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Crypts of London (Paperback, New)
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Crypts of London (Paperback, New)
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You Save R44 (8%)
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After the devastation of 1666, the Church of England in the City of
London was given fifty-one new buildings in addition to the
twenty-four that had survived the Great Fire. During the next
hundred years others were built in the two cities of London and
Westminster, most with a crypt as spacious as the church above.
This book relates the amazing stories of these spaces, revealing an
often surprising side to life - and death - inside the churches of
historic London. The story of these crypts really began when,
against the wishes of architects such as Wren and Vanbrugh, the
clergy, churchwardens and vestries decided to earn some money by
interring wealthy parishioners in their crypts. By 1800 there were
seventy-nine church crypts in London, filled with the last remains
of Londoners both illustrious and ordinary. Interments in inner
London ended in the 1850s; since then, fifty-two crypts have been
cleared, and five partially cleared - in each case resulting in the
gruesome business of moving human remains. Today, many crypts have
a new life as chapels, restaurants, medical centres and museums.
With rare illustrations throughout, this fascinating study reveals
the incredible history hidden beneath the churches of our capital.
Malcolm Johnson is a retired priest, and has a PhD from King's
College, London. His well-received St Martin-in- the-Fields was
published by Phillimore in 2005.
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