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@andrewsims4123

6 ай бұрын

Love your videos 😀 when living in London in the 80s I worked as a cycle courier and very early one morning I came across the sight of men in hamzat suits ! I asked a workman at the barrier and he told me the road had subsided into a plague pit. On my return down the same road later in the evening everything was back to normal. I later learned that the same people employed for emergency underground repairs are also on call for these occasions. Apparently they earn a very good wage !

For a video full of thousands of dead people, this was oddly uplifting, highlighting an enduring human desire to honour the departed, whether that's heroic animals, tragic clowns or medieval outcasts. Congratulations on becoming a mum.

@TheMuseumGuide

7 ай бұрын

Thank you! I’m glad you found it uplifting- that was my intention. ❤️

@chrisball3778

7 ай бұрын

@@TheMuseumGuide Thanks for showing us these weird corners. Looking forward to your next video.

@paulinemegson8519

7 ай бұрын

It’s lovely to see that there are still tributes laid for the Winchester geese and other poor folk at crossbones. It warms me to know that those who were offered no honour in life or death in their own time, are honoured now, even if we don’t have all their names or stories.

I low key got choked up when you talked about Simon and hugged my cat tight.

@TheMuseumGuide

7 ай бұрын

He was the goodest boy.

@lisatheboywonder6744

7 ай бұрын

@@TheMuseumGuide He was 😢

A friend of mine cleared old cemeteries for a living. His team were contracted to clear a so called plague and witch cemetery near a well known hospital. Most of his team had a rather dark sense of humour. They were provided amongst many tools with an axe. One of the team was making fun of the fact witches were supposed to be buried there. Before digging up the graves some headstones in the area had to be removed, and the guy who was mocking the dead started throwing his axe around. He aimed it at a particular stone, and after throwing it, one of his colleagues saw the axe hit the stone and fly back at the thrower with force. The axe buried itself in the throwers leg. The guy was taken to the hospital where he went through extensive treatment because of the graveyard having a plague pit.

@TheMuseumGuide

7 ай бұрын

That’s unreal! That sure taught him.

@1960dave1960

6 ай бұрын

Sounds like karma to me….or is it witchcraft 😮….??

@charliekezza

6 ай бұрын

So moral to the story -dont joke about witches or plague victims 😊

@Paulchen7223

6 ай бұрын

KARMA

@2wittysue535

6 ай бұрын

"Haha" comes to mind.

I’m from Illinois, and have been hunting for more information on my ancestor: Moses Lowman, who is buried in Bunhill. In my research, I was surprised to find that this cemetery was, seemingly, ‘in the middle of London’, but I could never find a video of the inside; the closest I’ve gotten was google Earth, in which I discovered the Quaker plot nearby and was heartbroken over how it seemed to be forgotten -- I appreciate your explanation as to why, and my heart is healed. Thank you so very much for this tour. (I was hoping you’d mention Moses among your notable burials, but I can understand why he’s not as well known.) 😊

Just a note about Simon and The Amethyst - The ship was trapped on the river by enemy forces upstream and down, and totally unable to resupply. If Simon hadn't killed so many rats, they would have been forced to surrender due to running out of food.

@TheMuseumGuide

7 ай бұрын

Thank you so much! The goodest boy.

@SECRETORDEROFTHEKNIGHTSTEMPLAR

Ай бұрын

The Cat seen more action than me when i was in the MILITARY 😂😂

yes, do the plague video, maybe compare to the recent one we had to endure.

@TheMuseumGuide

7 ай бұрын

Very interesting idea!

@novallasuter5265

7 ай бұрын

No comparison.

Black Plague definitely!

Congratulations on your new baby! And thank you for this fascinating tour! Your informative good nature is both enlightening and refreshing! Thank you for all of your hard work!

@TheMuseumGuide

6 ай бұрын

Thank you so much!

Great video, you find so many hidden gems in London, thank you for sharing them.

@TheMuseumGuide

7 ай бұрын

You’re very welcome! Thank you for watching.

I love the way that London, of all the cities I’ve been to, never hides the fact that your life right now, is built on the bodies of those who came before. I know that it unsettles Americans in particular but in all honesty it’s probably true of many places in the US too, you just prefer to ignore it or pretend it’s not so. But even before the “pilgrim fathers” there were people, and people create settlements in certain areas for the same reasons….access to water, food, transport routes…..so populated areas tend to stay populated, and with life, comes death.

Yes, a separate video on the Plague Cemetery, please.

Far-out! i never grow tired of watching the spooky, creepy, haunted places in England! You are awesome finding all this info for us. Oh, and congrats on the new addition to your family! Thanks sooo much from Kathleen in California

@TheMuseumGuide

7 ай бұрын

You’re very welcome! Thanks for watching, and happy Hallowe’en!

London plague video, please and thank you.

@TheMuseumGuide

7 ай бұрын

The people have spoken! It’s on my (neverending) list.

Yes, please! Video of the plague would be really interesting to learn from. Your videos are wonderful! Thank you so much!

@TheMuseumGuide

6 ай бұрын

Coming soon!

Love the strange stories and cemeteries. I loved my time in London thanks for sharing. Greetings from Ireland 🇮🇪

@TheMuseumGuide

7 ай бұрын

Thank you! Glad to have you.

A great tour, than you! Requests: 1. Great Plague of London, and 2. any remaining portions of the Charterhouse as it was known to the Carthusian monastics. 🙋🏻‍♂️

Perfect video for this time of year! Informative and entertaining as always. The first cemetery's story makes me angry -- the church was essentially acting as pimps, profiting off the most vulnerable in society instead of helping them... then condemning them as not fit for "proper" burial. There are so many words I have for the bishop and none of them are pleasant. OH! You just had a new little one! Congratulations!! If you'd like a handknitted item as a gift, please reach out to me! I can send you something :) I knit A LOT.

My great grandad had his pigeons used in ww2. He was from bush hill park enfield

Fabulous tour and expertly narrated. I enjoyed it immensely. Thank you. 😊

@TheMuseumGuide

7 ай бұрын

So nice of you - thanks for watching!

@angietunstall2555

7 ай бұрын

@TheMuseumGuide What I didn't tell you is that I'm English (northeast) and I had no idea about those burial places I'm half ashamed that a member of the Commonwealth has had to put me wise to.them! 😀

I love your channel so much, Jessica! Please keep these amazing videos coming!

@TheMuseumGuide

7 ай бұрын

Thank you for watching!

This was such a fascinating video - I'm so glad I've discovered your channel! Was also not expecting at 18:10 in the clown service photo to see the clown that performs at my local high street! Got a few balloon animals from him as a kid!

I have just discovered your videos and I LOVE them! Particularly love the macabre stories ❤

@TheMuseumGuide

7 ай бұрын

I'm glad to hear it!

First of all, congratulations on your newborn baby! And thank you for finding the time to make this wonderful video! Wishing you and your family all the best. Greetings from Amsterdam.

@TheMuseumGuide

6 ай бұрын

You are so kind!

I stumbled upon your channel just now. Being a lover of both history and the macabre, I am in love with your channel! Ty for posting all this!

@TheMuseumGuide

7 ай бұрын

Thanks and welcome!

I really enjoyed this little tour and next time I'm in London, I'll definitely visit. Thank you so much for the time you've put in to your research and to bring us this! ❤

@TheMuseumGuide

7 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching!

One of my Great grandfather's lived amd died in the Charterhouse about 1872...I definitely need to visit!

Superb! Thank you so much!

@TheMuseumGuide

7 ай бұрын

Glad you liked it!

Thank-you as always for the wonderful tour. I would love anything you have to offer in terms of future tours!

@TheMuseumGuide

7 ай бұрын

Thank you for watching!

So glad to stumble upon your channel! Your knowledge is so impressive! Look forward to learning more about London's spooky history.

@TheMuseumGuide

4 ай бұрын

Awesome! Thank you!

Laying here in Kentucky with food poison and having an absolutely wonderful time lol. Your channel has brought me several hours of awesome educational entertainment. I was so happy when I discovered you a few hours ago and I still haven't stopped watching yet. Great content, please never stop

Wow! What an amazing odyssey through the death and interment history of London! Thank you 🙏

@TheMuseumGuide

4 ай бұрын

You’re very welcome!

yes please!! A video about the plague in London would be awesome!!

Thank-you. Fascinating 😮

@TheMuseumGuide

6 ай бұрын

My pleasure!

A Plague video would be great !

I really enjoyed watching this. Thank you

@TheMuseumGuide

6 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

Simon, the most best boy.

@TheMuseumGuide

7 ай бұрын

Just the best. I’m so glad his man could be there in 2007.

I just found your channel and I've been binging like crazy! I love it!

@TheMuseumGuide

3 ай бұрын

Yay! Thank you!

I love visiting cemeteries and catch the feeling of transience. im going to visit london this summer and i was searching about which cemeteries should i visit. So this video is a real gem and helped me a lot. Thank you!

@TheMuseumGuide

4 ай бұрын

I’m so glad to help!

Well done, Jessica! Glad to see you back again and creating intriguing videos.

@lilpenny1982

7 ай бұрын

I wish Jessica can do an in-depth review on the famous people who are interred in Winsminster Abbey.

@TheMuseumGuide

7 ай бұрын

It’s on my list!

@lilpenny1982

7 ай бұрын

@@TheMuseumGuide 👏👏👏👏

@lilpenny1982

7 ай бұрын

@TheMuseumGuide Please don't forget about Queen Mary I of England 👸 ✝️ 🪦 People forget that she's actually there with her sister Queen Elizabeth I ⚰️⚰️

Congratulations!! Enjoy every minute

All of your videos make me want to go back to London. I visited there in 2016. My adult son took a tour of Trinity college in Dublin, so we decided to make it into a vacation. Sadly, even tho driving (renting a car) probably saved some time, but the distances in the UK made it logistically impossible for us to visit everywhere we wanted in 12 days. We did get to see some cool things, like Rosslyn Chapel, the Titanic exhibit in Belfast, the Warner Brothers studio tour (I am a massive fan of Harry Potter), and the Doctor Who experience in Cardiff. We only drove past a few other places, but didn't have time to visit it all.

A brilliant research 😊👍👍 and an amazing tour as well 😲👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏 I learned a lot from this video and thank you for remembering the dead…who lived, loved, laughed and suffered too…each one of them had a life…sadly mostly forgotten…buried under time 😔

@TheMuseumGuide

6 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

Congratulations on your little one. I must say, I love the old and unusual graveyards. There is something very sweet and genuine to be deciphered on the monuments and gravestones from a time when many people actually authored their own epitaphs. These days there are just plaques with the name and dates…and maybe “beloved Mother etc.”. Many of the older ones tell a great deal more than that, and give you a real sense of who the people were, and what they were proud of. Thank you for this lovely little jaunt through these unique resting places. No doubt I would have found myself in good company in the Non Conformist Cemetery. It was nice to see Blake’s headstone, and the offerings of coins still arriving. Wishing you a happy Samhain.🖤🇨🇦

@TheMuseumGuide

7 ай бұрын

Thank you for your thoughtful comment. Thank you for watching!

@tamarrajames3590

7 ай бұрын

@@TheMuseumGuide Always a pleasure.🖤🇨🇦

This was a fantastic selection of cemeteries Jessica! So interesting and informative. I think an indepth video on the Charterhouse would be fantastic. London is full of endless historical oddities along with the sometimes gruesome and grotesque. You are a doyen of these places! Good health to you and your baby.

@TheMuseumGuide

2 ай бұрын

Thank you so much!

I just discovered your channel last night but have already watched several videos and I absolutely love them but this is my very favorite so far because I love clowns! When I was little, my favorite Halloween costume was a clown costume that my mom made for me. I probably would have worn it every day if she'd let me. And when I had chicken pox, a family friend who was a well-known clown came over and sat by my bed and talked to me to keep me calm so mom could take my temperature. I've never found them creepy, even in scary movies where they're meant to be creepy. Lol

This is fascinating and just proves that to get an idea of what life was like during a certain time period, you have to take a look at everything including cemeteries and ghost stories.

@TheMuseumGuide

5 ай бұрын

I agree! Thanks for watching.

Love your video ❤. I love history and graveyards.

@TheMuseumGuide

7 ай бұрын

Thank you! I do too, if you couldn’t tell. 🤣

I just discovered your channel,,,Thank you for sharing with those of us who can’t go far from home…

@TheMuseumGuide

6 ай бұрын

You are so welcome

I've subscribed immediately This was amazing. Can't wait to watch more Regards Andrew 🇿🇦

The first main difference is about where the graves are exactly. Cemeteries are generally in neighborhoods while graveyards are often in or beside a church. In other words, graveyards are often on church property and cemeteries are generally not.

I just found you, new subscriber here! I found this fascinating, the sheer numbers you quoted are staggering. Thanks for such a fun tour!!!

@TheMuseumGuide

7 ай бұрын

You’re very welcome!

I live in Surrey the brookwood tour is so goid I learnt so much !

My wife was researching her family tree and discovered Quaker relatives who were originally from North Yorkshire, near Stokesley. A prosperous farmer with several sons paid for 3 of them to be apprenticed in various trades in the Wrapping area of London. Their trades ranged from goldsmith to cheesemonger and many of their descendants were buried at Bunhill Fields. It was interesting to see the graveyard in your video. Thank you.

@TheMuseumGuide

Ай бұрын

You’re very welcome! Thank you for sharing that fascinating history. For reference, I think you mean Wapping, which is pronounced like “whopping.”

@stephenwhittaker4683

Ай бұрын

I had not realised that I'd written Wrapping instead of Wapping. One of the relatives lived close to Wrapping Old Stairs and it must have been incredibly unhealthy as 2 or 3 of their children would die within days of each other and were taken to Bunhill Fields. They lost about 9 in total.

Terrific video , so interesting , thank you ! I liked and subscribed and look forward to more of your videos .

@TheMuseumGuide

6 ай бұрын

Awesome, thank you!

I love this tour

Just discovered your channel. Liked and subscribed!! I am a tour guide myself and I love your content 😁😁 Human remains were often ground down to make into fertilizer. Thousands of skeletons were taken from the battlefield of Waterloo to use on UK gardens 😬😬

@TheMuseumGuide

6 ай бұрын

I didn’t realise that! I knew about mummies being used for fertiliser, but soldiers? That’s grim. Thanks for watching!

This was so interesting . Thanks very much

@TheMuseumGuide

6 ай бұрын

You’re very welcome!

I really enjoy your tours! I wouldnt mind a tour on the plague pits and general plague information.

@TheMuseumGuide

3 ай бұрын

It’s on the shortlist! Thanks for watching.

Just happened upon your channel today. I love the content!! So fascinating!! Definitely subscribing 😊❤

@TheMuseumGuide

2 ай бұрын

Yay! Thank you!

What a fascinating video! The dancing on the grave looks fun! So much interesting info, you earned a follow from me :D

@TheMuseumGuide

6 ай бұрын

Thank you so much 😁

"Welcome to London - Europe's greatest plague pit". Very informative video, thank you.

@TheMuseumGuide

7 ай бұрын

You’re very welcome!

You came up in my 'recommendations' from YT and I'm so glad, now that I've watched this and heard such a familiar accent! Subbed and notification bell on :) ON, CA

@TheMuseumGuide

7 ай бұрын

Awesome! Thank you for watching. Happy to have you here.

Wonderful stuff 🎉

@TheMuseumGuide

7 ай бұрын

Thank you! Cheers!

Fascinating!!

@TheMuseumGuide

7 ай бұрын

Thank you!

I find walking through the grave yards quiet relaxing. They have a feeling of 🕊️.

@TheMuseumGuide

4 ай бұрын

I agree!

@keltai83

3 ай бұрын

I've lived close to a couple of older graveyards and cemeteries, and I always noticed how many plants, birds, and other wildlife I saw there. There's something beautiful about the dead resting surrounded by continuing life

Hi, just found you and your channel. I'm a huge cemetery and funerary enthusiast. Great, and very interesting videos. Xx

@TheMuseumGuide

7 ай бұрын

Thanks and welcome - glad you enjoyed!

Congratulations on your baby Jessica your video is absolutely fantastic so entertaining amazing content yes please i would like to see lots more videos on the various topics the plague pits im now a subscriber ❤❤

@TheMuseumGuide

6 ай бұрын

Thank you so much!! ❤️

Just discovered your channel!! Thanks so much for your work on this as I find it so interesting - I just subscribed. I video on the Black Death burials would be awesome. I did an essay on the Black Death - A world upside down while I was in university.

@TheMuseumGuide

6 ай бұрын

You’re very welcome! A plague video is at the top of my list!

very interesting, thank you

@TheMuseumGuide

7 ай бұрын

You’re very welcome!

Fascinating tour Thank you so much. Liked and subbed I live in the UK and had never heard of the massacre of the pets during WWII until now

@TheMuseumGuide

7 ай бұрын

It’s just so tragic. Thank you for watching!

I will (and have) happily go without food if it means my cat gets the food she wants, she is 20. Hearing about the military animals was so cool.

@TheMuseumGuide

6 ай бұрын

I’m the same. 😭😭😭

Absolutely i would like to see you make a video about the plague Your videos are so awesome and you teach us so much information thank you

@TheMuseumGuide

6 ай бұрын

It’s definitely on the shortlist. Thank you for watching!

As soon as you said "the strangest graveyards" I knew you were going to go to Novo Cemetery - such a strange and wonderful place!

@TheMuseumGuide

7 ай бұрын

It’s such an unusual one! Thanks for watching.

Great video❤

@TheMuseumGuide

7 ай бұрын

Glad you liked it!!

Thank you that was very interesting. I'd like to see a vlog about the plagues. I couldn't pick a best one, they are all good.

@TheMuseumGuide

7 ай бұрын

You got it! Thanks for watching.

Love your channel Jessica. Congrats on your baby! I just knew you were Canadian. Cheers from Toronto 🇨🇦

@TheMuseumGuide

6 ай бұрын

Thank you so much! 🇨🇦🥳

Hope you and bubba are doing well. So many congrats!

Thanks

@TheMuseumGuide

7 ай бұрын

You're welcome!

Congratulations!!!🇨🇦

@TheMuseumGuide

7 ай бұрын

Thank you!

Great channel. Subscribed

@TheMuseumGuide

6 ай бұрын

Welcome aboard!

Yes to a London plague video please!

I read somewhere that Peter Sellers was a descendant of Daniel Mendoza, the famous prize fighter. He was very proud of his ancestor and kept his picture on the wall of his office.

@TheMuseumGuide

6 ай бұрын

Thank you for this! I had no idea.

@letitroll1972

6 ай бұрын

My pleasure. Thank you for your wonderful videos.

Me and my friend stumbled upon the Charterhouse Square and as someone who studies the plague, that was pretty interesting! and yes plague video :D

@TheMuseumGuide

6 ай бұрын

It’s at the top of my list. Thanks for watching!

Thank u . Interesting . Rather sad though May they rip .

@TheMuseumGuide

7 ай бұрын

You’re welcome!

Love it all❤

@TheMuseumGuide

5 ай бұрын

Thank you!

A very interesting video❤️

@TheMuseumGuide

5 ай бұрын

Thank you for watching!

Great video

@TheMuseumGuide

7 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

Crossbones was also the burial ground for Suicides found in the River Thames as in the past Suicides were forbidden internment in Consegrated ground !! It's mentioned in one of Dickens Novels!!

Fascinating and sad too. Those poor women and children. They didn't have any choice back then :(

@TheMuseumGuide

7 ай бұрын

It really is tragic.

Wow!

@TheMuseumGuide

7 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching!

Nice channel thanx

@TheMuseumGuide

6 ай бұрын

Thank you!

"If you're interested in a video on..." YES. Doesn't matter the topic, I could listen to your stories for hours! Edit: forgot to mention - I wonder if future tourguides will talk about Felix the Huddersfield station cat and her long and beloved history in the strange internet world, I sure hope they gave her a memorial somewhere. If anyone deserves a spot in Ilford it would be Felix!

@TheMuseumGuide

2 ай бұрын

I need to make a “famous cats in london” video 🐈🐈🐈

I love your videos! Yes to a plague one ☠👋🥀 trish ~

@TheMuseumGuide

6 ай бұрын

Thank you! It’s on the short list.

As you mention the dissolution of the Carthusian monastery, some mention of the grizzly end of those last Carthusians might be in order. While Foxes’ Book of Martyrs implies Mary I was a great persecutor, her father and half-sister were no slouches as the murder of the Carthusians attests.

Very interested in plague, black death and other illness.

Check out the mystery stone pyramid in the graveyard of St Anne's church Limehouse. It sits by a tree, you can't miss it.

@TheMuseumGuide

7 ай бұрын

It’s on my list for a strange graves video! Thanks for watching.

I was starting to tear up just before you said it.

@TheMuseumGuide

6 ай бұрын

Which part?

Hello from Toronto

@TheMuseumGuide

6 ай бұрын

Hello there!

For future tours RIP in capital is rest in peace, the hero pet dog I think wasn’t RIp it was rest in peace it had an acronym name DM I think? I like the tour you’re a clear speaker and cemetery tours are always fascinating and interesting. I’m sorry just had to point that out 😊

@TheMuseumGuide

7 ай бұрын

You’d usually be correct, but in this case his name actually was Rip! en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rip_(dog)