2016
TQ3280 : A-spiring to find a hundred churches (14)
taken 7 years ago, near to City of London, The City of London, England
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A-spiring to find a hundred churches (14)
Right next door to the east of All Hallows the Great Link
until it was destroyed by fire in 1666, was....All Hallows the Less Link
Only in the City of London could you have two churches right next door to each other; and with the same name
This one The Less was an "upstairs Church". The only other one I know of is St Swithun's in Winchester Link
until it was destroyed by fire in 1666, was....All Hallows the Less Link Only in the City of London could you have two churches right next door to each other; and with the same name
This one The Less was an "upstairs Church". The only other one I know of is St Swithun's in Winchester Link
In Pepys' footsteps
When I was at school I remember learning that there were a hundred churches in the City of London before the Great Fire of 1666. Then you start thinking: that can't be true, can it? I do recall, however, from my reading of the great diarist how often he mentions one. So, one gloomy November Sunday I set off to see how many sites I could find...
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- Grid Square
- TQ3280, 6515 images (more nearby 🔍)
- Photographer
- Basher Eyre (more nearby)
- Date Taken
- Sunday, 20 November, 2016 (more nearby)
- Submitted
- Sunday, 27 November, 2016
- Subject Location
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OSGB36:
TQ 3265 8073 [10m precision]
WGS84: 51:30.5961N 0:5.3953W - Camera Location
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OSGB36: TQ 3264 8075
- View Direction
- South-southeast (about 157 degrees)
