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St George’s Gardens II: Cromwell connection
Following on from my previous post on the origins of the burial grounds known today as St George’s Gardens, I will now focus on one of its more prominent interments – Anna Gibson, a member of the house of Cromwell. Anna Gibson (1659 – 1727), was the daughter of England’s second Lord Protector, Richard Cromwell (1626 – 1712), below […]
St George’s Gardens I: Origins
November 9, 2011
A tour of the tombs of St George’s Gardens was held recently, as part of the Bloomsbury Festival 2011. This was particularly interesting to The Science Tourist and I, as we consider St George’s Gardens to be pretty much our backyard. We look out over it each day as we potter around the house, and capture its seasonal […]
St Pancras Old Church
July 21, 2011
If you do decide to visit St Pancras Old Church and explore its connections with Mary and Percy Shelley, there are a few other things to look out for. As already discussed in the previous post, writer and women’s rights advocate Mary Wollstonecraft (1759 – 1797) and political activist and author William Godwin 1756 – 1836) were married in this church and […]
London Bytes
- View of the week: Alien doppelgänger March 28, 2013 Belinda
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- View of the week: Lichtenstein @ Tate Modern March 12, 2013 Belinda
November 21, 2011
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