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 !!!!
Thank you.
Thank you.
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.
Sure is. It would be nice if some of really ancient buildings could be seen there now.
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
a fine piece of history! good research!
Thank Wikipedia 🙂
History is so interesting. Thanks for sharing, Sherry.
janet
Glad you enjoyed it.
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!
Thanks. They speak dutch at that church, hence the name. 🙂
Very interesting. I haven’t heard of Wolf Hall. I’m going to check that out, thanks.
It was excellent, as most BBC productions are. Hope you like it.
That was great – I loved the history behind it 🙂 Thank you for sharing 🙂
Glad you enjoyed it.
Great post! Thanks for sharing!
Love it – I’m learning so much through these posts. Thanks for sharing 🙂
I’m learning too 🙂
Thanks for including the history! I love learning more about the places in the photos!
Me too. I had fun reading and learning. 🙂
fascinating!
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.
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).
good bit of history…
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.
Wolf Hall?
Perhaps the series is called that because Henry VIII is Wolf like?