Charles Dickens' Christmas Carol walk
Last day of sightseeing, probably until after the New Year. I took a Charles Dickens' Christmas Carol guided walk. We saw sites mentioned in the book and heard how the various British Christmas traditions got started. I also saw many of Christopher Wren's churches built after the Great Fire of 1666 as the walk took place in the vicinity of St. Pauls.
The Royal Exchange, former site of the stock exchange here, the scene where Scrooge hears the three businessmen discuss his death took place here.
Mansion House, official residence of the Lord Mayor of London, a mainly ceremonial position
All-Hallows Church by the Tower, Samuel Pepys watched the Great Fire of London from here
St. Olave's church, Dickens' "Church of Ghastly Doom"
The gate to the churchyard of St. Olave's, topped with skulls
St. Mary-le Bow church, designed by Wren, featured in the Christmas Carol, you are only a true Cockney if you here its bells from your home, historically
The George and Vulture tavern, a favorite haunt of Dickens, Scrooge ate his dinner here, the night he sees Marley's ghost
St. Michael's Cornhill, another church Dickens used in his writings
The remains of the Roman temple of Mitras in the City of London
A pub supposedly built by Wren for all the workers who were building St. Pauls
Leadenhall Market, where Scrooge bought the turkey for the Crachits, also used in Harry
Potter movies for Diagone alley
Christmas tree in Leadenhall market
Christmas flower outside a church
St. Mary-Abenath, another church designed by Wren
St. Stephen's Walbeck, yet another church designed by Wren
Statue of John Smith of Jamestown fame
The Royal Exchange, former site of the stock exchange here, the scene where Scrooge hears the three businessmen discuss his death took place here.
Mansion House, official residence of the Lord Mayor of London, a mainly ceremonial position
All-Hallows Church by the Tower, Samuel Pepys watched the Great Fire of London from here
St. Olave's church, Dickens' "Church of Ghastly Doom"
The gate to the churchyard of St. Olave's, topped with skulls
St. Mary-le Bow church, designed by Wren, featured in the Christmas Carol, you are only a true Cockney if you here its bells from your home, historically
The George and Vulture tavern, a favorite haunt of Dickens, Scrooge ate his dinner here, the night he sees Marley's ghost
St. Michael's Cornhill, another church Dickens used in his writings
The remains of the Roman temple of Mitras in the City of London
A pub supposedly built by Wren for all the workers who were building St. Pauls
Leadenhall Market, where Scrooge bought the turkey for the Crachits, also used in HarryPotter movies for Diagone alley
Christmas tree in Leadenhall market
Christmas flower outside a church
St. Mary-Abenath, another church designed by Wren
St. Stephen's Walbeck, yet another church designed by Wren
Statue of John Smith of Jamestown fame
posted by Bethany at 11:00 AM
