LONDON on the Ground

Bells, bell ringers and panoramas of a City of London landmark. St Mary-le-Bow is one of Sir Christopher Wren’s most celebrated City of London churches. Its 248ft spire on Cheapside completes the most ‘Wren-like’ of the City churches he created after the Great Fire of London of 1666. It remains a landmark in the 21st century City. St Mary-le-Bow spire seen from the roof terrace at One New change However, St Mary-le-Bow is probably most famous for its bells, whose history long

Bombed City of London churches and Guildhall through the eyes of an artist in the 1940s. St Paul's Cathedral by Ernest Borough Johnson...

Unpublished drawings of St Paul’s and Blitz-damaged Wren churches in the 1950s and 1960s. St Paul's Cathedral and St Nicholas Cole Abbey,...

Which are the six London churches mentioned in the nursery rhyme and what is its message? Oranges and Lemons  makes references to the...

A small City of London park with a rich history surprised me with a link to my past. St Mary Aldermanbury Garden St Mary Aldermanbury...

A medieval arch, a Tudor house and moving memorials to fallen sons The entrance to the churchyard of St Bartholomew the Great from...

St Dunstan devised the service for King Edgar in 973 as Archbishop of Canterbury. The coronation of King Charles III and his consort...

Andrew F Brown's bronze on Newgate Street immortalises the 470 year old 'Bluecoat school'. The sculpture commemorates Christ's Hospital,...

12th century Temple Church is one of the most historic and architecturally significant churches in the City of London The church was...

A postmodern City of London building shows how the Establishment can assimilate outsiders. Number 1 Poultry was designed by the...

The City of London's blend of old and new is a defining feature. Ancient Roman origins, highly recognisable modern buildings. And strange...

A City building pays its respects to Christopher Wren and a London plane tree. The City of London contains some of the most expensive...

The story of St Paul's Cathedral's relationship with fire and how Sir Christopher Wren caused it to to rise like the Phoenix from the ashes

To mark the reopening of the City of London, a bell ringing festival was held on Saturday 31 July 2021 at 20 churches, 18 in the City and...

The once prominent church of St Magnus the Martyr and the Monument to the Great Fire of London inspired me to become a City of London Guie