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Walks with Early Modern Themes
By Karen Baston | 19 June 2009
Please note these walks are NOT organised by the Birkbeck Early Modern Society. Please follow the links below for more information about them.
Big Smoke Walks with Karen Chester
FRIDAY 19 JUNE at 2pm:
Lost Churches of the City – rediscovering lost London
Meet: Mansion House Station, Bow Lane exit 4,in the garden courtyard in front of St Mary Aldermary Church, Bow Lane.
Before the Great Fire of 1666, there were well over 100 churches in the City of London. In more recent centuries fire, war and municipal vandalism have contributed to the disappearance of many more of them. But they haven’t vanished entirely; you can still see them if you know how to look.
SATURDAY 11 JULY at 11am:
Samuel Pepys’ City – a stroll though Restoration London
Meet: Tower Hill Station, next to the statue of the Emperor Trajan
Samuel Pepys (1633-1703) was a respected civil servant and a Member of Parliament. But most of us don’t remember him for that! We remember him for the secret diary in which he recorded his candid and uncensored opinions of the people he met and the events he witnessed. His first-hand accounts of the Plague of 1665 and the Great Fire of 1666 still bring 17th-century London vividly to life.
Both the above walks are organised by Karen Chester. They last about two and a half hours, with a break at ‘ye olde pub’ along the way. Just turn up at the appointed meeting place and pay the guide. £7 per person, DISCOUNT £6 for Early Modern Society members and their guests, email Big Smoke Walks.
4 July and 5 July: ‘London a Hanseatic City’ Walks
These walks are part of the City of London Festival and are called a ‘London a Hanseatic City’ . They will be led by one of our members, John Gibson. For more details, or to book, see www.colf.org and find the events for 4th or 5th July on the calendar. The cost is £10.
The theme of the Festival this year is ‘The latitude of 60 degrees’ and John, who is a City Guide, was asked to do the walk because he is researching a book on Elizabethan London. He assures us that, despite its title, the walk will be entertaining as well as informative.
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