The Secret City inside of London Revealed

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  • @flyingcabbage3551
    @flyingcabbage35517 жыл бұрын

    Seems like the people in the city of London are just really enthusiastic role players

  • @namingisdifficult408

    @namingisdifficult408

    7 жыл бұрын

    LUFC Holmesy perhaps

  • @macanaeh

    @macanaeh

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@SimonWoodburyForget Damn, that's deep

  • @Gothicktouch

    @Gothicktouch

    5 жыл бұрын

    With a LOT of money.

  • @birdsocks9083

    @birdsocks9083

    5 жыл бұрын

    This is far too true.

  • @Nicolas-zb9uw

    @Nicolas-zb9uw

    4 жыл бұрын

    Many of them can go on with their pedophiles rings, drug abuse or other deviant conducts as long as they are working for the wealth of the queen. The day they don't , their privacy becomes public . Ask Lord M.-Brown. City of London steal most of US, Uk , Canadian and Australian patents and sell them to their little friends . Like internet . Watch American Intelligence media on the subject . City of London , respectable criminals .

  • @friedrice4015
    @friedrice40157 жыл бұрын

    Because...Romans That's basically the story of the entirety of Western Europe.

  • @sepehrsam2323

    @sepehrsam2323

    3 жыл бұрын

    Yep

  • @a-certain-one

    @a-certain-one

    3 жыл бұрын

    We are all nothing but Greeks

  • @evertaj8332

    @evertaj8332

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@a-certain-one and Greeks are nothing now lmao

  • @a-certain-one

    @a-certain-one

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@evertaj8332 Do not mistake a state for a culture. Anyway, the wrath of the gods will fall on your head.

  • @user-zf5xq7tj1l

    @user-zf5xq7tj1l

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@a-certain-one bruh

  • @catcastle4377
    @catcastle43777 жыл бұрын

    I kind of admire the UK's continuity when it comes to traditions.

  • @kreol1q1q

    @kreol1q1q

    3 жыл бұрын

    Being an island helps a lot with that.

  • @ToxNano

    @ToxNano

    3 жыл бұрын

    Why? Traditions are stupid

  • @ciarangrey7576

    @ciarangrey7576

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@ToxNano youre so edgy wow haha

  • @ToxNano

    @ToxNano

    3 жыл бұрын

    ​@David Ouren So? I did not mean to say that everything that is or has been tradition is bad. I was criticising the practice of tradition itself. Ideas and practices should be judged on their own merits and not based on how long they have been around or how many people agree with them without question.

  • @ToxNano

    @ToxNano

    3 жыл бұрын

    @David Ouren Not excusing anything. If you have no arguments you should stop with the condescending attitude.

  • @catherinewilliams5641
    @catherinewilliams56413 жыл бұрын

    Easter egg list! I’ll add more if I see any. 0:08 on the left there is a creeper head. 0:19 if you put the playback speed on 0.25X you can see the tower of sauron.

  • @heotapgym-piggym2460

    @heotapgym-piggym2460

    2 жыл бұрын

    Creeper? Aw man

  • @minorcomet282

    @minorcomet282

    2 жыл бұрын

    I think thats just some dude with a creeper mask

  • @silentwaves6389

    @silentwaves6389

    2 жыл бұрын

    Wowww

  • @jaisonsimon

    @jaisonsimon

    2 жыл бұрын

    I love you❤️

  • @hyzmarie

    @hyzmarie

    Жыл бұрын

    Yeah but if you put playback speed on 0.25x it also makes Grey sound drunk

  • @AirbusA380rox
    @AirbusA380rox9 жыл бұрын

    The City of London and the City of Westminster are technically both cities within London. It's confusing though, so we just forget about it and just say everything's London.

  • @sertusdionyol

    @sertusdionyol

    4 жыл бұрын

    I thought Westminster just became a borough (or something like that) of London

  • @ifb6368

    @ifb6368

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@sertusdionyol It's still known as the 'City of Westminster' so I assume it still has city status.

  • @dc8890

    @dc8890

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@ifb6368 You are both right. Westminster has city status, but it is also a London borough (London in this case being the big London of course, a.k.a. Greater London - I'm surprised CGP didn't mention the official name "Greater London"). Whereas the City of London is NOT a London borough (as explained in the video, the City - always with a capital "c" - is pretty unique). So, to summarise: - Westminster has city status, but is also a borough of Greater London (along with other boroughs, like Camden, Southwark, Lambeth, etc.) - The City of London has city status, but is NOT a borough of Greater London (it is a unique entity within the wider London conurbation) - London boroughs like Camden, Southwark, Lambeth, do NOT have city status. And neither does the wider conurbation of London (a.k.a. Greater London). Only Westminster and the tiny City of London have official city status. Confusingly (as if it wasn't already confusing enough), the City of London does come under the Greater London Authority, even though the City of London is not part of the county of Greater London (yes Greater London is a county for some reason). But let's be honest, this is all pointless and inconsequential information.

  • @ifb6368

    @ifb6368

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@dc8890 It may be pointless and inconsequential but it is definitely intriguing

  • @dc8890

    @dc8890

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@ifb6368 Fair enough, I only wrote that because I thought I was probably boring people.

  • @baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaam
    @baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaam9 жыл бұрын

    Yo dawg, so I heard you like London. So I put a London in your London.

  • @Julianna.Domina

    @Julianna.Domina

    9 жыл бұрын

    BAM! I heard you like geographic inception, so I put a city within your city within your country within your country within your continent within your continent.

  • @logicGatekeeper

    @logicGatekeeper

    9 жыл бұрын

    Yo Dawg, I heard you like islands, so we put an island inside of your lake inside of your island inside of your lake.

  • @logicGatekeeper

    @logicGatekeeper

    8 жыл бұрын

    Ayciate :3 Stfu.

  • @TheENERDchi

    @TheENERDchi

    8 жыл бұрын

    +New American Fishkeeper omg....that makes perfect sense! europe is a continent within a super-continent with three continents!

  • @Bastro3000

    @Bastro3000

    8 жыл бұрын

    +BAM! ... so you can visit London while visiting London :P

  • @ldtobi1
    @ldtobi14 жыл бұрын

    London: “You’re surrounded! Go back to your country!” City Of London: “OK.” London: “wait what the-“

  • @rainbowisticfarts

    @rainbowisticfarts

    3 жыл бұрын

    @Captain Cook ?

  • @JermaneWho

    @JermaneWho

    3 жыл бұрын

    Hvat?

  • @TheDreamerintheStarlight

    @TheDreamerintheStarlight

    2 жыл бұрын

    Nice

  • @unknownfrenchman5371

    @unknownfrenchman5371

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@JermaneWho hwæt?

  • @Sophiebryson510

    @Sophiebryson510

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@unknownfrenchman5371 hwoæêūht

  • @avakining
    @avakining7 жыл бұрын

    #CityInACityInACountryInACountry

  • @joaquinclavijo7052

    @joaquinclavijo7052

    7 жыл бұрын

    In a continent (Europe) in a continent (eurasia)

  • @vladimirdan1959

    @vladimirdan1959

    7 жыл бұрын

    In a continent(Afro-Eurasia).

  • @cjplayz-aviationgamesactio3673

    @cjplayz-aviationgamesactio3673

    7 жыл бұрын

    Place - ception: The City of London -> Greater London -> England ( constiuent country) -> The United Kingdom of Great Britain & Northern Ireland ->. European Union Area -> Europe -> Eurasia -> Afro - Eurasia -> Earth -> The Solar System -> The Milky Way -> The Local Group -> The Observable Universe -> The Whole Universe -> ? Thank me later.😊

  • @gorvindougwinkristoffiplob5137

    @gorvindougwinkristoffiplob5137

    7 жыл бұрын

    CityInACityInACountryInACountryception 0_o

  • @minefilms1122

    @minefilms1122

    7 жыл бұрын

    so basically an area of matter in an area of matter in an area of matter in an area of matter in an area of matter in an area of matter in an area of matter in an area of matter in an area of matter in an area of matter in an area of matter in an area of matter in an area of matter in an area of matter?

  • @Jack-Jmc247
    @Jack-Jmc24710 жыл бұрын

    I do love how insane the Uk must seem from the outside

  • @atomicsquidofdoom3685

    @atomicsquidofdoom3685

    4 жыл бұрын

    @Karl Pilkington Me good. Different bad.

  • @DeeJayFM

    @DeeJayFM

    4 жыл бұрын

    @Buttrape Bill then why is your name Buttrape Bill? No seriously wtf

  • @toni4729

    @toni4729

    4 жыл бұрын

    You hear that from a yank where kids shoot their shcool mates and teachers?

  • @gabbar51ngh

    @gabbar51ngh

    4 жыл бұрын

    @GazB85 Not investigating them is protecting them. UK went from ruling the world to become cucked as hell.

  • @5.3cheyito

    @5.3cheyito

    2 жыл бұрын

    Trust me bro I love the UK but every day I get shocked on how weird it is 😂

  • @leakycheese
    @leakycheese8 жыл бұрын

    What a fascinating place London / England / Great Britain / The United Kingdom* is. *Commonwealth's may apply

  • @DanDart

    @DanDart

    7 жыл бұрын

    Don't make it the USA it's even worse there

  • @fightersfightguide4363

    @fightersfightguide4363

    7 жыл бұрын

    I love it in london

  • @jamesloughton62

    @jamesloughton62

    7 жыл бұрын

    Maybe in London but here in Lincolnshire it's boring as fuck. All we have is farms and old houses.

  • @leakycheese

    @leakycheese

    7 жыл бұрын

    +Extreme Cynic I really like London to visit (apart from the driving) but it would personally find it too full on as a permanent place to live. The UK is a great place to live - okay the weather is unpredictable but nothing will eat / envenom / poison you and we don't have to worry about volcanoes and earthquakes either.

  • @jamesloughton62

    @jamesloughton62

    7 жыл бұрын

    leakycheese Yeah I know and i'm glad I live in the UK compared to some place like Syria but some times everyone wants a little adventure and something out of the ordinary.

  • @marcowen1506
    @marcowen15063 жыл бұрын

    That was an amazing video. Fast, accurate and one of the few British history videos that doesn't make us sound like nuts.

  • @dallinorr6929

    @dallinorr6929

    3 жыл бұрын

    "Fast, accurate..."

  • @riom.6091

    @riom.6091

    3 жыл бұрын

    UK History Videos*

  • @charlesjulian5391

    @charlesjulian5391

    Жыл бұрын

    @@riom.6091 londinium*

  • @SticksTheFox
    @SticksTheFox7 жыл бұрын

    Missed an interesting fact about the old "entrance" to the city which have all become place names, such as Moorgate, Ludgate, Aldgate etc

  • @martinwhosoever
    @martinwhosoever8 жыл бұрын

    Hi CGP Grey! I finally visited the City Of London today and took a picture in your honor. Thanks to you, I could recognize its borders and understand more its history (and eventually enjoy the trip even better).

  • @pennyfoot6288
    @pennyfoot62889 жыл бұрын

    The City of London also contains St Bartholomew's Hospital (Barts) which was founded in 1123 by Rahere. On a pilgrimage to Rome in 1115, Rahere fell ill and a vision of St Bartholomew told him to founded a hospital. Barts is now a specialist cancer and cardiac hospital and is the oldest hospital in the UK still on its current site.

  • @eliegbert8121
    @eliegbert81214 жыл бұрын

    1:55 "We are an anarcho-syndicalist commune, supreme executive power, derives from a mandate of the masses!"

  • @andrewmurphy5310

    @andrewmurphy5310

    4 жыл бұрын

    I w ndered who else saw the refernce.

  • @Verbindungsfehle

    @Verbindungsfehle

    4 жыл бұрын

    Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government.

  • @szymongorczynski7621

    @szymongorczynski7621

    4 жыл бұрын

    You can't just expect to wield SUPREME EXECUTIVE POWER!

  • @artistwithouttalent

    @artistwithouttalent

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@szymongorczynski7621 Just because some watery tart threw a sword at you!

  • @Jin-Ro

    @Jin-Ro

    3 жыл бұрын

    I thought we were an autonomous collective.

  • @MrWinklbauer
    @MrWinklbauer Жыл бұрын

    You make it seem innocuous and harmless. London City, Vatican, D.C. Where most of are problems come from.

  • @cyanmanta
    @cyanmanta10 жыл бұрын

    I recently paid my first visit to London, and I find it interesting how each district of the greater city has a different historical feel to it. The City of London is a curious area because despite the presence of all those modern skyscrapers, it has the oldest feel to it.

  • @CazRaX
    @CazRaX10 жыл бұрын

    Because... Romans.

  • @mercame
    @mercame3 жыл бұрын

    This is the same as the issue in the capital of the Philippines, Manila. The City of Manila is different from Metro Manila (which people say as the capital of the country). The City of Manila is well, a city with over 1.5M people, while Metro Manila, consisting of 15 cities (including Manila City), is not a city nor a province/state but a region, with over 13M people living inside. The Malacañang Palace, the presidential building is located in San Juan, a city inside Metro Manila.

  • @marlinvielma3978

    @marlinvielma3978

    Жыл бұрын

    Not remotely the same thing.

  • @JAMGAM-pb9rf

    @JAMGAM-pb9rf

    Жыл бұрын

    That issue seems more similar to Paris and NYC rather than London. City of London isn’t the “city proper”, rather just a small ancient district. Paris and NYC, however, have large city propers like Manila and also have much larger metro areas.

  • @anzellecoetzee8518
    @anzellecoetzee85187 жыл бұрын

    This was super interesting! I always wondered about some signs saying City of London and the different crests

  • @ahadicow
    @ahadicow8 жыл бұрын

    1:17 druids need a buff!!!

  • @deliciouschickensandwich4234

    @deliciouschickensandwich4234

    8 жыл бұрын

    +1000 stamina, +1 intellect

  • @adij1950

    @adij1950

    7 жыл бұрын

    MARK OF THE WILD

  • @merikmalhads1676

    @merikmalhads1676

    7 жыл бұрын

    They took it from us.... just like symbiosis...

  • @SethKhoury

    @SethKhoury

    7 жыл бұрын

    Should have 2 healed it.

  • @I_am_a_cat_

    @I_am_a_cat_

    6 жыл бұрын

    I remember the good old days when druids were OP

  • @Vytautas4Xfiles
    @Vytautas4Xfiles9 жыл бұрын

    Love the music in these videos.

  • @Feynstein100

    @Feynstein100

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Vytautas4Xfiles Indeed. I downloaded it and listen to it often.

  • @MCbadass7

    @MCbadass7

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Feynstein100 What is the music in this video called? I love the upbeat mood

  • @Feynstein100

    @Feynstein100

    8 жыл бұрын

    ***** It's called Thatched Villagers incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100720 You're welcome :)

  • @MCbadass7

    @MCbadass7

    8 жыл бұрын

    ***** Thank you!!

  • @Feynstein100

    @Feynstein100

    8 жыл бұрын

    ***** My pleasure, friend. This music is really good. More people should know about it. :)

  • @William190
    @William190 Жыл бұрын

    Grey: It's a unique place in the United Kingdom with a long and complicated history! Me: So, no different than the rest of the UK then.

  • @rebeccamiller1400
    @rebeccamiller14006 жыл бұрын

    I love how complicated and bizarre many things are in England and the UK :D

  • @117rebel
    @117rebel8 жыл бұрын

    Londonception!

  • @Nemoticon
    @Nemoticon10 жыл бұрын

    The City of London (the financial part) is also known as the Square Mile, although it isn't actually a square mile... it's not even a square! Even though it looks mostly shiny and new with our little glassy sky scrapers, there are still the ancient, ancient pubs down tight alleys and beneath the older buildings that feel like you've gone back in time a five hundred years. They do great 'bitters' and incredible pies. Some of them actually feel like refurbished medieval dungeons too, like the lower levels of 'Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese'. Yes it is actually called that xD Btw, they are little Dragons on the Crest of London, Griffins have eagles heads (usually). I used to think they were Wyverns, but those only have two legs!!!

  • @BoraCM
    @BoraCM4 жыл бұрын

    There are so many similarities between the City of London and the Vatican. They both were built when the Roman Empire was in power. They both had their surrounding land taken by outside forces from different lands. They both had strong walls so they both survived. The Lord Mayor of London is elected in a very similar way to the Pope. The kingdoms around them were overthrown by an outside force and both of those powers recognised the cities as independent from them. Both those new nations built a new capital city around it and called it the same name. These similarities are incredibly coincidental.

  • @batavica1875

    @batavica1875

    3 жыл бұрын

    Vatican city was built long after the Romans were gone

  • @batavica1875

    @batavica1875

    3 жыл бұрын

    Also no outside kingdom was ever overthrown, the Vatican was just invaded by Piedmont Sardinia but they held out in the Vatican, also the election systems are wildely different

  • @user-ir1lu1ei4n

    @user-ir1lu1ei4n

    Жыл бұрын

    The city isn’t a seperate state

  • @LivvyHackett
    @LivvyHackett6 жыл бұрын

    You can go between the two really easily, sometimes I don't even notice when I'm walking around

  • @Tiffanyknows99
    @Tiffanyknows9910 жыл бұрын

    I never knew about this, despite the fact that I've lived in London my whole life. Wow.

  • @isaac4404

    @isaac4404

    4 жыл бұрын

    the City of London or London?

  • @49metal
    @49metal8 жыл бұрын

    IT APPEARS that the video accurately depicts the situation that had existed BEFORE the London Government Act of 1963 and Greater London Authority Act of 1999 became effective. Presently, the 32 boroughs that the video labels "London" and the single entity the video calls "The City of London" are all elements of governed by the ""Greater London Authority." While "Greater London" is a ceremonial county that does not include "The City of London," both are subject to the "Greater London Authority." The "Greater London Authority" has within its jurisdiction 33 districts, including the City of Westminster, 31 other boroughs, and the "City of London." The 33 districts of under the "Greater London Authority" all have their own governments and mayors and the "Mayor of London" is the Mayor of the whole of Greater London, which includes all of the 32 boroughs and "The City of London."

  • @AlexOjideagu2

    @AlexOjideagu2

    6 жыл бұрын

    the City of London is still technically a separate county, although part of Greater London

  • @newagetapes

    @newagetapes

    6 жыл бұрын

    TheRenaissanceman65 yes it is, you fucking square. I'm gonna shove you on a locker and give you a swirly

  • @pr1nc3f0x

    @pr1nc3f0x

    5 жыл бұрын

    Wrong. The City of London is the 33rd local authority district located in the Greater London administrative AREA. However it is NOT a London borough like the other 32. It also simultaneously has the status of county (of England), just like Greater London. As stated in the video (and anywhere else you wish to look), the local authority is the City of London Corporation, headquartered at Guildhall ans headed by the Lord Mayor (of the City of London). The Mayor of London and the GLA, at City Hall, have very limited authority in the City (e.g. London-wide strategies such as TfL).

  • @PimpDaddyStyles

    @PimpDaddyStyles

    5 жыл бұрын

    you are completely wrong bruv. the city of london is run by the city of london corporation, they also are the police of the city of london and are quite seperate from the metropolitan police in the rest of london. they even have different voting laws where not only the people who live there get votes but so do the businesses that are based there. and yes the city of london is a county en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ceremonial_counties_of_England

  • @lepangolin4080

    @lepangolin4080

    5 жыл бұрын

    He's telling you he's right. So you can keep your sources and arguments for yourself, he is obviously right by his claim and the fact that he said he live in London. We can't doubt such a persuasive person.

  • @royaloak5455
    @royaloak54552 жыл бұрын

    English history really is the best subject in the world, unbelievably complicated yet so fascinating.

  • @XZhyperZX
    @XZhyperZX7 жыл бұрын

    we Brits are confusing, a city within a city in a country within a country. city of London within London in England in great Britain.

  • @Physicist-

    @Physicist-

    7 жыл бұрын

    XZhyperZX great britain is not a country but the uk is . you are confused bud

  • @onetwo6803

    @onetwo6803

    7 жыл бұрын

    Greater London isn't a city like CGP Grey has suggested, it's just a cancerous County, that has 2 cities (The City of Westminster and the City of London) inside it. Also, the UK is very confusing, it can be considered countries in a union to make up one country, but the countries inside are usually referred to as nations.

  • @grabern

    @grabern

    7 жыл бұрын

    +Chelsea Rule City of London is separate to Greater London, but it is a part of London. London = City of London + Greater London

  • @mrannunaki6852

    @mrannunaki6852

    5 жыл бұрын

    with 14 overseas territories (not including the commonwealth) - and then there is the commonwealth which is half the world and who the queen is head of state and head of armed forces...

  • @alex-sv8ru

    @alex-sv8ru

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@grabern London is a region. The City of London and Greater London (which consists of everything else in the london region but The City of London) are administrative units.

  • @deciocusmano1086
    @deciocusmano10869 жыл бұрын

    anyone see the tower of sauron?

  • @ppanda109

    @ppanda109

    9 жыл бұрын

    yep

  • @jackguest145

    @jackguest145

    6 жыл бұрын

    Decio Cusmano Nope

  • @chatterminator7158

    @chatterminator7158

    5 жыл бұрын

    Nope You are a poopoo face

  • @poppinoff4137

    @poppinoff4137

    5 жыл бұрын

    yea at 0:19 the skyscraper turns into sauron

  • @poppinoff4137

    @poppinoff4137

    5 жыл бұрын

    @Balaram Chakrabarty there is for a split second

  • @MaidaA22589
    @MaidaA225898 жыл бұрын

    Grey, I honestly have no idea what I'd do without you. Cheers for existing and making terrific videos!

  • @TeamMustacheGaming
    @TeamMustacheGaming6 жыл бұрын

    NO England is my city

  • @Phoenix_The_HeroHater

    @Phoenix_The_HeroHater

    3 жыл бұрын

    *Yes*

  • @jakeb.2990

    @jakeb.2990

    3 жыл бұрын

    bruh, England rules

  • @pieman40591

    @pieman40591

    3 жыл бұрын

    My KZread Account t

  • @Phoenix_The_HeroHater

    @Phoenix_The_HeroHater

    3 жыл бұрын

    Hunter Zeus ?

  • @Sergedfabre

    @Sergedfabre

    3 жыл бұрын

    the one in Arkansas,USA ?

  • @NAOMINATION
    @NAOMINATION Жыл бұрын

    Very edifying video! Ever since I learned this fact my mind has not been able to compute it. This video somewhat helped me further digest it!

  • @brickman409
    @brickman40910 жыл бұрын

    I don't know why, but this makes me want to play Age of Empires 2

  • @radithyajoenan4640

    @radithyajoenan4640

    10 жыл бұрын

    i swear i thought i was the only one.. till i read this comment..

  • @gosucalime

    @gosucalime

    9 жыл бұрын

    Omg ,you read my mind

  • @JerseyDevil26

    @JerseyDevil26

    9 жыл бұрын

    Best reply ever. I can't tell you how much I miss playing that game.

  • @ilmisteriosofranceseradene7548

    @ilmisteriosofranceseradene7548

    9 жыл бұрын

    It works on windows 7-8, and there is a hd remake on steam with the workshop

  • @theXb0yz

    @theXb0yz

    9 жыл бұрын

    frankish paladins

  • @894Time
    @894Time11 жыл бұрын

    I've watched every one of your videos today and in one sitting... and I learned more than I did in all of my social studies courses. Well done, sir. You are phenomenal.

  • @goha9218
    @goha92184 жыл бұрын

    I never knew this and I've lived in London most of my life. I really need to go outside more

  • @josecarranza7555

    @josecarranza7555

    3 жыл бұрын

    Dumb ass

  • @PrawilnaMordka

    @PrawilnaMordka

    2 жыл бұрын

    Or research info about your city more😉

  • @bobsapp3133
    @bobsapp31334 жыл бұрын

    If the London Mayor has no power over the City of London then how did Sadiq Khan manage to veto the 'Tulip Tower' project after it had been approved by the City of London Corporation?

  • @stuartd9741

    @stuartd9741

    4 жыл бұрын

    I don't know the answer. However. If the city of London tried to overule the London mayor wouldn't that let the cat out of the bag? Unnecessary scrutiny?

  • @bobsapp3133

    @bobsapp3133

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@stuartd9741 I get what you're saying but that would be a bit far-fetched IMO. It doesn't make much sense that they'd go through all that trouble to project a false narrative that the London Mayor has power over the City of London when he doesn't in reality.

  • @bobsapp3133

    @bobsapp3133

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@stuartd9741 perhaps the City of London had the option to appeal the veto, but for whatever reason they decided not to. I mean, it looks like an eyesore compared to the older parts of The City.

  • @stuartd9741

    @stuartd9741

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@bobsapp3133 In the 1st video CP mentioned that even the London mayor (Sadiq Kahn's) role is limited to TFL. So I believe that mayoralty is mostly ceremonial/symbolic Yet at the same time. Given the total faff for a major of the city of London has to go through. That role seems just ceremonial even symbolic (Considering no salary) Who knows. Maybe we're reading to much into it. And the application was refused due to it being an ugly building???

  • @bobsapp3133

    @bobsapp3133

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@stuartd9741 Taken from The Guardian: The scheme had initially received the go-ahead but Khan dashed the hopes of its designers, Foster + Partners, on Monday. “The mayor has a number of serious concerns with this application and having studied it in detail has refused permission for a scheme that he believes would result in very limited public benefit,” Khan’s spokesman said. “In particular, he believes that the design is of insufficient quality for such a prominent location, and that the tower would result in harm to London’s skyline and impact views of the nearby Tower of London world heritage site. The proposals would also result in an unwelcoming, poorly designed public space at street level.”

  • @GideonGleeful95
    @GideonGleeful9510 жыл бұрын

    I'm a brit, and I sort of knew about this, but didn't really know that it was that separated.

  • @Sammy1234568910
    @Sammy123456891010 жыл бұрын

    Your use of the word "crest" in this video is incorrect. You are talking about the coat of arms, the crest is on top of the helmet on the coat of arms not an alterative name for such.

  • @cairielle017
    @cairielle0172 жыл бұрын

    this video made me think about how in the philippines, there is the city of manila which is the country's capital and manila (metro manila or ncr), a region that comprises multiple cities, one of which is the city of manila. i just think it's fascinating how both london and manila are nesting london and manila inside them

  • @MagnusOfficial

    @MagnusOfficial

    2 жыл бұрын

    now imagine that, but with Intramuros instead, as it is a walled city too

  • @cairielle017

    @cairielle017

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@MagnusOfficial how could i forget - Intramuros is a city inside the city of manila inside metro manila 😂

  • @MagnusOfficial

    @MagnusOfficial

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@cairielle017 exactly 🤩

  • @augustrempelewert4377
    @augustrempelewert4377 Жыл бұрын

    This actually explains a lot about what my uncle was ranting about when he came over last week.

  • @FranciscoXAbad
    @FranciscoXAbad9 жыл бұрын

    The most educational 5 minutes of my life (I moved to London 3 months ago and this answers SO MANY questions!) :O

  • @FCOJABADMON

    @FCOJABADMON

    9 жыл бұрын

    No entendí todo pero es interesante... ;)

  • @Daniel__Nobre

    @Daniel__Nobre

    4 жыл бұрын

    And go visit it on a weekend. It’s nearly deserted (it’s mostly companies and banks there meaning almost no one lives there). Incredibly busy on work days, awkwardly empty on weekends. It’s so strange, since it’s right in the middle of London, a city always incredibly busy.

  • @linky0064
    @linky00648 жыл бұрын

    I actually go to the City of London school, so this is fascinating.

  • @AlejandroRodolfoMendez
    @AlejandroRodolfoMendez5 жыл бұрын

    learning German because i like to learn languages with apps, i learned that in german the word City it is used for the center of the city or in some cases cities inside cities because history and stuff ( the second it is anecdotical) the word for actual city it is Stadt a very different word. but the centered city inside in a city it is not just london, buenos aires also have the city of buenos aires that nowadays have banks and money exchanges places. also the vatican is a city inside other city, rome. i wonder how many " center city" cities are. also the equivalent in english to the german city word would be downtown (even than should be "center").

  • @SuperClloyd
    @SuperClloyd3 жыл бұрын

    Point of order. The crest of the city that was featured on Paddington Station is actually just the crest of the Great Western Railway and also featured the crest of the city of Bristol in the west. Whilst it's money may have been used they didn't really control or manage Paddington station. The Great Western did

  • @ak540i2
    @ak540i29 жыл бұрын

    You would be naive to think to think a self autonomous region run by old guilds and present day multi million dollar corporate conglomerates don't have overreaching influence at the least.

  • @zoompt-lm5xw

    @zoompt-lm5xw

    3 жыл бұрын

    Hey look: a guy with a funny hat!

  • @jugzster
    @jugzster8 жыл бұрын

    "City in a city in a country in a country" haha I love CGPGrey's videos!

  • @chtholly8084
    @chtholly80847 жыл бұрын

    I've been to the City of London hundreds of times (due to living real close by) but I didn't know half of what was in this video until now.

  • @mwolf768
    @mwolf7682 жыл бұрын

    One of the best videos on city of London. Great stuff.

  • @vrulg
    @vrulg11 жыл бұрын

    Edward Rutherfurd's historical fiction London is a great book to read on this topic. It follows several families in London from pre-Roman days to WWII.

  • @Halibit1
    @Halibit110 жыл бұрын

    This makes me want to go live there now.

  • @toni4729

    @toni4729

    4 жыл бұрын

    You don't need a car, there's too many trains and busses. Traffic jams calore.

  • @Joolzguides
    @Joolzguides7 жыл бұрын

    Hey man. I also make videos about London and this video was so useful in summarising something I had to explain to someone in a tour. Thanks!

  • @_fedmar_
    @_fedmar_3 жыл бұрын

    1:27 Ayyy that's near my house! I pass in front of it every day when I go go school!

  • @AuliaRachmanAlfahmy
    @AuliaRachmanAlfahmy10 жыл бұрын

    Hmmm City of London.. It's quite same with Daerah Istimewa (Special Region) Yogyakarta. Now it's one of the provinces in a country named Indonesia. When the other provinces elected their own governor through modern democracy (general election), Daerah Istimewa Yogyakarta has their Governor through the tradition of Mataram Kingdom, the ancient Kingdom which has been existed before the emerging of Indonesia as one nation in 1945 - after got the independence from Hollands colonization (or Netherlands? Or Dutch :p, we - I'm Indonesian- call them "Belanda" or "Londo"). In my opinion, you're the one who have a big passion about historical of mankind , I suggest you to learn a little bit about Asian Civilization, which has many awesome or weird facts (also misconceptions).. Anyway, I'm always enjoying your videos

  • @electraheart5591
    @electraheart559110 жыл бұрын

    wow... I live in London, and I didn't know anything about this.

  • @elijahfordsidioticvarietys8770

    @elijahfordsidioticvarietys8770

    4 жыл бұрын

    I imagine most Londoners don’t

  • @Competitive_Antagonist

    @Competitive_Antagonist

    4 жыл бұрын

    You stupid youngens don't know your damn history. I've known this for at least 2 years and I don't even live in London. *shakes stick manically*

  • @kevinehrlich6988
    @kevinehrlich6988 Жыл бұрын

    The fact that this is from 2012 and he used Bitcoins to represent money is hilarious

  • @itsmarius3778
    @itsmarius3778 Жыл бұрын

    Saint Louis, Missouri is similar to London, in the fact that is it entirely seperate from Saint Louis county. It is one of the only cities if not only in America to not be in a county

  • @STUCASHX
    @STUCASHX11 жыл бұрын

    A better history lesson than I EVER had in my English/British/UK (whatever) school You just won a sub. I must watch them all... NOW !

  • @Generic-Username
    @Generic-Username9 жыл бұрын

    Excellent video, thank you. I am more curious about English history lately. I am specifically interested in the War of Roses (I heard it was an inspiration for the oh-so-popular Song of Ice and Fire). Can we expect more historical videos? I hope to begin subscribing on Subbable soon, too. (Is this seriously a full time job now? You're no longer teaching?) Thanks for your hard work!

  • @YoBadMama
    @YoBadMama7 жыл бұрын

    Seeing the bit about the masonic temple really makes me want to see Grey make a video about the Freemasons and their origins. That'd be cool.

  • @codex8085
    @codex80854 жыл бұрын

    Very Nice and the emphasis of confusion is a good effect but if you want to avoid confusion, it is better to call London the Greater City of London (Offical Name) and the County it was once in Greater London. That's more confusing since it is now abolished and this wider region is mainly under the Greater City of London, its assembly, the Greater London Assembly and the Mayor of London.

  • @SacredDaturana
    @SacredDaturana9 жыл бұрын

    Could have added another layer at the end there, since the UK is part of the EU.

  • @ViDeOMaStErPaUl

    @ViDeOMaStErPaUl

    9 жыл бұрын

    Blackfish But that extra layer isn't confusing.

  • @pivotcat9

    @pivotcat9

    8 жыл бұрын

    Which is part of nato,which is part of the UN

  • @Dafisha

    @Dafisha

    8 жыл бұрын

    +pivotcat9 Which is in Earth which is in the solar system which is in the milky way which is in the local group which is in The Universe

  • @Lucasp110

    @Lucasp110

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Barney Laurance And NATO isn't part of UN by the same reason

  • @alisilcox6036

    @alisilcox6036

    8 жыл бұрын

    Yeah, but for various reasons the UK gives the EU shit all sovereignty so it's not really worth mentioning.

  • @jacksonthesyndicalist2771
    @jacksonthesyndicalist27719 жыл бұрын

    0:08 creeper lower left corner shopping

  • @anon3247
    @anon3247 Жыл бұрын

    The Monty Python reference at 1:54 was so nicely put in

  • @johnnythreshold
    @johnnythreshold5 жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much for having a to-scale map of Scotland in there.

  • @L.A.97.
    @L.A.97.11 жыл бұрын

    I'm going to write about London at school! You have just saved my life, as well as giving the answers to so many questions I've always twisted my head around! Thank you!

  • @pilipalod

    @pilipalod

    Жыл бұрын

    I think if your teacher knew what they were doing that you got terrible marks. The video is full of inaccuracies!

  • @TheJoyQC
    @TheJoyQC8 жыл бұрын

    0:19 - Shard --> Sauron Tower. Thank you

  • @vaibhavchaudhary27
    @vaibhavchaudhary277 жыл бұрын

    Always entertaining and informative. :)

  • @dvineone1393
    @dvineone13935 жыл бұрын

    at 3:35 that is the logo for great western railways which contains the crest for the city of London but also the city of Bristol because the company operated trains between the two cities

  • @jimmytoolbox
    @jimmytoolbox11 жыл бұрын

    Wow! I just learned a load about my home town from someone who judging by the accent is far from local. Shame on me for not knowing more about where I'm from and thanks to you for a really concise informative vid.

  • @mich90907
    @mich9090710 жыл бұрын

    0:19 Eye of Sauron appears

  • @Shannessa
    @Shannessa2 жыл бұрын

    In Canada there is also a city called London, it’s like a mini Toronto near the south/tip of Canada

  • @FloFloFlowable
    @FloFloFlowable3 жыл бұрын

    Wow so interesting - I never heard about this - thanks for the great video :D

  • @everydaytyrone
    @everydaytyrone8 жыл бұрын

    The City of London sounds like Intramuros which means "within the walls" it is the capital of the Philippines during the Spanish Era it is also known as Manila but as time passes by the City of Manila grew and became much larger than the walls of Intramuros. Unfortunately for Intramuros it's now just a part of Manila and mostly taken care off for tourism and its history.

  • @samoukidonauki
    @samoukidonauki11 жыл бұрын

    I sorry but I must speak Polish: Super odcinek, naprawdę wszystko robi ogromne wrażenie.

  • @WoWhistorian
    @WoWhistorian4 жыл бұрын

    I'm just amazed that the Knights of Good play such a prominent role in the governance (or at least the elections) of the City of London. I'm so proud of them.

  • @Sinclairelim
    @Sinclairelim7 жыл бұрын

    3:40... Me thinks: "Huh, Freemasons must absolutely love this pl-" 3:50 Me says: "Yeap. Called it".

  • @daddyleon
    @daddyleon8 жыл бұрын

    lol, the ending was such a fairy tale! The city within a city, in a country within a country. You could probably also add union there? EU, UN? :P

  • @HercadosP

    @HercadosP

    3 жыл бұрын

    EU not anymore

  • @daddyleon

    @daddyleon

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@HercadosP lol, indeed!

  • @cisummusic3496
    @cisummusic34969 жыл бұрын

    the city of london is the Vatican City of england

  • @somestuff9751

    @somestuff9751

    9 жыл бұрын

    ***** So, like the Vatican?

  • @nightrise45

    @nightrise45

    9 жыл бұрын

    ***** no they just fuck the choir boys.

  • @codex8085

    @codex8085

    4 жыл бұрын

    No, because it only has local government authority, the Remmeberancer can be overruled, the confusing status is done to subvert the EU.

  • @L.M1792

    @L.M1792

    4 жыл бұрын

    It’s the banking part.

  • @Jaqen-HGhar

    @Jaqen-HGhar

    4 жыл бұрын

    yeah except for the whole part where he specifically states it's not like the Vatican City in the video.

  • @duck3819
    @duck38194 жыл бұрын

    I love how it take me like an hour to get to London and I still didn't know this

  • @jakerobin1708
    @jakerobin17082 жыл бұрын

    I live on the outskirts of London and to me the city is just the financial capital of London, I didn’t know that it had its own mayor, didn’t know I knew so little about city

  • @anananwar
    @anananwar10 жыл бұрын

    TEACH THE CONTROVERSY!

  • @johnjones6049

    @johnjones6049

    5 жыл бұрын

    Teach me something about the controversy... or at least gimme some information to look into...

  • @siratthebox
    @siratthebox10 жыл бұрын

    If they taught this kind of stuff in history I'd actually be interested in the subject.

  • @lw1zfog

    @lw1zfog

    2 жыл бұрын

    if they taught this kind of stuff in history there would be a revolution

  • @2712animefreak
    @2712animefreak3 жыл бұрын

    Now that I think about it, William the Conqueror got lucky that it only had to strike a deal with one city. In Croatia alone, we used to have a dozen or so "free royal cities". The cities gained and lost that status from the early 13th century all the way to the mid 19th century when the institution was abolished. After that came Napoleon, the Hungarian uprising, the Austro-Hungarian settlement, the Croatian-Hungarian settlement, WWI, independence, union with Serbia, Yugoslavia I, Nazis, Communism, Yugoslavia II, a war of independence and now a republic so all of that is long in the past. There are still remnants though. For example, in my university we have some very old books and the title page says the book is published in the "free and royal city of Zagreb".

  • @g-hmd
    @g-hmd4 жыл бұрын

    oh wow, I work in London and was in Aldgate just the other day and spotted one of those dragons. shame I didn't realise what it was then! that's really cool

  • @yoroshiku137
    @yoroshiku1376 жыл бұрын

    This video is from 2012, and CGP Grey was already using the Bitcoin symbol. You KNOW he's rolling in cash right now.

  • @FiveOClockTea
    @FiveOClockTea4 жыл бұрын

    1:40 I kinda love how you used a German picture here :-D I guess it was just the one with the best quality, but still

  • @slimshady6597

    @slimshady6597

    2 жыл бұрын

    @John Smith no way that's german

  • @evanator3521
    @evanator3521 Жыл бұрын

    Being from a small gold mining town in California, the oldest thing I have grown up with is a statue. Seeing these countries with such extensive history baffles me

  • @biginjapan89
    @biginjapan897 жыл бұрын

    Once a group of British told me that the true cockneys are the ones that live within hearing range of the Bow Bells, which are on the St Mary-le-Bow church in the City of London. It's a short radius of hearing distance, and according to those Brits, those who could not hear the bells from their homes when growing up are not cockney.

  • @whitejared309
    @whitejared30910 жыл бұрын

    My (however many greats) grandfather Sir Thomas White was Lord Mayor of London in 1553

  • @linaszukaitis822

    @linaszukaitis822

    9 жыл бұрын

    Wow, you certainly must be proud.

  • @hugo57k91

    @hugo57k91

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@linaszukaitis822 yeah he goes and says my great x 1000 was a Mayor of London get off you'r hats you uncicilised villagers

  • @ng3027

    @ng3027

    4 жыл бұрын

    yeah me too kzread.info/dash/bejne/eKFkyrGeqJfWo6Q.html

  • @deet0109mapping
    @deet0109mapping7 жыл бұрын

    0:07 Business is booming (in the bottom left corner, that is)

  • @Alan_Mac
    @Alan_Mac6 жыл бұрын

    England's oldest masonic temple is not in the City of London - it's in Covent Garden - City of Westminster.

  • @cijmo
    @cijmo Жыл бұрын

    If anyone is taking a trip to London, please use a day to tour The City of London. It's a very easy, walkable self-guided thing and one of my favourite ways to spend a day when I'm there.

  • @MrMrBilko
    @MrMrBilko10 жыл бұрын

    The City of London is a seperate state outside of the UK where Corporate Law as we know it doesn`t apply. This is why most of the biggest banks and corporations in europe are registered there. Its also the biggest tax haven on the planet. As far as old tradition is concerned its also run by the Knights Templar Society which also controls the Middle Temple Law society and as you mentioned Old Bailey. Yes the Banking and Law are controlled from The City. I`m no conspiracy nut as you no doubt call inquisitive people who see through the total scam which is Western Society. So the whole of the UK is controlled by a fraternity of Gnostic Priests. Why the desperate cover up from all quarters.

  • @owenb2

    @owenb2

    10 жыл бұрын

    lol not bad

  • @gaben8019
    @gaben80193 жыл бұрын

    i like that there are bitcoins in a vid from 2012.

  • @viltsutin8

    @viltsutin8

    2 жыл бұрын

    Yeah when its value was like 5€

  • @JP_TaVeryMuch
    @JP_TaVeryMuch Жыл бұрын

    Mentioning HM the Q, ahem... there was a ceremony at Saint Paul's cathedral (in The City) to announce her passing and the accession to be of a new King before similar such elsewhere in the kingdom. And yes, mediæval military uniforms complete with feathery headdresses, doublets and the like were much in evidence.

  • @catmorris3532
    @catmorris35328 жыл бұрын

    Yay this video features my school (ish). Lol I go to school in the City and I didn't even know most of this