank you John.
Pretty amazing John that, as recently as 2018, they created a garden in the square mile. A plot like that must be worth a few quid and could easily have become home to a Starbucks, a Costa, or some other generic tat.
For your followers who don't know, St Mary Le Bow church is significant to Londoners as the church of the Bow Bells, whose chimes are key to the original definition of the Cockney....as in if you lived within earshot of them you officially are one! Also, I can't remember if you have visited All Hallows by the Tower yet in this series, John, but if not, can I ask that you please go inside and film the brilliant crypt/museum? It's pretty awesome.
many thanks - All Hallows should be in the next video in this series
There's so much history, crammed into one square mile! Always love your films about The City,
Thank you John, as a Londer I absolutely love your walks.
Looking very fresh today Sir. I was a Cycle Messenger in London for over 20 years.. This brings back some memories for me. Great stuff. them Alleys made great shortcuts..... im long retired now.
I love all your walks, but especially like the city of London churches.
Thanks for another super interesting walk around some old haunts for me, nice to see Cheapside today. I loved wandering these streets & lanes when (ostensibly) working for the developer of St Martin's Le Grand & later the Arup architectural practice who designed a fair few buildings in the city. Thanks John.
I love your London vlogs John, I have never been down Bow Lane but it looks amazing, I must go! That shot of St Pauls in the background was majestic, nice one!
thanks Rossy
I’m so glad I found your vodeos. I’m thoroughly enjoying walking with you through history. You have an easy, relaxed coversational style and clearly extremely knowledgeable, plus your personal observations and experiences make each video a joy. I would very much like to see a walk that takes in the City Livery Halls and Companies. Tons of history! Thanks so much.
Thanks very much Val - welcome to the channel
A nice surprise for the late evening. One of John Rogers' videos.
I love love love church walks - actually I love city walks in which you have a specific goal - while the walks that take place in more natural surroundings benefit from a good ramble.
Thank you Mr Rogers for another virtuoso video displaying your unique, unrivalled and premier talents . Beguilingly you manage to ravel poetry, historical facts/myth and legend with improvised quips and observations .
Selfishly speaking please don't even contemplate any form of retirement.
Long may your fire of marvel,wonder,enchantment and enlightenment burn.
Loved the walk about. I thought you touching on the esoteric side of London's architecture opened a door of interest.
Can't wait to see these places myself, thanks John
St Mary Woolnoth always puts me in mind of TS Eliot and The Waste Land:
"Unreal City,
Under the brown fog of a winter dawn,
A crowd flowed over London Bridge, so many,
I had not thought death had undone so many.
Sighs, short and infrequent, were exhaled,
And each man fixed his eyes before his feet.
Flowed up the hill and down King William Street,
To where Saint Mary Woolnoth kept the hours
With a dead sound on the final stroke of nine."
In his notes to the poem Eliot remarks that the "dead sound on the final stroke of nine" was "A phenomenon which I have often noticed." Does the clapper perhaps stay resting on the bell on the last stroke of each hour? Is it a quirk of the church's clock - and does it still do it? Or does he just mean that 9am is depressing because it means it's time for work?
St Magnus Martyr figures in it, too:
"O City city, I can sometimes hear
Beside a public bar in Lower Thames Street,
The pleasant whining of a mandoline
And a clatter and a chatter from within
Where fishmen lounge at noon: where the walls
Of Magnus Martyr hold
Inexplicable splendour of Ionian white and gold."
Thanks for an interesting stroll and peeks of the old history /architecture. Always amazed at how close together the buildings are, and have remained after rebuilding.
Thank you, John, for another wonderful walk through history. Well done.
Distaff Lane Garden is lovely with what looks like beautiful birch trees. A lot of deep history with the story of Thomas Beckett. Fascinating walk thank you.
The sound of bow-bells chime was fantastic.......
Love the City of London church walks as I remember my Dad taking me round the City on Sundays as a kid.Interesting and entertaining as always John!!!
London is a place with so much history. Love your walks...all of them. They include amazing facts, points to ponder... day dream about. Love this channel Mr.John Rogers. 🌸 🌿🗝🙏
Cramming so much info into 20 minutes... An absolute marvel. Always fascinating.
Another fabulous warm film, full of heart thank you John. At first I thought that suitcase on the cobbles was your audience clapping. Should be!
Thanks John, Love your London walks, as I know her so well, especially as I now live in 'Stralya. I love learning details which every Londoner should know, but doesn't, because we have no oral tradition of history like the tribal people's.
I'm so grateful for what you do, and send links to expats in other countries, which always get appreciated.
many thanks for that John - much appreciated
Hi John, I am a descendent of those Norman settlers you mention on the Mapley side of my family, in Northampton, there is a document from William the Conqueror congratulating my distant ancestor on the confirmation of their son. They Settled in Great Linford now part of north Milton Keynes and ran the mill there.
Brilliant John - as soon as you mentioned Iain Sinclair, I had to go back and rewatch your last London walk with him.
Just taking out the old world put so nicely 👌
What a delight. . Really enjoyed the video. . Wonderful to meet your lovely wife. . You are such a loving couple
Love peace and harmony to everybody
Namaste
When you were at St Peter's that little building next to that ancient plane tree is the oldest on Cheapside. Wonderful video as always.
Always love a walk around the City.
I love this series of walks...I was wondering are you going to be covering St dunstan in the east? Or St olavs near fenchurch Street?
fascinating walk
Wonderful video, a nice end to my birthday. Fascinating as always 😊
Excellent as always. I had really fun bike ride today here (Maryland , USA), enjoyably drifting through a college town then an old rail to trail conversion. Speaking of Iain Sinclair I grabbed some lines from the article you posted on IG and came up with this almost credo: "We search for the missing parts of the map. We ramble and forgive. New memories are made. New oppositions. We wander and thrive."
Really enjoying these videos, sometime in the ealy 2000's my partner visited all the Hawksmoor churches & was really impressed. Thank you as always John for an insightful & interesting video.😀
Very nice. Good old St Mary Woolnoth. A striking frontage and I find its orientation strangely jarring but more intriguing for it. I had no idea about the origins of the Lombard Street name, so thanks for that little nugget of information
Glad you found the video. The churches really open up the history of the city
@@JohnRogersWalks Absolutely and what a great little parallel series you're doing on them.
That was truly magical.
thanks very much Jane
So interesting to see a different perspective on the area I used to walk around many years ago, when I worked in the City of London. Also discovered I have some ancestors buried in a few of those churches, although suspect the gravestones are long since gone. Much of the area still looks reassuringly familiar, despite the constant knocking down and rebuilding that goes on in the city. Always enjoy your walks.
Thanks again John In Chicago
London have a great history 👏 👍 👌. Many churches ⛪ and beautiful roads and streets. Perhaps God make it perfect.Beautiful colour of hotel's wall especially blue.its history makes it different..Jesus make it quite beautiful and your book sir city of churches is reminded me my childhood memories when my father bought many stories book.in that magazine and comics I read about London and Londoners.Nice memories.
Fascinating stuff, thanks so much John
Yay! Perfect timing! Looking forward to this!
hope you enjoy it Robert
Another JR’s London Treasury edition. Great stuff.
….And just a thought on modern pentagrams, you’ll find a Tesco’s Express on every point of the star in the borough of Westminster, but a Sainsbury’s Local in Lambeth.
Now that’s a deal with the devil.
Loving these city walks and looking forward to the next
Great video again John! Really enjoying this series and really appreciate the effort you put into making them! Thank you. 👍👏🏻
I really love the final scene endings of your videos. Would you ever consider a montage of them without the credits?
I hadn’t heard of that John Benjamin book before. I’ve bought a first edition of it on ebay.
Thoroughly enjoyable and informative stroll...
thanks Johnny
Wonderful walk John .
Another great one! Fascinating!
Thanks John, a wonderful education as always provided by yourself.
Regards
As always a great video. How The City has changed since I worked there in the 1980s/90s, although there are small parts that I could still recognise.
Great treat before going to bed 🙂
The A40 starts where St Paul's tube station is. It's not that hard to imgine Wattling Street joining up with it at some point. Follow the A40 westward through Oxford Street, Bayswater, Holland Park, Shepherds Bush and straight through to Oxford. Not to be confused with the 'Ealing Bypass' which people now call the A40.
love the Guildhall, recently went to look at apprentice records in the library
Another great slice of history, thanks John
Thanks for watching David
Another excellent video! 👍
thanks Vermeer
Ye olde Watling..my local for few pints in '80s
John you just make me happy
Thank you John....as ever fascinating!
A really great video Mr Rogers. Thank you.
Hi John. May I suggest a walk for you. You have mentioned Welwyn Garden City before. How about a look around Letchworth then WGC as Ebenezer Howard designed both. You could start at Letchworth then pop back on the train and do WGC. Ebenezer had a big influence on a number of cities around the world.
Loving the church walks...keep dragging them out!
Really enjoying this series John. Cheers
Thanks Stewart
Great video. I'm your fan.
great breakfast time viewing John. cheers
Wonderful walk again much enjoyed the finish having worked in Lombard Street - also next to St Mary Woolnoth alon King William Street just before Post Office Lane was an entry or lift down to unused tube lines i believe - when are you doing Mansion House ?
Speaking of Normans in London, I know that from our coat of arms, the Drurys after the battle of 1066, they were the Duries as Normans in Drieu And then were given land in England specifically in Norfolk and Sussex and change their names to Drury
This vlog was too short! Sending love from the Midwest.
Glad you picked up this one again. I adore churches and London has many. I've no religious beliefs but enjoy exploring them. I viewed the St John The Baptist Holland Park at the weekend. And I've just been given/gift the Ed Glinert Compendium book that you recommended. And I've just read Ian Sinclair FT Article on the Olympic Park area where you are referenced throughout. So thank you for all your advice and great walks. See you soon.
A very informative and enticing walk along some unfamiliar City byeways. So easy to miss hurrying along the main thoroughfares from A to B. 'What is this life, if full of care, We have no time to stand and stare'.
Thanks for another cracking vlog,very interesting
thanks David
A bit late to the party this week, so forgive me if I'm just repeating something already posted but canonised is when someone is made a priest (canon), beatification is the declaration of sainthood..
I also haven't seen any reference to the life of John Smith having once (purportedly) been saved by Pocahontas (so you missed a good excuse for a trip to Gravesend 🤣)
Another great walk, John. Thank you 👍
Another excellent and interesting video John. Well filmed, edited and narrated. Thank you. 👍
Thanks John
Another great video, John. Thanks!
many thanks Patricia
Watching this morning before I head out into the world asl you uploaded a little late. Really liked the video it seemed to fly by super fast. Who would have thought churches could be so intresting. Have a good week John.
Another great video John...very informative.
10:9 John Smith had an extrodinary life, fighting for the kinggoms of Hungary, Wallachia and Transylvania against the Ottamons. He was made a slave in Turkey, sent to the Crimea, escaped to Russia on foot in winter - and then helped plant a number of colonies on the coast of 'America'.
I'd now love to read a book about him. He sounds like an ancestor of Flashman.
Thanks John, Keep Safe.
cheers Dave
Thank you John 😍😍
Cheers for the shoutout John. Another great video. Keep up the good work !
Cheers Jamie
Hiya Jamie, John mentioned an online map in which you can see a comparison with present day and Victorian London. Would you be able to share that?
@@MarkWright75 sorry mark, I did link the website but it keeps deleting. If you search, for Victorian ordinance survey map it should come up mate
@@jamiejosh96 thank you!
@@MarkWright75 no worries Mark, if you have trouble finding it message your email can send you the link
Too near my bedtime.
Never mind - something good to wake up to tomorrow. 😀
Thanks for such a interesting and relaxing walk and a great informative vlog.
John could you link the biography of St Thomas you read, much appreciated Ed.
Such an interesting and calming time watching this. Thank you John.
Once again excellent thanks
Hermoso Gracias por el video