I am housebound and so really appreciate the KZreadrs who go out and film their walks. But John takes it to a whole new level by adding history and information. This was a lovely video, especially the courts and lanes. I would love to wander around those, if only I could.

I love churches even tho' I am not very religious ...I studied stained glass for a couple of years and love to escape into the peacefulness of a church and stare at the windows, especially in a city...thanks for a great video John, epic music choices...best yet... P.S. you need to do an London Alley walk !...I love them...cheers

That was brilliant, I love the city on a Sunday. When I was young I use to get up early and skateboard around there in the 90s. You really felt like London was yours. I will never forget the devastation of the IRA bomb in 93 picking up my board and walking through the glass shards. And all those hidden alleys that lead to golden nectar 😂. So many good pubs off fleet street to. Thanks again John for this wonderful vlog.

@JohnRogersWalks

2 жыл бұрын

thanks for sharing that rossy

Thank you John 👏👏. It is easy to forget what a wonderful place our City is

One of my Mother's greatest gifts to me was her love of the City of London. Lovely walk.

I do this walk often, walking the city on a Sunday is one of my favourite things to do. St Stephen Walbrook was indeed Wren's practice run for St Paul's after he saw the Pantheon in Rome. The circular altar was sculpted by Sir Henry Moore. Thanks so much for this video, John.

@PMA65537

2 жыл бұрын

I remember Henry Moore having an altar in the newspaper about 1990. In the OT carved stone altars were prohibited.

@JohnRogersWalks

2 жыл бұрын

thanks for those notes Rosemary

@markwilson4052

2 жыл бұрын

Also inspired by Les Invalides in Paris. and St Peter in Rome.

This is such a great video. The history, the knowledge, the scenery, the editing. I love everything about this.

@JohnRogersWalks

2 жыл бұрын

many thanks Max

My wife’s cousin is a master organist in one (or a few) of the City’s churches. I think a lunch time organ recital or catching a choral work the best way to hear the sound of an older London. Try Southwalk Cathedral for evensong….wow

@markwilson4052

2 жыл бұрын

I saw a Sixteen Concert there in 2019. It was amazing.

What a spectacular walk. I’m looking forward to the next instalment already.

Thanks John. I feel blessed to live in this wonderful city. Have a good week.

@JohnRogersWalks

2 жыл бұрын

Many thanks

I like how you're just so unphazed by people/activity around you, talking about/explaining stuff as if you're alone in a room.

And my sunday evening is now complete, thanks again sir.

Sunday Worship at the Church of John Rogers. Bless you for all your films.

@JohnRogersWalks

2 жыл бұрын

thanks so much David

@williamsdaf

2 жыл бұрын

@@JohnRogersWalks I'm with you on the St Edmund for England as well.

Delightful John. I have followed a very similar walk as I live nearby. However, you do bring a real joy to the experience.

@katevalentine7075

2 жыл бұрын

Indeed😎 And the music is woven in so gloriously 😌

At 13:19 - The Jamaica Wine House (known locally as the Jampot) is the first London coffee shop from 1652 - the step is lovely how it's original and really worn down as you go in. The Wetherspoons next door is worth a visit too (although it was closed last week) as it's the old HSBC headquarters and rather grand! Loved the video - my work stomping ground :)

Thanks, very interesting. The light was wonderful in the video, gave a golden glow!

I'm not religious but enjoyed seeing ancient and old London architecture. Refreshing to see alleyways almost as they were centuries ago. A great escape from the glass steel and concrete blocks.

I used to work in The City around 10 years ago and would often go in on a Sunday. It seems much busier than back in those days. Lovely.

Love Church hunting in the City - when you take tourist there they are stunned at just how many there are in the square mile. Have a great week John, thanks for the half hour of escapism

@JohnRogersWalks

2 жыл бұрын

Cheers James

Another great video John. Its always interesting to see new places that I dont know well.

Great walk, great history telling. Thanks John.

@JohnRogersWalks

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Little Acorns

I used to work in an office in Clements Lane next to St Clements Church in the early seventies. They used to hold lunchtime organ recitals. A great way to unwind away from the hustle and bustle of the City.

Some beautiful examples of architecture John. Glad to hear that it will be a series. Would love to be able to see inside though.

A rich tapestry of delights! More please! Thank you.

@JohnRogersWalks

2 жыл бұрын

thanks Malcolm - glad you enjoyed it

Thoroughly enjoyed seeing these bits of old London. Those alley ways & the lovely old churches.

My favourite part of London. There was a time a good few years back when if you got there around 7am on a Sunday you could walk around without seeing another soul. It felt as if you had all the tradition and architecture to yourself, almost as if you were the last person left. I don't recall ever getting experience anywhere else. Very unique.

@louistracy6964

2 жыл бұрын

I love the odd oasis, but for me it's a huge symbol of greed and cruel exploitation, then and now.

@bakerloobadboy

2 жыл бұрын

My dad was a printer by trade and quite often worked the Sunday papers on a Saturday night / Sunday morning when they were still in Fleet Street. Walking home through the city (to Brick Lane for a Bagel) made you realise just how deserted the city used to be

@ronaldm8235

2 жыл бұрын

I know exactly what you mean! Unbeatable.

@dylvasey

2 жыл бұрын

@@louistracy6964 Don't lose sight of the thousand years of immersion that was there long before the exploitation & greed my friend. John has inspired me to go back up next weekend.

@dylvasey

2 жыл бұрын

@@bakerloobadboy Yes, progress for all it's sins has changed London. It's very hard to get lost in yourself anymore, but there is still the odd place where you can go and be by yourself and get lost either in awe or in thought.

Now this, this is right up my street. History and architecture.. and John Rogers.. Awesome

Great walk John, I love all the passageways in the city of London. David Long has done a few good books on London's alleys

@JohnRogersWalks

2 жыл бұрын

I’ll have to look them up Richard

We are so enjoying this tour of the churches. It’s really nice that many are still in use.

All those lost London churches. In these secular times it is important not to forget this precious thread in our historical fabric. Masterful, John. 🇯🇪

@JohnRogersWalks

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Ivan

Brilliant 👏 Thank you John. Superb 👌

@JohnRogersWalks

2 жыл бұрын

Cheers Sally

I worked in the City for most of 1975 till 1998 firstly on King William St, then Gracechuch St, Fenchurch St, St Mary Axe and a brief time in Aldgate. This brings back so many memories as do other walks John has done. I remember getting spectacularly drunk one lunchtime in Simpson's when I was saying farewell to the City. Thanks for the memories John.

Great walk: simple pleasures, the beauty to be found in small things

I really enjoy your central London videos as well as the edge-land ones. I know guides do videos of central London too but your perspective is much more interesting. Many thanks

@JohnRogersWalks

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks that’s very kind of you La mia Italy

Such a great film! I've been visiting The City for 40+ years and feel such a strong empathy for it, perhaps I have an unknown ancestral connection that draws me to it, perhaps I'm just being sentimental - who knows, but I damn sure love the square mile!

Amazing walk as ever john. Look forward to next churches of London and the history behind them.

I like this guy, I've been watching his videos lately; as a foreigner myself (I am from Cali-Colombia), I've been discovering the rich and vast English culture ............. the history hidden in all the old streets, churches, cemeteries and villages that help you to understand and assimilate the past of this enchanting country; I've been here for about 37 years, and before I never had the opportunity to see or learn about English past, I knew some history as I learnt it in high school in my country, but when you're are here you really can capture the richness of this country past; I've been around London wall, the charterhouse, high gate cemetery, Brompton cemetery, few people know about the river that still runs under some of the streets in central London "The Fleet river", although is now apparently carrying "faul water" for treatment, it runs under the streets of London ........... and, so many more treasures to be discovered for those who want to learn about English past .............. there are two more English girls I've seen who make tours (videos) about London .......... one of the girls likes old cemeteries (like me) and the other girl likes old churches and parks ........... PS: could you give me some advice (places, streets, churches) where I can see and learn more about the English past? I'd appreciate it, thanks a lot.

Loved this walk, I always look out for old churches and graveyards when I visit places. This is like old Edinburgh, full of littler alleys and back courts, one of my ancestors was a minister in one of these churches think it was either 18 or 19 century, can't remember, but he was supposes to be buried near the alter, Rev Elstob. Hope to visit London in the summer and try and find the church. Look forward to your next walk

Wow great walk. I’ve worked in offices in the city and didn’t know half those churches were there. Must have been in head down commuter mode thx for the history lesson. Can’t wait for the next one

Great video. It is still possible to see part of one of the missing churches in the City. The bell tower of All Hallows in Lombard Street stands next to the A316 in Twickenham

Great walk John, St Bartholomew the great in Smithfield is a must for a possible future episode

@JohnRogersWalks

2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely- I’ll do another circuit of churches or perhaps just a Smithfield video

@bakerloobadboy

2 жыл бұрын

Smithfield is being redeveloped and it won't be long before it will be unrecognisable

@louistracy6964

2 жыл бұрын

@@bakerloobadboy Some of the charm is finding fragments of the past. Like sifting through mud. Even Covent Garden has a few.

Thank you for this Sunday walk! I feel like living at the same time, where i am and in London, again, as up to 11 years ago for a long time. See you at the next video of your walks !

I have to say John. Possibly one of my favourite city of London walks you have done thus far . I just love the architecture and history of our beautiful churches. Can’t wait for the next instalment and such a wonderful discovery of the lost churches walk. Thanks for taking us 👍🏻

John, Thanks for this walk! I love looking at the historic sites in London. Best, Richard in Reno

What a wonderful trip through time with such a beautiful mash up of styles of architecture

Brilliant walk, as usual, thanks John

@JohnRogersWalks

2 жыл бұрын

Cheers Iain

I very much want to do that. Maybe I'll be able to next summer. I know it's a small geographical area but finding all those places looks quite time consuming and intensive, especially if you get lost and have to reorient yourself etc. Also you never know what unexpected incidents good or bad are going to slow down your progress. I'll have to do it over two days. I'll devise my own route. I'll use this your film as a guide. Several various of my 18/19th C ancestors got married in London churches. Like St Helens Bishopsgate ,St Martin Ludgate Hill,All Hallows by the Tower,St Stephen Walbrook,the names are like out of Harry Potter.

thank you for another wonderful walk through history. It's so much fun hearing all the stories , It's living history. 🌷

Nice walk John. What a place - just imagine some of those narrow courts and alleyways on a foggy evening!

@JohnRogersWalks

2 жыл бұрын

very evocative image Richard

What a tale those old churches could tell. Another fantastic and informative walk . Thank you John.

What a great walk what history lays in them London churches thanks John :)

Did a very similar walk myself lately. Used to work in the City until 2003...even in that time there's been tremendous changes. Sunday is a great day to explore! When I was little my Dad used to take me up to the City..."to explore " your video is great...love Delivery and details

I really enjoyed this, the juxtaposition of ancient architecture butted up against the massive, gleaming, angular modern high rise buildings is spectacular and slightly uncanny. I loved all the little alleys and twittens too, I'm tempted to go for a stroll there one Sunday myself. I shall really look forward to future episodes in the series, fascinating, thanks John

Wonderful John! Well done! Enjoyed that very much!

@JohnRogersWalks

2 жыл бұрын

great to hear Peter - thanks

I love all your work. But this has really hit the spot, for me, “remember, I love all your work” but this has exceeded any expectation one could have. Fantastic, do more of this, please. Thank you.

The contrast between the history and charm of the surviving churches with the new financial temples of glass and steel fascinates me … early weekend mornings in the city are beautifully deserted… and an excellent mooch , looking forward to future instalments, keep up the good work 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

Excellent. More please John

@JohnRogersWalks

2 жыл бұрын

For sure Peter - I want to visit as many more as possible

Thank you, John. I look forward to watching your videos every Sunday evening and this was one of your best. More London church walking, please!

That was lovely. I really want to see more City churches episodes. Maybe a walk / walks with young Mr. Sinclair too, round the Hawksmoor churches, if you haven't done that already.

@JohnRogersWalks

2 жыл бұрын

Well that would be great- we’ve included a couple in previous videos but have to confess St Michael’s was new to me

I really enjoyed this one John. You mentioned the Guild's of The City, I think it would make a very interesting walk of all the livery hall's.

Beautiful John. The historic city walks are the cream of the cream.

@JohnRogersWalks

2 жыл бұрын

thanks Antony

NICE TRIP !!! NICE TO SEE MEDIEVAL LONDON AGAIN 😥

Thoroughly enjoyed that video John. Don't know the City very well as was always rushing underground to work in the West End. Remember the first time we went there on a Saturday and struggled to find somewhere open for lunch - even the pubs closed on Saturdays. Look forward to your next instalment.

Thank you for this, I did enjoy seeing the old Churches. Those little alleyways were cut through's for city workers in the 60's. I started my 1st job in Lombard St in 1962 so this brought back many great memories of this area and around the city itself. We also had school history lessons visiting some of the historic buildings including churches from Barnsbury girls school in the late 50's early 60's, this started my interest in historic architecture, graveyards and churches. Can't wait for Part 2. Thank you again 🇦🇺

thank you again. so wonderful! i must start doing some of this type of walk again! (used to do them over 50 years ago with a friend who was a church architecture expert).

John, you know when you stumbled upon the George and Vulture when looking for the Jamaica Coffee house… did you know you walked past the original meeting place of Sir Francis Dashwood’s Hellfire club?!! Being a Wycombe boy too I’ve always been fascinated by it. Apparently they met at the George and Vulture prior to Medmenham Abbey. The west Wycombe caves came much later. Anyway, hope it’s of interest…

Great video John, I've worked in the City since mid 80s in numerous locations and spent many a happy hour walking around on my lunchtime. There's so much hidden history that people don't see, like Cannon Street once called Candlewick Street, not famous for making Cannon's but Candles lol, keep up the good work!

As an ancient city, it is vital London preserves it's historic heritage

Great walk John so much history in the city to enjoy and you are a magnificent guide more churches and alleys will be very welcome and it was a lovely day for filming which added to the charm of the walk

You may have already undertaken a walk around the Livery Halls in the City, if not, then they are well worth investigating. Many thanks for providing some fascinating walks. (I also love Richmond Ave, Islington, some of the houses have Sphinx and Egyptian features.)

@JohnRogersWalks

2 жыл бұрын

thanks for the suggestion Jane - I haven't done a dedicated video on the Livery Halls. I do pass Richmond Ave on one walk a few years ago I'm sure - I used to live nearby. The sphinxes are mentioned in my book

What a wonderful video John (as allways), I'm really looking forward to the rest of this "series" !

This is gonna be an amazing series... thanks John :-)

I absolutely loved this video John, I have been to so many of these churches but it was so very long ago. Thanks for taking me on this walk. I will be watching it again and again. I thought that the George and Vulture was where the Lloyd's group began but of course I could be wrong. Cheers.

As always, another brilliant educational walk!

Absolutely fascinating and thoroughly enjoyed. Thank you John!

@JohnRogersWalks

2 жыл бұрын

Many thanks for watching Jan

What a fabulous vlog based on a deceptively simple premise. I has no idea how many churches there were within the old city limits and to see, in some instances, a Medieval church juxtaposed with the steel and glass towers of 21st century finance and commerce was simply amazing. Looking forward to further installments. Thanks again for all your efforts. For me one of the most consistent channels on KZread in terms of content, quality and presentation. May it long continue.

Old churches are amazing 👏

I really really loved this . Old Churches are built on some amazing energy lines . Thank you xxx

@louistracy6964

2 жыл бұрын

Mostly leading straight from Africa, India and China.

Thanks John a very interesting video/walk, not been around there in decades. After this week I have two weeks off and planning some day walks Oxford, Aylesbury and around where I live in MK. Was thinking about the alleyways and courtyards in the City and around St Paul's but don't fancy the train journey to London at the moment but after watching this now I might include it in my days out.Thanks again John

As soon as the video starts with those strings my blood pressure drops and I am in a contented place - thanks John

Hi John what a great interesting walk. Wow 108 churches is a lot in such a small area . I bet the skyline in those days made it easier to pick them out unlike today where the ones that are left are suffocating under some of the modern monstrosities that have been built. I loved the old passage ways and some of the architecture of the churches are stunning especially the Wren built ones. Yes please more of the same would be great John . 😊👍👏

Stunning, I would love to see a bit more of the inside of these beautiful churches please. Thanks for making Sundays special .

Wow! What a walk. Fascinating and absorbing, those alleyway’s suffocating between the skyscrapers, that’s history. These videos should be on TV, and see tourism rocket. More please John.

All these pubs, hidden up alleys, look like a good day out John. Tha back streets of the city remind me a bit of York, although the buildings are probably taller in the square mile.

great stuff JR

A great walk. I worked in the city for 30 years and did a lot of exploring but I was unaware of some of the places you showed us in this video. Looking forward to the next installment.

@JohnRogersWalks

2 жыл бұрын

thanks Sandra

Lovely video. Thanks John!

Another interesting and informative walk. Always nice to have one of your walks to view on a Sunday evening. Appropriately on a Sunday , look forward in anticipation.

I wonder if the appeal of churches, even if you aren't religious, is that they express in the rawest way what people of the time cared about most, and how they viewed the world. For example, you think of a medieval cathedral and its mixture of fluid structure and light, and are reminded of the medieval mind's awareness of the infusion of the sacred into the world. What a quiet but relaxing video.

That was very interesting John, I didn't realise there were so many churches in London some being well concealed.

Loving your videos. Subscribed

John, this was amsbolutely fascinating. The time I went to London, in 2015, I also visited the city on a Sunday (but in autumn) and it looked as deserted as that. Very interesting facts you give us here. I particularly loved that bit in which you 'rewind' the footage to check the plaque, ha ha, Excellent. Thank you!

fantastic walk John. I'm not religious in anyway but have visited many churches and cathedrals. I always make a B-line for the stained glass windows and love if an organ is being played. It's always nice if videoing

@JohnRogersWalks

2 жыл бұрын

thanks Smilevideotrains

really enjoyed this .. thanks for sharing x

17:13 To answer that question, some hold St Peter as the first Bishop of Rome (Pope) and St Peter's Basilica is indeed built over his alleged tomb Great video. Thankyou

This was one of your best walks and I hope you will indeed have more of the City of London Churches like you mentioned!

@JohnRogersWalks

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Reggie - I’m already looking forward to the next leg of the walk

Another good one John, fascinating 🥰

What a great walk John, took me at least twice as long as the video to watch it as I kept stopping it & going to Google maps to follow the walk to see exactly where you were taking the shots from as I spent a lot of time working in & around the city when I was there in 1973/74 & it brought back many memories for me, so thank you very much for this walk & I look forward to the next edition of the churches of the city series...❤️

Another great walk, John. I absolutely love your walk and talks and the accompanying music is so apt, it fits perfectly. Thank you for your walks, I love London💖💖

Marvelous John... Thanks... 🇬🇧🇺🇸

@JohnRogersWalks

2 жыл бұрын

My pleasure Craig