That verger is a stunningly wonderful man. Wry sense of humor. A gift.

@olwens1368

2 ай бұрын

Agree-he should have his own channel.

My dear friend, Pam Roth, was a devoted member of St Bart’s and I loved to hear her tales of guarding the sanctity of the church during the shooting of many films. You didn’t mess with Pam! She was short but oh! could she be ferocious! For many years she rang the bells and a favourite memory of mine was sitting in on one of the practices. To say the various vicars depended on Pam May be exaggerating - or is it? When a while passed with no word from her I wrote to the church office and was extremely touched and appreciative when the vicar replied, giving me the sad news that my friend had died a few months before. He kindly gave me the link to the live-streamed memorial service. Rest in Peace, dear Pam and may you rise in glory.

@mozdickson

2 ай бұрын

Great tribute to this servant of Christ. Rest in peace.

Yhe church in my village is 200 years older,one of a few anglo saxon ones left

@mozdickson

2 ай бұрын

Where is that, please John?

@lindasolomon4235

2 ай бұрын

They are a real treasure, worth protecting.

@stephfoxwell4620

2 ай бұрын

Deerhurst Priory near Tewkesbury is Saxon.

In my natal anniversary, I am immensely grateful to have discovered your channel. In my quest to reconnect with my ancestral roots, I stumbled upon content like yours, which resonates deeply with my longing to embrace my heritage. Despite being born and raised in India, circumstances beyond my control, I have always felt a profound connection to and yearning for my true homeland, the United Kingdom. The essence of Englishness courses through my blood and veins, and I am grateful to count myself among you. I am confident that, in due time and with divine guidance, I will return to the land that holds my heart. For now, I find myself in the USA, a place I also hold dear alongside the UK. It is my fervent hope that I can embrace the richness of dual nationality, and your channel serves as a precious gift in my journey to rediscover my lineage and reclaim my sense of home.

@donnarogers7732

2 ай бұрын

May The Divine Universe grant your prayers and hopes to visit your heritage. How wonderful you have a Start with your information. You are part of 2 ancient places on this planet. May your True and determined desires walk the paths of your ancestors and May Peace and Joy fill your Heart on this YOUR fantastic Journey. Best Wishes,Good Luck and Keep Your Faith that All will be Revealed to you dear Pilgrim. ✌️🙏💙🇺🇲

@donnarogers7732

2 ай бұрын

May The Divine Universe grant your prayers and hopes to visit your heritage. How wonderful you have a Start with your information. You are part of 2 ancient places on this planet. May your True and determined desires walk the paths of your ancestors and May Peace and Joy fill your Heart on this YOUR fantastic Journey. Best Wishes,Good Luck and Keep Your Faith that All will be Revealed to you dear Pilgrim. ✌️🙏💙🇺🇲

@pamelaschutz1248

2 ай бұрын

I'm South African, and I feel the same! I truly love content like this. There's the inimitable British sense of humour; and the deep, deep historical roots. Their average "small church" in a village in England actually puts our Cathedral in Cape Town into the shade, and that's a pretty cathedral. But so tiny, compared to Europe and the UK. It doesn't soar into the heavens with pillars and arches like the mighty oaks of a forest; and it doesn't cause angelic choir voices to magnify and multiply in echo and profundity. We can't build like the ancients/ancestors did, and we need some ghosts!!! At least India has some veritably great buildings and a similarly long history as Europe.

@elixier33

6 күн бұрын

​@@donnarogers7732wot?

Check out St Etheldreda’s church in Ely Place, just up the road from St Bartholomew’s, it’s even older!

@PatriciaEnright

2 ай бұрын

Yes, that's a beautiful pre reformation church too. So nice these Churches have survived....thy just ooze History. Imagine all the events that have taken place since they were built!

One of my great-great grandfathers is Sir Richard Rich. I had no idea of this part of his history as I just at the beginning of my quest to find out more about him. Thank you for this posting!

@ClarinoI

2 ай бұрын

Either you've missed out a few greats from his relationship to you, or you have some incredibly long lived antecedents, who had children very late in life.

Great history thank you , I am so pleased it has survived all this time.

An ancient building, the grave of a jester, once a printing press, a location for movies, a home to ghosts ... the list goes on. I wonder if they also preach about Jesus Christ here. Hope so!

@dandare1001

2 ай бұрын

Don't bring religion into this!

@fadmacat

2 ай бұрын

I wouldn't bet on it.

@JelMain

2 ай бұрын

More than just a jester. The balance of power in the Court between Henry and innumerable barons, when Henry died, the period known as the Anarchy was merely a fore-runner of what would happen a hundred years later under John.

It may be London’s oldest parish church, but it’s not London’s old ecclesiastical building - the Chapel Royal of John the Evangelist in the White Tower, Tower of London, dates from 1080.

Thank you for sharing the history of St Bartholomew the Great Church. Until now, I never knew for sure what is the oldest surviving church in London. I can proudly say I'm little smarter today than yesterday.

@dougy6237

2 ай бұрын

Ah yes, St Bartholomew's, built by Catholics for the true worship of Jesus Christ in the Holy Mass. Desecrated and stolen by the Protestants. Taken over as a private home by Richard Rich, the man who perjured himself in the false trial of St Thomas More, dooming St Thomas to execution. Let us never forget how the English people did not lovingly embrace the Protestant heresy, but rather had it forced upon them by persecution, laws, torture, and execution!

Sir Richard Rich, who bought the monastery--is that the same guy who was Lord Chancellor under Edward VI, whom John Hurt played in A MAN FOR ALL SEASONS?

@leeroth1395

2 ай бұрын

Henry VIII

@Blaqjaqshellaq

2 ай бұрын

@@leeroth1395 A MAN FOR ALL SEASONS takes place during Henry's reign, but Rich only became Lord Chancellor under Edward.

I wish that the video had given good information about how to find the church. You can't see it from the street. I walked around and around, until I finally figured out how to reach it.

I think Andrew Cavendish and Deborah Mitford (eleventh Duke and Duchess of Devonshire) were married at Saint Bartholomew in 1941. Does anyone know if they were married in the chapel where "Four Weddings and a Funeral" was filmed, or is there another chapel in the building as well? I was hoping this presentation wouldn't focus so exclusively on that movie, but rather on the history of the building, possibly with historic photos, paintings and drawings (if these exist) and other notable, real people who actually did get married there.

@pamelaschutz1248

2 ай бұрын

That would be great. The verger should get a whole programme to himself and to the church and its history as such.

@ClarinoI

2 ай бұрын

As far as I can tell, other than the main Church there's just a Lady Chapel. I can't remember where the scene took place in Four Weddings, but I would think the Duke would have been married in the main Church.

I'm so glad to see this video, St Barts is my favourite church building. I literally gasped the first time I stepped inside. I just wish the Cloister Café was still around, I'm so sad that it is not. The music of this video is perfect, I would so love to know what it is.

At 2:37 "Rahere being the court gesture..." Should be jester!

@k.e.becquer4681

2 ай бұрын

Automatic subtitles. No-one wrote them, a machine try to pick up what is said. Truly intelligent... :/

So interesting...I'd love to visit this church...is open during the day or just for Services? My Dad took me to see it and Cloth Fair many years ago...would love to revist. Fantastic History. A real gem.

There could be somewhere an online program about the architectural features. Any ideas? The Tower has a few remnants of architecture of a similar age .

Fascinating.

Well you can’t really celebrate the Catholic years - they were the builders of this great church.

@Faith-je3vt

2 ай бұрын

EXACTLY!!! Couldn't even mention that it was originally Catholic that King Henry stole from the Catholics.

I used to work just round the corner...opposite the east end of St Paul's. The name St Barts is all over the area...from Bartholmew Fair...which eventually just became a meat market (hence Cowcross Street up by Farringdon) and the Smithfields. The pubs used to be open really early in the morning for all the market workers bringing the meat in. Where they'd be joined by all the people from St Barts Hospital. Drinking either after a 90 hour shift, or drinking before one. Just to make sure any patient had an equal chance of dying whether the medical staff treating them were starting or ending a shift. The church is really nice. It is rather sad seeing such grossly dressed tourists walking around it in. It IS a church. Wearing shorts and greasy stained t shirts is always ugly, but you can do it at your home if you really want to. It is NOT appropriate in many other settings including someone else's place of worship.

1:37 Sir Richard Rich profited greatly from the dissolution, also “given” the Augustinian Leigh Priory in Essex between Chelmsford and Braintree.

Nice commentary given by the Verger.

Is not St Peter ad Vincula in the Tower of London older?

You actually don't make what church it is and the location very obvious. I was in London for a month last December and enjoyed my time but would have enjoyed to see this. As far as i was educated on my tours, the city of London is technically only a very small part of what is considered greater London today. Hope to see you agan.

An intermittently interesting video ruined by an intrusive emphasis on such pop culture trivia as the church's use in an overrated film!

@mozdickson

2 ай бұрын

Agreed. I've been there, first in one morning. Quiet, solemn and a deep sense of peace hidden away in deepest London.

@daveericson8447

2 ай бұрын

A broader interest is good and dare I say more adventurous

@elizabethwestlake8896

2 ай бұрын

General public can relate to some pop culture references and may be able to recognize church onscreen. Makes them want to visit and learn more.

Would somebody please explain to me why Westminster Abbey isn't considered to be an older church? Is it "church" v "abbey"? What is the technical difference?

@gordonsmith8899

2 ай бұрын

St Bart's is in London, Westminster Abbey, is in Westminster.

@thomasw.eggers4303

2 ай бұрын

@@gordonsmith8899 Ah, thank you. From Colorado, there isn't any difference between London and Westminster.

@janel342

2 ай бұрын

Not from London neither! I never heard such nonsense! It’s all London.

@brucewilliams8714

2 ай бұрын

​@janel342 To most foreigners, Manhattan is New York.

This is a Tartarian building,

Westminster Abby was founded in 959.

Don't tell Khan or it'll be a mosque before you know it!

I really hate BS about ghosts. I do not know of a better example of a Romanesque church in Britain unless someone can tell me if one

@michaeldeierhoi4096

2 ай бұрын

Too bad you have such a lousy sense of humor because the narrator was clearly joking.

@jontalbot1

2 ай бұрын

@@michaeldeierhoi4096 Nothing to do with sense of humour. There are people who are interested in church architecture just like there are people interested in criticising others they have never met for no particular reason

What is a verger?

@davidwelch6796

2 ай бұрын

A verger is a lay member of the church, sometimes paid in large churches/cathedrals but often an unpaid volunteer in small churches. Their job is to assist the clergy, often leading them in procession, and to ensure that the congregation behaves itself. In frequently visited churches like St. Bartholomew's they often act as guides for visitors whilst they ensure that such visitors are not mistreating the church. I am sure that more knowledgeable people will be able to give a better and fuller answer than me. That said I have spent a few days at this church (I was part of a documentary film crew filming some dramatised scenes there) and it is a remarkable and very beautiful building.

" Where's My Sandal????? "

@pamelaschutz1248

2 ай бұрын

Oh I feel so sorry for the ghost. It must be cold. And grave robbers are utterly despicable. Desecrators. But what I want to know is, who is the Grey/White Lady?

Hmm...Richard Rich bought the church? Wasn't he the lawyer that helped Cromwell convict and behead St. Thomas for Henry the 8th.

West minster is older surely

@AulicExclusiva

2 ай бұрын

Not the building itself.

@user-wf5co6ct7l

2 ай бұрын

The Abbey, yes as it’s from 1100 and the verger did say it was one of the oldest.

@AulicExclusiva

2 ай бұрын

@@user-wf5co6ct7l Construction of the present church building began in 1245 and was consecrated in 1269.

@Elitist20

2 ай бұрын

Not in the actual City of London.

@dougy6237

2 ай бұрын

@@AulicExclusiva Yes, St Bartholomew's, built by Catholics for the true worship of Jesus Christ in the Holy Mass. Desecrated and stolen by the Protestants. Taken over as a private home by Richard Rich, the man who perjured himself in the false trial of St Thomas More, dooming St Thomas to execution. Let us never forget how the English people did not lovingly embrace the Protestant heresy, but rather had it forced upon them by persecution, laws, torture, and execution!

I wonder what happened to the Anglosaxon Churches that predated the Conquest?

@Daniel-deMerrivale

2 ай бұрын

Not sure about London, but I was born in Surrey and lived in the Surrey hills but now in Devon. St john the Evangelist, Wotton Dorking Surrey is a stunning Saxon church amongst fields and wonderful views. If you go to Google maps and put in the address I have given and click on the church location point there are some really good photographs and even a video (which is professional and seriously good). The church tower shows how Saxon this gem is. I am sure there are other Saxon churches out there also. Hope that helps.

@martynnotman3467

2 ай бұрын

Theres quite a lot in rural areas and many bigger ones have Saxon parts. Its a rare survival in London due to the Great Fire of London in 1666 and the Blitz in 1941

@Daniel-deMerrivale

2 ай бұрын

@@martynnotman3467 great point, I forgot about both the fires! 👍🏻

@Kian2002

2 ай бұрын

@@martynnotman3467Thanks, I hadn't considered the Great Fire in 1666; Westminster Abbey was largely a Norman Plantagenet project so couldn't really be considered unless the foundations or undercroft are Anglo-Saxon?

@martynnotman3467

2 ай бұрын

@@Kian2002 old Saint Pauls was Londons Cathedral. 7th century origins. Westminster was started by the Edward The Confessor next to his brand new palace. Prior to that the kings hadnt lived in London.

It’s a magnificent building. I hope it doesn’t become a Mosque down the road. Poor England. A miracle is needed.

@dougy6237

2 ай бұрын

Ah yes, St Bartholomew's, built by Catholics for the true worship of Jesus Christ in the Holy Mass. Desecrated and stolen by the Protestants. Taken over as a private home by Richard Rich, the man who perjured himself in the false trial of St Thomas More, dooming St Thomas to execution. Let us never forget how the English people did not lovingly embrace the Protestant heresy, but rather had it forced upon them by persecution, laws, torture, and execution!

@mikethebloodthirsty

2 ай бұрын

Christianity is a imported middle Eastern religion, oh the irony of your statement😂

Inside Londons soon to be mosque

I must visit this beautiful building one day. But please, the ‘Church’ is the people NOT the building

@balarkpeixoto947

2 ай бұрын

Church is a building also

Is this Catholic or Protestant (Anglican)?

@michaeldeierhoi4096

2 ай бұрын

Anglican

@user-dg1ho4tj2g

2 ай бұрын

@@michaeldeierhoi4096 what common good has the Anglican church brought/ contributed to the British people at these critical times?

@michaeldeierhoi4096

2 ай бұрын

@@user-dg1ho4tj2g For the followers of the Anglican church it is the same as for other churches. People want to feel like they belong to something for the community experience and will willingly choose to believe in the basic precepts of the Bible because they see it as relatively harmless. I disagree because people have become conditioned to not think for themselves, but to rely on some alledged power as guiding their lives. That is a false belief. So no in the long term churches limit human potential by causing them to become dependent on the church. It's not up to me what people choose to follow and my overt disagreement would only bring resistance.

Hey, you make a video to show us London's oldest church, THEN YOU PUT WRITING in front of the pictures. Are you crazy?

Founded - not built.

@daveericson8447

2 ай бұрын

So no one actually built it then, how clever 🙄

All this one can thank the Roman Catholic church for building such a great monument to God.

Training a future traitor to print Yankee Propaganda

How long before it becomes a mosque? Not long now l bet !😢

@michaeldeierhoi4096

2 ай бұрын

Your fear of it becoming a mosque is undignified and unjustified. Try living in the present instead of worrying about what may or may happen!! The present is all we have anyway.

Is this going to have words plastered all,over all the buildings? That makes it impossible to see. Do you think every view can not hear? World wide we have CAPTIONS for those who prefer reading than hearing.