These are the walks I am doing for London Walks for the forthcoming winter season. for further details click on London Walks

History and Archaeology of Chelsea

The walk will look at the history of Chelsea from its origins in the Saxon period with the Palace of King Offa to the present day.

Chelsea may be best known as the spiritual home of the 'Swinging Sixties but it has many other claims to fame, and its pleasures are attested by the unrivaled quality of its architecture, its famous residents and its local history.

It was home to:

Thomas More, Henry VIII, Turner, Bram Stoker, George Elliot, Rossetti, Whistler, Oscar Wilde, Lawrence Olivier, Mike Jagger, James Bond, George Smiley, Richard Rogers and many many more!.

It was known as a Village of Palaces in the 16th and 17th Centuries but it changed profoundly in the 18th Century when the palaces were torn down and the gardens turned into streets of Town Houses. By the 19th Century it had gone 'downhill' to become a centre of bohemian London, but enriched by a colony of writers and artists. The recovery from urban decline began in the 1950's when Chelsea became the centre of a new vibrant youth culture that rescued London from mediocrity. Sadly, fame contains the seeds of its own destruction, and as it became more fashionable it became less affordable so although the creative 'buzz' has moved somewhere cheaper, Chelsea remains a beautiful place to stroll around in company with its illustrious natives.

2016

Sat 2/04/16	The Archaeology & History of Southwark	14:30 London Bridge Tube, Tooley Street exit
14:30 Sat 9th Jan 2016	Thomas More & Thomas Cromwell's London The City of Wolf Hall More info	Barbican Tube
10:45 Sun 10th Jan 2016	The Roman City An archaeologist-guided exploration of Londinium	Bank Tube, exit 3 (by the war memorial)

 

 

2015

Sept 5th	The Great Fire Anniversary Walk	10.45 Monument Tube (fish St Hill Exit)
Oct 15th	Chaucer and Shakespeare's Southwark	12.00 To book email: events@teamlondonbridge.co.uk To book
Oct 15th	Dickens' Victorian Southwark	13.00 see above to book events@teamlondonbridge.co.uk

 

 

Feb. 7

The Archaeology of Roman London

BlackfriarsTube

Mar. 7

Decline & Fall The Archaeology of Late Roman & Dark Age London

St. Paul'sTube exit 2

July 4th	The Archaeology of Shakespeares London - Part 1 From the Curtain to the Blackfriars	10.45 Shoreditch High Street BR
July 4th	The Archaeology of Shakespeares London - Part 2 From the Blackfriars to the Globe	2.30 Blackfriars Tube
Aug 8th	Jane Austen's London	10.45 Green PArk Tube
Aug 8th	Prehistoric London - The London Course	2.30 Tower Hill Tube
Aug 15th	The Archaeology of Southwark	10.45 London Bridge (Tooley St exit)
Aug 15th	Roman London - the London Course	2.30 Tower Hill Tube
Apr. 4	The Archaeology of Mediaeval London	MoorgateTube

 

2014

3rd May Myths and Legends Tower Hill

7th June Archaeology of Southwark and Bermondsey (this will be done by Alistair Douglas an archaeologist either with me or possibily on his own

5th July The Archaeology of London - From the Romans to Shakespeare Moorgate

2nd August The Archaeology of  Roman London - Moorgate

London Walks archaeology walks web page

Oct. 26 10.45 - The Borough Boys Resurrectionists & Victorian SouthwarkLondon Bridge Tube Borough High Street exit

Dec. 7 10.45 - The Archaeology of Roman London Moorgate Tube West side

Jan. 4 10.45 - Zeppelin! Follows the route of the September 8, 1915 Zeppelin Bombing Rail Russell Square Tube

Jan 30th 10.45 - The Martyrdom of Charles I The Anniversary Walk WestminsterTube exit 4

Feb. 1 10.45 - In Search of Dark Ages London MoorgateTube West side 

Mar. 1 10.45 - The Archaeology of Mediaeval London MoorgateTube West side

Apr. 5 10.45 - The Archaeology & Life of William Shakespeare MoorgateTube West side

Oct. 26 2.30 - 20th Century London  The London History Course Barbican Tube Nov. 2

Nov 2 10.45 - The London of Jane Austen The Pride & Prejudice & Persuasion Perambulation Green Park Tube north exit

Sept 14th 2.30 - the High Middle Ages London - the London Course Exit 1 Mansion House

10.45 Sat Sept 7th 'The Archaeology and London Life of Willliam Shakespeare'  Shoreditch High Street Railway Station

Archaeology Weekend

10.45am Sat Aug 3rd   'The origins and Archaeology of the City of London' Tower Hill underground

2pm Sat Aug 3rd ' The archaeology and History of Southwark' London Bridge Underground Tooley St Exit

10.45 am Sun Aug 4th 'Londinium, Lundenwic. Lundonburgh - archaeology from the City to Westminster' Blackfriars Underground station

2pm Sun Aug 3rd 'Chelsea - the archaeology, origins and life of Chelsea from prehistory to the Swinging 60's' Sloane Square underground

2.30pm Sun Feb 3rd 'In search of Saxon & Medieval London' Blackfriars Underground station

Sat 16 Feb, 11am – 1pm The Borough Boys: resurrectionists in Southwark
Follow the story of Ben Crouch and his notorious gang of body snatchers and visit the haunts of their nefarious activities in Georgian and Victorian London.

Meet at London Bridge Underground Station, Tooley Street Exit £10 (concs. £8, MoL Friends £7). Book via Museum of London on 020 7001 9844.

Fri 22 Feb, 12.30 – 2.30pm The Borough Boys: resurrectionists in Southwark Meet at London Bridge Underground Station, Tooley Street Exit £10 (concs. £8, MoL Friends £7). Book via Museum of London on 020 7001 9844.

2.30pm Sun March 3rd 'Myths and Legends of London' Tower Hill

Sat 16 Mar, 11am – 1pm & Fri 22^th Mar, 12.30 -2.30pm

Unfortunate Bodies: Jonathon Wild, the Irish Giant and the Italian Boy

2.30pm Sun March 31st 'In search of Saxon & Medieval London' Barbican Underground station

10.45 May 5th Sun 'Myths, Legends and origins of London' Tower Hill

2.00pm June 29th  Sat   'The Archaeology of  the Rise and Fall of Roman London' St Pauls Tube Exit 2

Sat Nov 17th	The archaeology and History of Southwark'	London Bridge Underground Tooley St Exit
Sun Nov 18t	'The origins and archaeology of Southwark and Bermondsey'	London Bridge Underground Tooley St Exit
Nov 3rd	'Archaeology of Westminster'	10.45am Sat Westminster Tube Exit 4
Sept 1	From Ludgate to the Barbican - archaeology and architecture	10.45 Blackfriars Tube
Oct. 6	The Archaeology and Origins of Chelsea	10.45 Sloane SquareTube

10.45 Sun Dec 30th 'Roman london'  Barbican Tube

10.45 Sun Jan 6th 'The origins and Archaeology of the City of London' Tower Hill underground

Archaeology of the Origins of London Tower Hill 10.45 May 5th 2012

Roman London Exit 2 St Paul Underground 10.45 June 2nd 2012

In Search of Saxon London July 7th 10.45 Barbican Tube

Aug 4th Myths and Legends of London 10.45 Tower Hill Tube Station

'On Purpose'

Free Guided Tour of the 'Wouldn't It Be Nice Exhibition'

2pm Saturday 1 Nov at Somerset House, Embankment Galleries

Nov 5th Roman London

The Origins of Chelsea 10.45 Sloane Square Underground Station 1st October 2011

The Great Fire of London The Anniversary Special! 3rd Sept. 10.45 Monument Tube Station, Fish Street Hill exit

Archaeology of Roman London, St. Paul underground Station exit 2, 10:45, 4th of June 2011

Myths and Legends, the Origins of London, Tower Hill tube. 10:45, 7th May 2011

Archaeology & the Origins of London

Feb. 5 2011 The Origins of London: Pre-history to 1066 Tower Hill Tube 10.45

Mar. 5 The Archaeology of Rotherhithe BermondseyTube

Sunday, Nov. 16 at 10.45 am from Monument Tube, Fish Street Hill exit: 

Guided Walk ( For London Walks) looking at the changing understanding of the 'Origins of London' from Geoffrey of Monmouth to the present day.

Chelsea

Kevin Flude is doing a walk for the blind around Chelsea on October 19th. Email me if you would be interested in attending.

Archaeology & the Origins of London

Sunday, Nov. 16 at 10.45 am from Monument Tube, Fish Street Hill exit: For London Walks

Archaeology of the City - the Eastern Half    

May 30 2009 10.45am Tower Hill ( For London Walks)

'Medicine in Southwark Guided Walk - 'The Story of Guys & St Thomas

Saturday 6th June 2.00 the Old Operating Theatre Museum

The Walk starts at the Old Operating Theatre Museum with a demostration of 19th Century Surgery and a look at the Museum Herb Garret.  The Walk then continues looking at the remains of Old St Thomas Hospital before ending in  Guys Hospital

The Peasants' Revolt Anniversary Walk 

June 13 10.45 am  Aldgate East ( For London Walks)

Archaeology of the City - the Western Half 

June 27  2009 10.45 am  St. Paul's exit 2 ( For London Walks)

- Great Fire of London Anniversary 3rd September

Archaeology of the City - Fleet Street and the Strand 

Sept. 26  10.45 am St. Paul's exit 2 ( For London Walks)

Myths and Legends of the City - A Halloween Special!  

Oct. 31  10.45 am Tower Hill Tube ( For London Walks)

The archaeology series kicks off on Saturday, January 2nd. That debut walk will be The Origins & Archaeology of the City. It'll go from Tower HillTube at 10.45 am.

On Saturday, March 6th Life in roman London It'll go from Tower Hill Tube Exit 2 at 10.45 am.

On Saturday, April 3rd Chaucer's London. It'll go from St Pauls Tube Exit 2 at 10.45 am.

On Saturday, May 5th it'll be The Myths & Origins of London. It'll go fromTower HillTube at 10.45 am.

On Thursday, 6th May 'Sir Hans Sloane and Chelsea in the 18th Century Walk' from Sloane Square Tube at 6pm Booking required:

On Saturday, September 4th it'll be The Archaeology & History of Southwark. It'll go from London BrigeTube, the Tooley Street exit at 1

 

On Saturday, November 6th it'll be The Archaeology & History of Bermondsey. It'll go from London BridgeTube, the Tooley Street exit at 10.45 am.

 

2011

Jan. 1 Myths & Legends of London Tower HillTube 10.45

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