Bayham Abbey
I wanted to visit Bayham Abbey because I had come across the Abbey when I was making Green Lewisham. The original Abbey was founded in Brockley, in Lewisham, and then moved down to... READ MORE
Bodiam Castle
We were heading back to London after a few very enjoyable days in Rye, but on the way stopped to see Bodiam Castle, and Bayham Old Abbey. They are both fascinating and it... READ MORE
The Church of St Thomas in Winchelsea
We had walked in the Rye Harbour Nature Reserve and decided to take a quick look at Winchelsea. Our first impression was that it was similar to Rye, although much quieter, but then... READ MORE
Rye Harbour
We drove out or Rye, along the River Rother, and down to Rye Harbour, only about two miles outside Rye. When we left there was a seagull on the car, and yet another... READ MORE
Corners in Rye
This post is about a few corners in Rye, bits and pieces discovered while walking round. READ MORE
Main streets in Rye
The town is small and the main streets in Rye can easily be explored in a few days. READ MORE
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Guarding a housing estate in Southwark, built on the site of the King’s Bench Prison.
Bethlehem Hospital, Bradshaw’s Hand Book, (No.92)
Bradshaw describes ‘…Bethlehem Hospital, a noble institution, designed for the reception of those who are suffering from that most awful of human maladies, mental aberration….. Old ‘Bedlam’ in Moorfields, having been taken down in 1814, the present structure was raised in … Continued
Sunny afternoon in London
The London Parks & Gardens Trust publishes walks in London and on a sunny but cold Sunday we followed a route in Southwark & Lambeth.
St George’s Cathedral, WWII bomb damage
Several people commented on this photograph which is held in the Imperial War Museum collection. ‘..A priest, probably Father Dixon, stands in the roofless shell of St George’s Roman Catholic Cathedral, on the corner of St George’s Road and Lambeth … Continued
Cathedral of St George, Bradshaw’s Hand Book, (No.91)
Bradshaw says ‘…the Roman Catholic Cathedral … singular evidence of the mutations to which localities are subject and striking proof of our advance in liberality of opinion, occupies a large plot of ground at the corner of the Lambeth Road and … Continued
Philanthropic Society & Blind School, Bradshaw’s Hand Book, (No.90)
Bradshaw says ‘..Returning by the London Road we may notice at the end some workshops, that til recently formed part of the establishment of the Philanthropic Society, instituted in 1788 for the reformation of youthful offenders by religious and industrial training…’.
The British & Foreign School & Southwark Literary Institute, Bradshaw (No.89)
Bradshaw says ‘..In the Borough Road is the British and Foreign School, and the Southwark Literary Institute..’, and this time I am flummoxed!
Life starting again
London yesterday was bitterly cold but even so there are signs that winter will pass.