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Post by stammerhead on Aug 22, 2022 20:10:58 GMT
For the Tower of London to be built he ruled from here. Not the church in the background, I mean the building in the foreground that’s no longer there. It’s the site of Barking Abbey and, although it had a long and impressive history, it was demolished during Henry the 8th’s anti-Catholic rampage.  |
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Post by mowlick on Aug 23, 2022 11:16:56 GMT
For the Tower of London to be built he ruled from here. Not the church in the background, I mean the building in the foreground that’s no longer there. It’s the site of Barking Abbey and, although it had a long and impressive history, it was demolished during Henry the 8th’s anti-Catholic rampage. Never seen it. Must go and have a look.
I can never get used to the idea of a monastery being full of nuns.
To be fair, during Henry VIII's reign, everybody was on an anti monastery rampage, particularly the Catholic Church.
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Post by stammerhead on Aug 23, 2022 11:26:49 GMT
For the Tower of London to be built he ruled from here. Not the church in the background, I mean the building in the foreground that’s no longer there. It’s the site of Barking Abbey and, although it had a long and impressive history, it was demolished during Henry the 8th’s anti-Catholic rampage. Never seen it. Must go and have a look.
I can never get used to the idea of a monastery being full of nuns.
To be fair, during Henry VIII's reign, everybody was on an anti monastery rampage, particularly the Catholic Church.
The wiki page is worth a read. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barking_AbbeyI often see Eastern Europeans drinking beer amongst the stones and the church was in the news a couple of years back after serial killer Stephen Port dumped a couple of bodies in the graveyard. |
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Post by ayatollah on Aug 28, 2022 6:06:41 GMT
I've been to the Tower of London. I stayed at a hotel just east of it, overlooking the Tower bridge. I saw the crown jewels, and I've had people not believe me when I tell them I saw the Queen's crown in person.
William truly was a bastard though, a murderous terrorist who robbed the English people.
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Post by PaulsLaugh Thought Mountie on Aug 29, 2022 9:08:58 GMT
I've been to the Tower of London. I stayed at a hotel just east of it, overlooking the Tower bridge. I saw the crown jewels, and I've had people not believe me when I tell them I saw the Queen's crown in person. William truly was a bastard though, a murderous terrorist who robbed the English people. That one huge diamond will knock your eyes out. |
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Post by ayatollah on Aug 29, 2022 14:55:33 GMT
I've been to the Tower of London. I stayed at a hotel just east of it, overlooking the Tower bridge. I saw the crown jewels, and I've had people not believe me when I tell them I saw the Queen's crown in person. William truly was a bastard though, a murderous terrorist who robbed the English people. That one huge diamond will knock your eyes out. I think that's the Imperial State Crown, the one she wears at most state functions. It's quite impressive. |
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Post by stammerhead on Aug 29, 2022 17:09:37 GMT
I've been to the Tower of London. I stayed at a hotel just east of it, overlooking the Tower bridge. I saw the crown jewels, and I've had people not believe me when I tell them I saw the Queen's crown in person. William truly was a bastard though, a murderous terrorist who robbed the English people. It’s been decades since I last visited the tower but it is an impressive building. Barking Abbey nowadays is just a series of bricks marking out the site but there is a lovely tower that’s been restored. 
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