[sotd] April 1, 2003 [City of London Churches]
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- Date: Tue, 01 Apr 2003 10:17:34 -0400
Site of the Day for Tuesday, April 1, 2003
The City of London Churches
Today's site is an example of a labor of love from Steve Millar, a devotee
of the churches of the City of London. Gentle Members, unlikely to make
their own pilgrimage to London in the near future, may enjoy the serenity
of viewing these historical structures online.
"This is not an =91official=92 site, and was designed mainly to be a
photographic record and celebration of the churches. . . They have
weathered the arrival of the Danes, occupation by the Normans, great
plagues, fires, the onset of the industrial revolution and subsequent
growth of the City as a multi-cultural economic power-house. They have been
devastated by the Blitz, and more recently terrorist attacks. . . I have
spent many hours trudging through deserted streets with my tripod . . . I
have learnt far more from people who know so much about the churches, and
have begun to realise how extraordinary it is that people in Argentina,
Spain, the States, South Africa, India - so many other places, can trace
their lives and ancestors back to people who were once baptized, married
and buried in a tiny number of churches within a single square mile of a
distant city." - from the website
The site, from its quiet links at the top of the home page, presents an
impressive list of more than 50 churches to view. Wonderful photographs,
historical overviews with delightful trivia, along with helpful information
about visitation hours and focused maps, accompany each church. The names
themselves are a testament to their history, from "All Hallows Barking"
with its bare escape from the Great Fire by the efforts of William Penn's
father, to "St Botolph Bishopsgate" where Keats was baptised. The separate
Map link on the home page provides visitors with a sense of this vast
historical repository in the tiny geographical area of the City of London.
Journey to the website for a tranquil and refreshing view of these
ecclesiastical gems at:
http://www.cityoflondonchurches.com/
A.M. Holm
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