I hadn’t heard of St Vedast-alias-Foster before I noticed it was forming part of Open House London last year. It’s dedicated to a French saint who was Bishop of Arras around the 6th century.
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St Vedast-Alias-Foster Church, London
Categories: England, London
Tags: architecture, christopher wren, church, history, Open House London
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St Stephen Walbrook Church, London
St Stephen Walbrook is another church I visited whilst down in London for Open House last year. It’s the third church building on the site, the first was founded in Saxon times, the second was destroyed by the Great Fire of London in 1666 and the third was designed by Christopher Wren in 1672.
Categories: England, London
Tags: architecture, christopher wren, church, Open House London, photo post
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Clothworkers’ Hall, London
I visited Clothworkers’ Hall as part of last year’s Open House London. I didn’t know anything about the Clothworkers’ Company beforehand but the pictures of the building looked interesting and I wasn’t disappointed. Founded in 1528 it was originally established to supervise the training of apprentices and setting standards within the textile industry and now continues its work as a charitable organisation.
Categories: England, London
Tags: architecture, Clothworkers' Hall, free, Open House London, photo post, Samuel Pepys
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The Royal Albert Hall, Kensington
The Royal Albert Hall is a concert venue in Kensington probably most well known as the venue for the Proms concerts. Originally it was to be called Central Hall, part of Prince Albert’s vision after the success of the 1851 Great Exhibition, but when he died in 1861 it was renamed in his honour.
Categories: England, London
Tags: architecture, chimney, kensington, Prince Albert, Royal Albert Hall
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Throwback Thursday: Weekday Cross, Nottingham
Weekday Cross used to be the site of Nottingham’s market place and the civic centre of medieval Nottingham. It’s unclear when the actual cross was erected though it’s first mentioned in around 1549 and was pulled down in 1804. The current cross was erected in 1993.
Categories: England, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
Tags: architecture, history, nottingham history, photo post, weekday cross
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Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery
I’d never really spent a lot of time at Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery so I decided to rectify that one day last year. The BMAG first opened in 1885 and is a large Grade II* listed building that was a little hard to appreciate on my visit as construction work was going on all around it (the below photo was taken some years previously).
Categories: Birmingham, England, West Midlands
Tags: architecture, art gallery, free museum, gold, history, museum, photo post, staffordshire hoard, stained glass window, tea rooms, votes for women
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Ely Cathedral
I’d been looking for some places to visit that are easily accessible by train and I was surprised to find a pretty cheap ticket to Ely for less than £10 so decided that it was time to tick off Ely Cathedral from my to do list.
Categories: Cambridgeshire, Ely, England
Tags: architecture, cathedral, ely cathedral, history, photo post
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The Heights of Abraham
The Heights of Abraham in Matlock Bath has been on my to do list for a long time and I finally decided to go while we were having some sunny weather. As I travelled by train I was able to use my train ticket to get a 20% discount on the entrance price and the cable car station (yes, you can travel by cable car up to the Heights) is only a short walk away from Matlock Bath Railway Station.
Categories: Derbyshire, England, Matlock Bath
Tags: architecture, cable car, caves, history, mining, photo post, tower
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Lincoln Castle
Lincoln Castle is directly opposite Lincoln Cathedral and I visited both with a joint ticket of £18. Built in 1068 by William the Conqueror the castle is also the site of a Victorian prison, one of only four original copies of the Magna Carta and Lincoln’s Crown Court, which is still in use today.
Categories: England, Lincoln, Lincolnshire
Tags: architecture, castle, cathedral, history, Magna Carta, medieval, photo post, prison
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Throwback Thursday: 120 Oxford Street, London
Currently a Next store this used to be the Bourne and Hollingsworth Department Store which moved to Oxford Street in 1902 though it was built in 1894. The art deco remodelling happened in 1928. It closed in 1985 during which time the building was also known as the The Plaza Oxford Street.
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