You might have seen my last post on the London Temple of Mithras or London Mithraeum. As part of the massive building project which has seen the creation of the new Bloomburg Headquarters and the painstakingly restored and relocated Temple of Mithras, a very ancient roadway has been re-opened that had been lost for much of… Continue reading An ancient Roman road re-opens in London – Watling Street Revived
Category: history
Posts predominantly history related.
My New London Roman Walking Tour
You don’t have to go to Rome to see Roman ruins, or even St Albans, Bath or York. Though people were all ready living here, it was the Romans who founded the modern city of Londinium that through the millennia has metamorphosed into today what is possibly the greatest city in the world. Much of Roman… Continue reading My New London Roman Walking Tour
The castle at the bottom of a Turkish Lake
It has been thought by many that the breaching of the Bosphurus thousands of years near present day Istanbul may have given rise to the accounts of the legendary Great Flood not just with Noah in the Holy Bible but in various other ancient texts. When the area was flooded, no doubt thousands of… Continue reading The castle at the bottom of a Turkish Lake
First Footing at New Year
First Footing is still very much alive in modern Britain. A survey shows that nearly a third of people in Britain say that First Footing continues to play a part in their New Year celebrations. The greatest number of followers of the First Footing tradition (when the first person over your threshold after the clock… Continue reading First Footing at New Year
London as you’ve never seen it before… at Christmas with the voice of an Angel.
I wasn’t going to blog again, especially so as I have been out on a tour this morning. It was my inaugrial Sacred, Secret Gardens of London tour today and I was showing round a lovely PhD student studying medicine. Most tourists to London are content with seeing the big tourists sights such as Big… Continue reading London as you’ve never seen it before… at Christmas with the voice of an Angel.
Christmas through the ages
It seems unavoidable, the big day has almost arrived. Whereas last year I wrote a post on debunking myths surrounding Christmas and in 2015 on the history of Father Christmas and Santa Claus this time around I thought I would write a little on what Christmas was like through the ages. I like Christmas but I… Continue reading Christmas through the ages
The Mayflower Pub – Rotherhithe
My series of blog posts on Bermondsey and Rotherhithe conclude with perhaps the most famous thing to come out of Rotherhithe even though it is arguably that very few actually know of the connection. Rotherhithe’s with its strong maritime history has played host to all sorts of notable and notorious figures. Anywhere else, being the… Continue reading The Mayflower Pub – Rotherhithe
The Brunel Museum and the first tunnel in the world that goes under water
You might be wondering how much more can be squeezed into this relatively short little walk eastwards from London Bridge through Bermondsey and Rotherhithe. I’m sure you’ll agree that there is something for everyone who visits. Today’s post relates to one of the few things I actually knew about before visiting the area recently and… Continue reading The Brunel Museum and the first tunnel in the world that goes under water
St Mary’s Church, Rotherhithe
It would be remiss of me if during this series of posts on my walk through Rotherhithe if I did not mention in some way or other St Mary’s Church. These days Rotherhithe may well be almost right in the middle of London but it wasn’t always the case. Long before the notorious Victorian slums,… Continue reading St Mary’s Church, Rotherhithe
The Sands Film Studio of Rotherhithe & The Rotherhithe Picture Research Library.
If there is one thing you might have picked up on during my walk through Rotherhithe, it is that many of the old buildings and locations that were once grimy industrial buildings in unpleasant parts of London have been refurbished and re-purposed for modern use. This walk has been good at showing this, whether… Continue reading The Sands Film Studio of Rotherhithe & The Rotherhithe Picture Research Library.
Stephen Liddell 