
Elsyng Chapel Tower on London Wall
Elsyng Spital tower, once the church for, in turn, a nunnery, a hospital, an Augustinian priory, a grand house, a college and the parish church of St Alphage’s.
Elsyng Spital tower, once the church for, in turn, a nunnery, a hospital, an Augustinian priory, a grand house, a college and the parish church of St Alphage’s.
All about the huge architectural sundial on Tower Hill, and the big mistake it makes about London’s history.
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Dig a hole in the City of London and a few metres down you will hit Londinium, the original city, because before the Romans there […]
Stroll up Giltspur Street towards Smithfield Market and look up to your left at the building on the corner of Cock Lane. In an arched […]
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