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Shri Swaminarayan Mandir 105-119 Brentfield Road, Neasden, London, NW10 |
Some years ago I read a newspaper article about a Hindu temple (Mandir) in a suburb of London. It is the greatest outside India, and it is made of white marble. The description was so enticing that I knew at once: I had ... more
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St. Mary Aldermary Watling Street, London, EC4M 9BW |
A great choice for the business traveller, this hotel sits in the shadow of spectacular St Paul’s Cathedral. Steep yourself in the history of London’s ancient financial districts, while visiting the capital... more
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St. Michael Cornhill Cornhill, (at St Michael's Alley), London, EC3V 9DS |
For forty years and more there has been a largely uncontested assumption that modern man has outgrown religion. Bonhoeffer wrote of “man come of age” and many others talked excitedly of “the secular meaning of the Gospel... more
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Southwark Bridge Southwark Bridge, London, EC4V 3 |
In 1913 the demolition work started on the old bridge, but due to World War I it was not completed until 1921. The new bridge has five steel arches supported by turreted piers. Its five spans, two each of 123 ft and 131 ... more
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St. Mary-Le-Bow Cheapside, London, EC2V 6AU |
Since the first recorded peal on 12 January 1731 over 400 peals have been rung in the tower, although only 65 had been rung by 1939. 54 peals were rung on the Lester Pack and Chapman/Mears and Stainbank bells. The first ... more
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Shaftesbury Avenue Shaftesbury Avenue, Piccadilly Circus to New Oxford Street, London, W1D 5 |
The Palace Theatre, dominating the west side of Cambridge Circus, was built in 1891 as an opera house but became a musical hall the following year. In 1910 the ballerina Anna Pavlova made her London debut here. Today the... more
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St Giles Cripplegate Fore Street, Barbican, London, EC2Y 8DA |
Most famous for his many collaborations with Neil Young (see Expecting to Fly and A Man Needs A Maid ) as well as his soundtrack work with the maverick film community (ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST), Jack Nitzsche wa... more
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St. Edmund the King 2 Pinner Road, Northwood, HA6 1QS |
Welcome to St. Edmund's! There are a wide variety of activities based at St. Edmund's. There are possibilities for everyone to join in our life, young or old, no matter where you are on your spiritual journey. If anyone ... more
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St. Mary Woolnoth Lomard Street, (at King William Street), London, EC3V |
S. Mary Woolnoth, London, was the least conventional of all Hawksmoor's churches. A basement, with both window and portal designed en niche has banded rustication extending round the two extremely tall Doric columns. Abo... more
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St Stephen Walbrook 39 Walbrook, London, EC4N 8BN |
The first stones of the new Church were laid on 17th December, 1672, by the Lord Mayor of London, the Lieutenant of the Tower of London, one of the Chicheley family, six members of the Court of the Grocers' Company (patr... more
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