https://livinglondonhistory.com/st-etheldredas-holborn-londons-oldest-catholic-church/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=st-etheldredas-holborn-londons-oldest-catholic-church A blog sharing London's curiosities, hidden gems and historical walks Fri, 25 Apr 2025 09:07:20 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.2 https://livinglondonhistory.com/st-etheldredas-holborn-londons-oldest-catholic-church/#comment-2112 Fri, 25 Apr 2025 09:07:20 +0000 https://livinglondonhistory.com/?p=247490#comment-2112 My first newsletter from you Jack, and what a treat! Like a stop on one of your walks, except in my inbox and I can visit whenever. Thank you very much, I look forward to your future emails 👍

]]> https://livinglondonhistory.com/st-etheldredas-holborn-londons-oldest-catholic-church/#comment-2110 Thu, 24 Apr 2025 18:15:53 +0000 https://livinglondonhistory.com/?p=247490#comment-2110 Fab Jack and as RC myself very interesting with lots of depth. I am just back from ROME and there are a few RC churches with theatrical visibility and atmosphere. Keep going and I love your publications and well done with your latest book.

]]> https://livinglondonhistory.com/st-etheldredas-holborn-londons-oldest-catholic-church/#comment-2109 Thu, 24 Apr 2025 07:50:44 +0000 https://livinglondonhistory.com/?p=247490#comment-2109 I visited this church with my old pal Damien, not the one in the horror film, many years ago. We were given a guided tour by Father Kit…who was, er, renknowned…
Your post was far more comprehensive than father K’s, who concentrated rather more on…us.
As ever, your photos are fine. I recall that the wall of the crypt bore the biblical epithet :”In the beginning was the Word, etc..” It had a mystical power in that environment, and a depth of incomprehensibility which haunts me even now.
I am delighted to learn that the stained glass is by Patrick Nuttgens. I went to school with his grandson, and was lucky enough to have once visited his workshop.
Congratulations on your book’s well- deserved success.

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