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London Undone

Podcasting about lesser known sites and locations in and around London. Blue Badge Guide, City of London Guide and City of Westminster Guide.

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St Batholomew the Less

The London Undone ‘City of London Churches’ podcast series: A journey around the magnificent and many churches of the City of London. Learn about their histories, architecture, associations, features and […]

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St Etheldreda

A medieval and spiritual survivor hidden behind the diamond district you'll find this rare gem of a church. Not in the city, but very close!

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St Helen’s Bishopsgate

Here you will find nun's squints, raised floors, sunken fonts and the oldest sword rest in the City. More than this, here are two churches rolled into one.

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St Margaret Lothbury

An unspoiled Wren church full of 'things' from the lost City of London churches, St Margaret Lothbury is intriguing. Its name, its history and its position in the city make this quite a unique place.

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St Bartholomew the Great

Some of the spectacular features of this 900 year old half-church are its Norman architecture, its delightful memorial to the Whitings family, a golden Damien Hirst sculpture of St Bartholomew and... its hot cross bun ceremony.

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St Mary Abchurch

St Mary Abchurch has a dome and wood carvings that typify Christopher Wren's magnificent churches and yet its so unassuming and tucked away.

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St Mary-le-Bow

So old, and yet so new. Hear about the Bow bells, the 9 ft dragon, the Norman undercroft, the 'peculiar', the radiant stained glass... and more!

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St Andrew Holborn

Christopher Wren's largest parish church (now a guild church) is well hidden below Holborn Circus. But don't miss out on St Andrew Holborn where Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli, children's champion Thomas Coram and novelist Charles Dickens are all connected.

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St Bride’s

From the Roman pavements in the depths of the crypt to the top of the 'wedding cake' Christopher Wren spire you will be astounded by what is within the only church dedicated to St Bridget in the East of England

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St Botolph without Bishopsgate

Woof! The only church in the city of London to deliver an animal blessing service.

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St Mary Moorfields

This is the only Roman Catholic church in the square mile and it's easily mistaken for a shop! But do take a walk through its oft open doors for some peace and tranquility.

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St Olave Hart Street

Described by John Betjeman as a country church and by Charles Dickens as the church or ghastly grim, this medieval survivor is also connected to Samuel Pepys and Trinity House.

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St Mary-at-Hill

St Mary-at-Hill - home of the Fish Harvest Festival. Hear here from the fishmongers who help raise money at the annual harvest festival of the sea and learn a bit about what it was like before the old fish market closed. Hold your noses!

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City Temple

City Temple: In the City but not 'of' the City. This is a non-conformist church with a poly-cultural congregation and behind the Victorian facade is a post-war building full of surprises.

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St Stephen Wallbrook

This is said to be the most perfectly proportioned building in the world. It is also where Samaritans began its life and where you can sing to your hearts content every week.

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St Katharine Cree

St Katharine Cree was built to keep the riff raff out of the nearby Priory. It pre-dates the Great Fire of London. Every year a sermon is preached from here entitled 'In the Lion's Den'. And most movingly, it is the church where people who have a connection to the sinking of the Lancastria (1940) remember this tragedy. All of this, and more, is shared in this podcast - the 30th in the series.

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