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- From Tower tube station - the Tower of London
- Towards Trinity Square and a sign for St Olave Hart Street
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From: http://www.londontaxitour.com/london-church-st-olaves.htm "The original church on this site was wooden and was erected shortly after King Olaf died in 1025. The church was dedicated to King Olaf of Norway, who fought with Ethelred at the battle of London Bridge in 1014. The church was rebuilt in the 13th century and then again in the 15th century. After surviving the great Fire it was badly damaged in bombing raids, but Earnest Glainfield restored the church to its original style. Grinling Gibbons, was reported to have done some work within the church. Samuel Pepys was strongly connected to this church and within the church you can see a statue of him and his wife. They were later buried here in the nave. When visiting this church you can see the burial register and within this there are records of Mother Goose and Mary Ramsay who was said to have brought the plague to London . Many plague victims are named within the book." |
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Upon Westminster Bridge (Sept. 3, 1802) (William Wordsworth, 1770-1850)
Earth has not anything to show more fair:
The beauty of the morning: silent, bare,
Never did sun more beatifully steep
The river glideth at this own sweet will: |
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London, MDCCCII (William Wordsworth, 1770-1850)
O friend! I know not which way I must look
Or groom! - We must run glittering like a brook
Delights us. Rapine, avarice, expense,
The homely beauty of the good old cause |
