Explorers, Musicians And Executions: A Look Inside St Sepulchre-without-Newgate

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st sepulchre without newgate history

The City of London’s churches are always packed with history and fascinating stories. Visiting them is often like delving into an attic and discovering little treasures and memories. St Sepulchre-without-Newgate is a great example of this. It is likely there has been a church on this site, in the North-West corner of the City, just […]

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The History Of The Order Of St John In Clerkenwell

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st john's gate history

Walk down St John’s Lane in Clerkenwell and at the end of the street you will see a impressive gatehouse. Incongruous to its surroundings, it looks almost as if it has been transported out of a medieval world.  This was once the Southern entranceway to the Clerkenwell Priory, the English Headquarters of the Knights Hospitaller.

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