Memorials and Monuments

London’s memorials and monuments- the history behind them and the people they honour

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

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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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Where Does Marylebone Get Its Name From?

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Tucked between Mayfair to the South and Regent’s Park to the North, Marylebone is one of London’s most elegant areas. Today its beautiful, well-preserved Georgian and Victorian streets are lined with chic independent shops, cafes and restaurants.  But what is the history behind it and where does the name come from? A Riverside Hamlet Marylebone

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The Church Named After A Shoe: St Margaret Pattens

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London’s churches, packed with centuries worth of stories and historical artefacts, are always worth a visit if you have the time. Their names also often tell a fascinating story and certainly is the case for St Margaret Pattens.  St Margaret Pattens can be found on Eastcheap, in the financial district, towered over today by 20

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8 Places In London With Links To D-Day

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Thursday 6th June 2024 marks the 80th anniversary of D-Day. It was on the 6th June 1944 that the allied forces landed on the Normandy beaches, to retake occupied Europe and therefore changed the course of World War Two. There are a number of places that you can see or visit in London that relate

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St Ethelburga’s: A Church And A Bedouin Tent

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On Bishopsgate, in the City of London, you will find London’s smallest church, St Ethelburga’s. Towered over today by the Gherkin, not only is it London’s smallest church, it can also be considered both London’s luckiest and unluckiest church. Today it is not an active church in the traditional sense but carries out a different

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