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 […]
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!
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.
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.
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.
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!
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.
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
St Botolph without Bishopsgate
Woof! The only church in the city of London to deliver an animal blessing service.
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.
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!
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.
St Giles Cripplegate
In the middle of the brutalist Barbican stands the medieval church of St Giles Cripplegate with some prominent and some touchingly simple memorials to many famous men, and one intriguing woman.
St Sepulchre without Newgate
This church has the great combination of music and death! And who was St Sepulchre?
St Magnus the Martyr Bells
The tower of St Magnus the Martyr contains 12 bells cast in the now defunct Whitechapel Bell Foundry. In this episode, the unusually named Ancient Society of College Youths tell us about the churches wobbling tower and the skills needed to ring them.
St Magnus the Martyr
Listen to the sounds and the special ceremonies at St Magnus the Martyr. Find out why the congregation takes its prayers to London Bridge.
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