London’s memorials and monuments- the history behind them and the people they honour
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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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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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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On Warwick Lane in the City of London, minutes from St Paul’s Cathedral, you will find the rich, red brick facade of Cutlers’ Hall. This is one of the City of London’s 40 livery halls, home to the Worshipful Company of Cutlers. The Cutlers Company is one of the 111 livery companies in the City.
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Austin Friars is a street in London, just to the North East of the Bank of England. In terms of its shape it looks a bit like a wonky ‘T’ and has a couple of little alleyways shooting off from it such as Pinner’s Passage and Austin Friars Passage. You enter through an archway on
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