The Old City: Fire, Fagin & the Gallows
London, United Kingdom
This walk through the City of London traces nearly two thousand years of faith, fire, crime, and legend. From Reflection Garden and Cannon Street to Saint Mary Woolnoth, Old Bailey, Amen Court, and Saint Paul’s Cathedral, it reveals lost parishes, prison walls, and literary landmarks shaped by the Great Fire of 1666. Church and courtroom dominate the story, as do the public spectacle of executions and the memory of vanished churches. Ghost stories and literary echoes from writers like Dickens, Blake, and Eliot linger throughout this landscape of ruins and remembrance.
The stops
- 01 Reflection Garden
- 02 Cannon Street
- 03 St Swithin, London Stone
- 04 St. Mary Woolnoth
- 05 St Mary Colechurch
- 06 St Mary-le-Bow Church
- 07 Memorial to Heroic Self-Sacrifice
- 08 Christchurch Greyfriars Church Garden
- 09 Giltspur Street
- 10 Old Bailey
- 11 Amen Court
- 12 St. Paul's Cathedral
The narration at every stop is in the app — this is just the map of where it takes you.
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Walk The Old City: Fire, Fagin & the Gallows with a voice in your ear.
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