#st brides

[ctyguidelondon]

This interesting little museum is hidden in the crypt of St Bride’s church. If you took a poll of everyone walking down Fleet Street then I reckon 95% of them wouldn’t know that this place exists, but what a place! It’s full of tombstones, solid stone masonry from the Saxon period, a tessellated pavement from Roman times, archaeological pots and pennies, decorated floor tiles from before the Great Fire of London. There’s nearly two thousand years of history hiding quietly beneath this church.

[roxyburger]

St. Bride's Church, East Kilbride, 1958. Gillespie, Kidd & Coia

[beautyandtheharpsichord]

St Brides church, Fleet Street, London ~ (steeple detail)

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[lovewales]

St Brides  |  by Gareth Thomas

[ctyguidelondon]

Most photos of St Bride’s are of the tiered steeple, which supposedly inspired a Fleet Street baker to make the world’s first three-tiered wedding cake, but I quite like this view of it round the back. It’s worth visiting the church for the little museum they’ve got in the crypt full of old tombstones and a piece of tessellated pavement that dates back to Roman times.

[ctyguidelondon]

St Bride's is an interesting little church because it has a museum in the cyrpt. If you took a poll of everyone walking down the road then I guarantee that hardly any of them will have heard of it. They've got a tessellated pavement from Roman times down there and a load of tombstones and wonky walls, medieval masonry, archaeological pots and pennies, floor tiles from before the Great Fire of London... there’s nearly two thousand years of history hiding beneath the street.

[petec9099]

St Bride's Church

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[serenforever]

Went to the Nine Lessons at St Brides yesterday. They sang an insane French carol that I can’t remember the name of. R and I hooked fingers during the last lesson