Wonder what happened originally? Who knows who started it.

I used to work just round the corner...opposite the east end of St Paul's. The name St Barts is all over the area...from Bartholmew Fair...which eventually just became a meat market (hence Cowcross Street up by Farringdon) and the Smithfields. The pubs used to be open really early in the morning for all the market workers bringing the meat in. Where they'd be joined by all the people from St Barts Hospital. Drinking either after a 90 hour shift, or drinking before one. Just to make sure any patient had an equal chance of dying whether the medical staff treating them were starting or ending a shift. The church is really nice. It is rather sad seeing such grossly dressed tourists walking around it in. It IS a church. Wearing shorts and greasy stained t shirts is always ugly, but you can do it at your home if you really want to. It is NOT appropriate in many other settings including someone else's place of worship.

visit it quick before the invaders turn it into a mosque

One of my great-great grandfathers is Sir Richard Rich. I had no idea of this part of his history as I just at the beginning of my quest to find out more about him. Thank you for this posting!

So interesting...I'd love to visit this church...is open during the day or just for Services? My Dad took me to see it and Cloth Fair many years ago...would love to revist. Fantastic History. A real gem.

Another low quality piece of garbage 'content' that probably took 10 mins to make. Everyone should go watch Geoff Marshalls version, of Jago Hazard's.

480 quality max? seriously? :-)

Why do the most of the images not line up with line being talked about? Only the Jubilee, Piccadilly, and Victoria lines had an image correlating with the line

Is this Catholic or Protestant (Anglican)?

This is a Tartarian building,

It may be London’s oldest parish church, but it’s not London’s old ecclesiastical building - the Chapel Royal of John the Evangelist in the White Tower, Tower of London, dates from 1080.

I did meet a chubbyish Indian guy with glasses a couple of years ago and he used to be the cheapest. He charge based on distance, it was something like £5 a mile, it it was less than a mile and a hal he used to do it for a fiver still. He told me the other riders used to threaten him because he undercut them so much but compared to a bus he was still a rip off.

thats so cool!

Beautiful place!👏🌿

0:52, thats a bakerloo line train

Westminster Abby was founded in 959.

I wish i was on that train.

All this one can thank the Roman Catholic church for building such a great monument to God.

Don't tell Khan or it'll be a mosque before you know it!

Is not St Peter ad Vincula in the Tower of London older?

I would go at night, just listen to the music while sitting somewhere in the garden.

Growing up we called these flats the " back to front " estate

Why does it show Leeds?? what use is that? Ridiculous video

There could be somewhere an online program about the architectural features. Any ideas? The Tower has a few remnants of architecture of a similar age .

All having nuclear weapons achieves is to make you a target.

1:45 I do not think that shocked anyone

Sir Richard Rich, who bought the monastery--is that the same guy who was Lord Chancellor under Edward VI, whom John Hurt played in A MAN FOR ALL SEASONS?

Founded - not built.

Yhe church in my village is 200 years older,one of a few anglo saxon ones left

St Bartholomew's, built by Catholics for the true worship of Jesus Christ in the Holy Mass. Desecrated and stolen by the Protestants. Taken over as a private home by Richard Rich, the man who perjured himself in the false trial of St Thomas More, dooming St Thomas to execution. Let us never forget how the English people did not lovingly embrace the Protestant heresy, but rather had it forced upon them by persecution, laws, torture, and execution!

Check out St Etheldreda’s church in Ely Place, just up the road from St Bartholomew’s, it’s even older!

How long before it becomes a mosque? Not long now l bet !😢

I really hate BS about ghosts. I do not know of a better example of a Romanesque church in Britain unless someone can tell me if one

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Well you can’t really celebrate the Catholic years - they were the builders of this great church.

It’s a magnificent building. I hope it doesn’t become a Mosque down the road. Poor England. A miracle is needed.

Beautiful church, but how much longer before it’s turned into a mosque?

Would somebody please explain to me why Westminster Abbey isn't considered to be an older church? Is it "church" v "abbey"? What is the technical difference?

I must visit this beautiful building one day. But please, the ‘Church’ is the people NOT the building

I think Andrew Cavendish and Deborah Mitford (eleventh Duke and Duchess of Devonshire) were married at Saint Bartholomew in 1941. Does anyone know if they were married in the chapel where "Four Weddings and a Funeral" was filmed, or is there another chapel in the building as well? I was hoping this presentation wouldn't focus so exclusively on that movie, but rather on the history of the building, possibly with historic photos, paintings and drawings (if these exist) and other notable, real people who actually did get married there.

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Before Khan turns it into a mosque

That’s why it’s a dump

Is this going to have words plastered all,over all the buildings? That makes it impossible to see. Do you think every view can not hear? World wide we have CAPTIONS for those who prefer reading than hearing.

Horrible what london has turned into

Reparations……back to the Roman Catholics …….they knew how to build churches and they’re the one true Faith . SO HAND IT OVER you no good c of eez

Nice commentary given by the Verger.

Richard Rich is the evil man who testified against St. Thomas More. The Monasteries were all closed by the evil lustful adulterer henry 8. The Monks and Nuns were expelled, their Houses co-opted. If they resisted, they were executed. The fact that a scoundrel like Richie Rich "bought" a Catholic Church is something for England to be ashamed of.

My dear friend, Pam Roth, was a devoted member of St Bart’s and I loved to hear her tales of guarding the sanctity of the church during the shooting of many films. You didn’t mess with Pam! She was short but oh! could she be ferocious! For many years she rang the bells and a favourite memory of mine was sitting in on one of the practices. To say the various vicars depended on Pam May be exaggerating - or is it? When a while passed with no word from her I wrote to the church office and was extremely touched and appreciative when the vicar replied, giving me the sad news that my friend had died a few months before. He kindly gave me the link to the live-streamed memorial service. Rest in Peace, dear Pam and may you rise in glory.