[Photos/London] Goth Walk XII: London Churches, Crypts and Clerics

[dancefloorlandmine]

A couple of weeks ago, valkyriekaren and I went on one of the London Goth Meetup Group's "Goth Walks" - number twelve, a whistle-stop tour around some of London's churches, including mini-lectures on various sites on the route, a tour guide in cassock and biretta (he is actually an Anglican priest, so technically they were his work clothes, although the hat was less usual) and a borrowed key to St Mary Woolnoth, so we could see inside one of Hawksmoor's collection of barmy church designs. It was really rather interesting, and, being me, I took my camera along, resulting in a number of photos. I've split the galleries into two ... the places and the people.

The Places


Black Friar Pub


St Paul's Cathedral


St Dunstan's in the East


St Dunstan's in the East


Minster Court (graphic novel version)




St Mary Woolnoth


St Mary Woolnoth

The People













EDIT: In discussion with my parents this weekend, my mother said that I'd probably been to most of those churchyards when a sproglet, as churchyards are often good places to take a child to eat a packed lunch, in between museum visits. My dad then blamed her for my interest in architecture and goths. My brother didn't care for museums and churches ...

Comments

I love most of those

[snesgirl.livejournal.com]

- that walk sounds very much fun

Re: I love most of those

[d-floorlandmine.livejournal.com]

It was. They do them once a month or so, with different themes. Two and a half to three hours walk, usually starting and finishing with a pub. Interesting and informative, and a useful recce for sites to revisit.