The Old City from St. Paul's to Liverpool Street

I was very dedicated today to do a guided walk, it has been pouring on and off all week in London, so at times today you got pretty wet- even with an umbrella!! Still, I took a guided walk of the Old City (City of London) from St. Paul's to Liverpool Street- roughly the northeastern part of the City. Most of it is modern as it was heavily bombed during the war, but several interesting sites and places still exist. Many of the trade guilds still have their headquarters in the area

Wesley's Chapel (the original, not the evil one in Virginia!!)-built by John Wesley for his congregation. He is buried in the churchyard behind the chapel
St. Giles' Church-John Milton is buried here

Some of the graves in Bunhill Fields- this was the burial grounds for religious non-conformists (ie non-Anglican)- the poet William Blake, Daniel Defoe, John Bunyan (wrote Pilgrim's Progress) and the mother of John Wesley are all buried here

Gravestone of William Blake and his wife- someone had recently left flowers

The main part of the Barbican Arts Complex- this area was redeveloped in the 1970s after being hit in the Blitz- one of the main art and theatre spots in London. It's actually really ugly!!

The steeple of St. Albans- a Wren church destroyed by a bomb during the war- now converted into a flat.

Part of the old Roman wall- this would have been the top of the tower where the Roman soldiers would have stood guard

The Goldsmiths' Guildhall