2016

TQ3281 : A-spiring to find a hundred churches (108)

taken 7 years ago, near to City of London, The City of London, England

A-spiring to find a hundred churches (108)
A-spiring to find a hundred churches (108)
As we look along Nightrider Street we are entering the former parish of St Mary Magdalen Old Fish Street LinkExternal link which was rebuilt after The Great Fire but destroyed in a great fire in 1886
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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Basher Eyre   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Sunday, 20 November, 2016   (more nearby)
Submitted
Sunday, 4 December, 2016
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! TQ 3202 8105 [10m precision]
WGS84: 51:30.7775N 0:5.9325W
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OSGB36: geotagged! TQ 3202 8105
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