London's Street of Stories & Myths (4K)

Fleet Street walking tour - one of the most famous streets in London. This continues the series on the Churches of the City of London. Thanks to my supporters on Patreon   / johnrogers  
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Our walk starts in Clement's Lane passing through the grounds of the London School of Economics and behind the Royal Courts of Justice. We then visit St Clement Danes Church and look for the medieval holy well. After looking at the statue of Samuel Johnson we go to Temple Bar the ancient western gate of the City of London. From here we visit St Dunstan-in-the-West with its statues of Gog and Magog and recount of the story of Brutus of Troy, Albina founding Britain and Corineus defeating the giant Gogmagog in Battle leading to Brutus becoming the first king of Britain and founding London. We also talk about the 14th Century statues of King Lud and his sons in the porch of the church.
We continue along Fleet Street and go into Inner Temple and visit Temple Church, Middle Temple Hall and Fountain Court before going along Whitefriars Street to St Bride's Church with its fantastic spire designed by Sir Christopher Wren. Our walk ends by looking for the site of Bridewell Palace first built by Henry III.

Credits & Info:
Music:
Allégro - Emmit Fenn (YouTube Audio Library)
Pachabelly - Huma-Huma (YouTube Audio Library)
Will He Live Again - Kikoru courtesy of www.epidemicsound.com
Before Daybreak - Christoffer Moe Ditlevsen courtesy of www.epidemicsound.com

Maps: Open Street Map “© OpenStreetMap contributors” using data available under the Open Database Licence
1851 Map of Aldwych
'Reproduced with the permission of the National Library of Scotland' 
https://maps.nls.uk/index.html
Image of Temple Bar from Walks in and Around London by Uncle Jonathan 1895
Brutus Image
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...
Gogmagog Image - Public Domain
One of two wooden figures displayed in the Guildhall in London, carved by Captain Richard Saunders in 1709, replacing earlier wicker and pasteboard effigies which were traditionally carried in the Lord Mayor's Show. They represent the legendary characters of Gogmagog and Corineus, but were later known as Gog and Magog. Both figures were destroyed during the London Blitz 1940; new figures were carved in 1953.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gogmago...
Corineus Image - Public Domain
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corineu...
One of two wooden figures displayed in the Guildhall in London, carved by Captain Richard Saunders in 1709, replacing earlier wicker and pasteboard effigies which were traditionally carried in the Lord Mayor's Show. They represented Gogmagog and Corineus, but were later known as Gog and Magog. Both figures were destroyed during the London Blitz in 1940; new figures were carved in 1953.
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