Speaking of the Austin Friars and the 1200s and 1300s: that’s quite a contrast with Austin, Texas, where the oldest buildings go back only to the 1800s.
Beautiful gate, and what a history behind it! Am curious why it was called the Dutch church (since this in London), do you know? Anyway, thank you for sharing such a treat!
London is full of marvelous history. I used one source and the big job was reducing all of it down from 8 pages to 2. I was inspired by the Wolf Hall series. The portrayal of Cromwell was so complex and well done (see my link at end of post).
Great picture !!!!
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Thank you.
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Thank you.
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Speaking of the Austin Friars and the 1200s and 1300s: that’s quite a contrast with Austin, Texas, where the oldest buildings go back only to the 1800s.
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Sure is. It would be nice if some of really ancient buildings could be seen there now.
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Well, if London Bridge could get moved to Arizona,
http://www.golakehavasu.com/about-us/london_bridge1.aspx
some other English structure could get moved to Texas. So far I’m aware only of a replica:
http://www.roadsideamerica.com/story/7819
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a fine piece of history! good research!
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Thank Wikipedia 🙂
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History is so interesting. Thanks for sharing, Sherry.
janet
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Glad you enjoyed it.
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Beautiful gate, and what a history behind it! Am curious why it was called the Dutch church (since this in London), do you know? Anyway, thank you for sharing such a treat!
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Thanks. They speak dutch at that church, hence the name. 🙂
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Very interesting. I haven’t heard of Wolf Hall. I’m going to check that out, thanks.
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It was excellent, as most BBC productions are. Hope you like it.
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That was great – I loved the history behind it 🙂 Thank you for sharing 🙂
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Glad you enjoyed it.
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Great post! Thanks for sharing!
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Love it – I’m learning so much through these posts. Thanks for sharing 🙂
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I’m learning too 🙂
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Thanks for including the history! I love learning more about the places in the photos!
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Me too. I had fun reading and learning. 🙂
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fascinating!
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Wow! You did a lot of research for this post! Love the history of a place that has been around for such a long time. I bet the gardens were magical.
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London is full of marvelous history. I used one source and the big job was reducing all of it down from 8 pages to 2. I was inspired by the Wolf Hall series. The portrayal of Cromwell was so complex and well done (see my link at end of post).
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good bit of history…
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Thanks. I know it will bore some but I found it fascinating. Last year there was a series called Wolf Hall http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/masterpiece/programs/wolf-hall/ Very well done. Maybe you can get to see it.
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Wolf Hall?
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Perhaps the series is called that because Henry VIII is Wolf like?
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