Echoes of Tudor London & the Elizabethan City - Smithfield to Blackfriars (4K)

[@JoelAAK]

I work the night shift. When I come home, my wife and dog are long since abed, and seeing one of your videos posted lets me settle in with a tea, cocoa or whiskey and settle my thoughts and reflect on my day. Cheers from Buffalo NY USA

[@JohnRogersWalks]

thanks for sharing that great image Joel

[@JW-yt7lr]

John , thank you ! . Last year I commented on one of your videos , as Smithfield , St Sepulchre , to Carter Lane , St Pauls , St Andrews Hill and The Cockpit , all the way to Blackfriars and Ludgate was the area I worked fifty and more years ago . Watching this now, it's as if the years have fallen away, and I'm walking again through those magical streets as night slowly falls returning the City to its history after the noise and commerce of the day . I loved this video and the filming at dusk is so evocative . More please .

[@electraruby]

Your videos of another London hidden within our busy modern day city make me believe in parallel dimensions.

[@malcolmrichardson3881]

A walk full of the atmosphere of the past - which as you say, is probably better captured at night, when the 'present' has faded back into the shadows. Very enjoyable. Keep them coming! Thank you!

[@peterallen2904]

I agrée. The night videos give it atmosphere. Please, John, continue with probably the most interesting insight into London on social media.

[@trevorread9115]

Thanks John interesting & informative 😊 as always

[@KateVeeoh]

Never clicked on a video faster! Been looking forward to this, the first episode was brilliant. I was just visiting Hampton Court Palace yesterday, and I also walked from Vauxhall to King's Cross. Passed many a street and building that I've seen in your videos, John :)!

[@JohnRogersWalks]

Brilliant Kate and what a wonderful prelude to the video. Hope you enjoy it - lots of new discoveries for me

[@KateVeeoh]

Very fitting :)! And another cracking video, very atmospheric. Yes to the series idea and many more discoveries! I'm Belgian but I pop over to London a few times a year, to visit museums and to walk and wander just like you do. I find London so very peaceful, wonderful for 'headspace' (as soon as you walk away from the A roads and tourist hotspots, like you say). It really is like walking through layers in time.

[@taloire43]

John, your videos are very enjoyable and informative for an old Londoner now living in exile (in South Oxfordshire). Can you tell me please where I can buy the map you have been using. Thank you.

[@stephenblake3158]

Your filming even In the low evening light is still excellent and all ways informative in an interesting way thank you John

[@JohnRogersWalks]

Thanks so much Stephen

[@jeffkouba6521]

My wife and I were in London last October and our hotel was just a few steps down Carter Lane from where you were filming. We did much the same walk in our explorations, so thanks for bringing back some happy memories! A couple of things I discovered about Christ Church Greyfriars as I was putting together our own little "walks", with the help of a number of your previous videos. Isabella, wife of Edward II, was buried there. Her life was an interesting story. Also, Elizabeth Barton was buried there. She was a nun who made predictions against Henry VIII, with the predictable result that she needed somewhere to be buried. (She made an appearance in the first Wolf Hall series.)

[@huw_griff2064]

Love these videos. Having recently moved away from London after studying there, watching your vids makes me miss exploring the city.

[@terryblack2219]

So engaging John so engaging to paraphrase you walking in peoples footsteps before. The closest we will ever get to time travel I imagine thank you for your effortI will watched it again tomorrow night

[@2Sugarbears]

Each time you showed me a church or church yard I'd say outloud, I was there, I sat there. Thanks John you brought back some lovely memories for me. Happy New Year and blessing to you and all your family from Canada.

[@JTTW1455]

So atomospheric, a visual delight and the storytelling enthralling. Thanks John

[@peterspencer396]

Absolutely loving these Tudor walks!!! Excellent!

[@LACEDONLINE]

Walking down that alley in the darkness helps me sense what people from the past would have seen and felt walking in and around London at night as the wasn’t much street lighting if any as well, great video as always

[@martinaubrey2073]

Great video again John. Love the old City of London, this has inspired me for another wander around there.

[@tfSmudge]

Great video and history lesson sir. Being a St Bart's baby I was very interested to click and of course enlightened. London really is the greatest city for its rich yet brutal history. Thanks again JR ✌️🇬🇧

[@nelliemelba4967]

Having worked in the City for many years previously, and as a keen armchair London historian myself (I would get out but I have RA now) I would love to see your series of different periods of London history and join you virtually on walks! Thanks John!

[@acmehorse]

Really enjoyed this evening walk; very atmosphereic.

[@mitchelluk1445]

please oh please john never lose your enthusiasm or love and wonder for the history of london city, these videos always bring a smile to my face weather im sad or happy....they truly are phenomenal, please keep u the great work

[@john80c]

Love the City area especially the little alleys and cut throughs. Fascinating

[@beautsheila]

Thanks

[@JohnRogersWalks]

Thank you so much - massively appreciated

[@chrisblay]

The golden boy on Pye corner appears as though someone maintains it, as looks freshly polished. Must be an interesting back story to that.

[@carlbyronrodgers]

Wonderful as always.Thank you.

[@semperjaye]

Thanks!

[@JohnRogersWalks]

many thanks indeed - very kind

[@AFCManUk]

Another wonderful John Rogers video. Always enjoyable spending time with you on another walk John.

[@JohnRogersWalks]

Many thanks

[@calimonkey1836]

Thanks John, another very interesting walk, its an area I know well, I lived in Amen Court from (I think) 1968, my dad worked at St Paul's and I went to school at the Gatehouse School, named after the Gatehouse of St Bartholomew the Great, where Phyllis Wallbank started the school on Montessori lines.. her husband was the vicar and we did our nativity plays in the church. I used to walk from Amen Court to Dalington Street (where the school relocated) via Smithfield Market every day..

[@JohnRogersWalks]

Wow what a wonderful image of childhood- thanks so much for sharing

[@waynemoore9951]

A superb video as usual, the night time filming really gave the video a beautiful, haunting and atmospheric feel, London is beautiful at night.

[@rpm412]

love John's comment @ 7:50 - "walking through layers of time". sounds like we have a lot to look forward to this year!

[@morriganwitch]

Thank you John xxx

[@JohnRogersWalks]

Thanks for watching Morrigan

[@morriganwitch]

Love London in the Darkness xxx

[@Pavlogsz]

Another amazing video, thank you! I also enjoy a lot watching your Q and A videos, looking forward for the next one!

[@RedStickLouisiana]

Your videos always make me aware of the various layers of history. You do a wonderful job of bringing the different historical periods to life. Thank you.

[@suzana.9255]

Thank you for another fantastic upload. You walk through centuries just by turning a corner. Wishing these relics from bygone times could talk. Anything Tudor are my favourite walks aside from Epping Forest ❤

[@JohnRogersWalks]

Thanks for watching Suzana

[@timhubbard8895]

An amazing insight to the hidden parts of London and to see places that you haven't even seen or been to! I'm disabled now, I used to be a good walker until recent times and really miss getting put and about. Thank you for taking us on your exploration of the capital!

[@StevenSegundo-kk7cb]

This video is just perfect. The ambience is beautiful. Can’t wait for the next one !

[@madswansfan1]

I hope you do turn this into a series this year. It’s so interesting.

[@AngelaDavis-yz3xf]

Thank you John It looked lovely in the evening.

[@vjary8142]

Mesmerising, thank you for sharing the history with the audience.

[@downtonviewer]

Bravo, sir! I have enjoyed (and shall continue to enjoy) this series immensely.

[@geoffgeorge3685]

An amazing walk thanks John! Loved its calm atmosphere and magic history.

[@Hellsprite67]

I have only just discovered your videos, I'm a Kiwi and have been lucky enough to visit London several times. It's the most fascinating place. Really enjoyed this. 🙂🇳🇿🇳🇿

[@JohnRogersWalks]

Thanks- welcome to the channel

[@vjary8142]

Hi John, before London loses Smithfield's, the market and surrounding area, any chance you can do a walk to share its history.

[@highpath4776]

I think the buildings will stand, but their purpose will change. Like Covent Garden the busy time will switch from Early Morning weekdays to Sundays

[@lindasueanderson8024]

I love it when you find a tiny place that you have never seen before

[@Everywhere2]

Beautifully done walk, John. Thank you so much.

[@DavidForsyth-k2x]

Thank you John, my favorite part of London. Have always grabbed a pint in the Cockpit when in town. The Blackfriar a good choice to end. Look forward to more of Tudor London.

[@AmandaBrown-nu7wo]

Great videoJohn,don,t know any other film maker that catches the atmosphere the way that you do.Reading about this part of london at the moment wanted the video to go on.

[@margaretcopley8880]

Best walk. Thankyou John.

[@thfccfht]

another top video John, love the various gardens there, I would quite often buy a couple of cans of beer and just sit in one of those gardens and relax listening to the birdsong for an hour or so.

[@robbojax2025]

am always glued to the screen when you do a City walk

[@patsie1888]

This is going to be a great series!

[@jessaglenny]

Yes, please to series on Medieval London, Restoration London, Norman London. I enjoyed the dark. It was atmospheric. I find these videos so moving - something about the strata of time together with the fleeting moments in the present - a woman and a dog or a couple holding hands. Then there's nostalgia for all my fleeting moments. I've lived in London for 40 years and have walked through many of these places at different times in my 61-year life. The past is always present here, and also a sense that London has always been very much London, consistent in character, even though it's constantly pulling itself down and arising again.

[@barbaramassey3787]

The night time filming is extremely beautiful. The colors are rich. ❤❤❤

[@JohnRogersWalks]

Thanks Barbara

[@Upe-f9c]

Yet another fascinating walk. Thanks!

[@jacquelinemacleod9699]

Been so looking forward to part 2 of the Tudor walk and again you havent disappointed. I use to work around there and cannot believe there is so much history I wasn't aware of ! Thanks John for all this information. Look forward to hearing about the changes of the London landscape during Medieval and Norman times, an exciting year ahead ! Look forward to it. Thanks again !

[@johndavies5184]

John, another classic walk. Interesting and informative. Atmospheric, and your enthusiasm is contagious.

[@JohnRogersWalks]

Many thanks John

[@KosmiekAltertainment]

Hi John. Most days i wake up to you walking around somewhere, be it the heart of London or along some river somewhere. Your view of today within history is very inspirational and a great start of the day for someone who is trying to write about civilization. Thank you, and good morning once again!

[@JohnRogersWalks]

that's brilliant - thank you

[@zippidydoodah2024]

Love the night-time film. Thank you.

[@EdEditz]

Wonderful video John! I really enjoyed that.

[@LizmarieDB85]

The way that i just announced to my whole family that new video was out was priceless ❤❤❤❤ I love this series¡

[@JohnRogersWalks]

That’s brilliant Liz - thanks for letting me know

[@tonygriffiths3696]

Nice one john. Londons amazing. All those huge anonymous buildings around. I haven't a clue what goes on inside them! I love the feel of london. Good man john 👌

[@alandyer910]

An excellent tour, thank you!🙏 I look forward to more in the Tudor series and other series to come.

[@paulwilson7234]

Excellent Sunday evening video.

[@JohnRogersWalks]

Thanks Paul

[@christopherbutler7588]

Another great video, John.Thank you for sharing this history with us. So very interesting and its wonderfully that you can still Physically touch Those very very old Building how lucky we are 😊 thank you have a great week ahead.

[@vallino]

Wonderful video, as ever

[@chrissslike-n1h]

Just beautiful how the runis are preserved!👍👍

[@cdeldn2012]

Great video John, thanks for filming 👏

[@erikthewonderdog6522]

That was very enjoyable and classic John Rogers! Thank you.

[@eileendaly13]

Brilliant.Thanks. Looking forward to next episode. In Blackfriars yard you showed a couple of grave headstones. On close inspection they appeared to be the name of some of my lost ancestors.As I am of Hueganot decent this area must have had a good few people who were in my family tree.👍

[@JohnRogersWalks]

Wow what a beautiful coincidence Eileen - I love that thanks for sharing

[@KimGen712]

As an American obsessed with Tudor London - I loved this video. My first stop in a time machine would be London 1530s. Can't wait to visit again next year. Your walks inspire me!

[@Kathleen-zn9oe]

Would you be of the rich or the poor class? Either one held an uncertain future. I always thought I’d want to be fairly inconspicuous so as to keep my head

[@KimGen712]

I think I'd prefer to be aristocratic. I'm a Carey descendant (Mary Boleyn) and I've always fancied the notion that her children were fathered by Henry VIII and I'd have a real Tudor connection 😊

[@Kathleen-zn9oe]

@@KimGen712 Clever girl got away from the Court and all its infighting. Managed a relatively peaceful life for her family

[@marty9011]

I so enjoy the videos where you show us the remnants of historical London. This one was good as you didn't show much modern traffic & I felt the atmosphere of an earlier city, especially as it got darker. Amazing to know that there are Tudor fragments still. Thank you.

[@TimothyHalkowski]

Excellent walk - thanks for the beautiful scenes!

[@salzaward]

Christs Hospital was a school endowed by Edward VI (son of Henry VIII) after an inspirational speech by Bishop Ridley. The school moved to Horsham, west Sussex in 1906. Still has heavily subsidised boarding school places for underprivileged children. Pupils wear a very distinctive Tudor styled long coat and breeches and the school has its own railway station on London to Portsmouth line !

[@JeanineMarieCompassion]

This was a joy to watch. I am so grateful to you! Love form Arizona!!

[@williamrobinson7435]

Certainly the darkness plays to the atmosphere of a video like this. I hope you had a pint in The Blackfriar, it's got such a brilliant Art Neuveau interior, when you're nearby, well, for me it's not to be missed! Some words on Henry Vll's palace at Richmond might be apposite, maybe a pic or two as there is a bit of it still there! It's almost impossible to put into words, the strange feeling one gets upon seeing a bit of London from a different historical point of view, especially when it's a familiar spot. A certain shiver down the spine perhaps. A pint of decent ale usually sorts it out. A most atmospheric and well presented film! Thank you so much John. ✨🌟👍

[@peterallen2904]

I moved away from London many years ago. But when I return to visit my brother in Leytonstone I always try to walk and photograph ‘The City’, where I was working as a young man.

[@Durrantina]

loved this episode....✨✨

[@johnbettano6026]

Just fantastic. Thank you.

[@davidjames5644]

Hi John, great video as ever - thanks! I worked in Snow Hill Court, just behind St. Sepulchre in 2009, and later in Aldersgate Street, so this was very evocative for me. Many a lunchtime stroll round this area. I don't know if you've mentioned it in other videos, but the damage to the wall where the William Wallace memorial is located, and also to other parts of that wall, was caused by shrapnel from a bomb dropped from a Zeppelin in September of 1917.

[@lovelyskull3483]

Thank you so much. Wonderful video.

[@stoker1931jane]

The King's WARDROBE was NOT just about storing the King's clothing...but it also held all his tapestries, bedding and other soft furnishings and furniture. Which his servants would move when the King/Royal Court went on PROGRESS across England to his castles/manors and to the houses of his wealthy Courtiers. ✌🏻😊

[@JohnRogersWalks]

Thanks for that note Jane - that must’ve been a massive job. I believe Henry VIII renovated Bridewell Palace just to accommodate the Emperor Charles and his retinue with all of his stuff on a visit to London - it was a huge party

[@kimbarnetson3297]

I agree the encroaching darkness made the walk very atmospheric.

[@goofe.washington953]

These videos are outstanding.

[@LeungGeum]

Thank you John for another brilliant City walk. I'm looking forward to the new various series' you mentioned during the year.

[@liamness5155]

Love all your videos but my favorites are ones like this and the roman on where you take a certain period of history to view london

[@jimmyeastwood933]

Thank you John what a great start for the new year l Loved this walk and your knowledge thank you so much Jimmy Eastwood London boy in NZ

[@chrisblay]

Another Sunday evening walk. 👍

[@JohnRogersWalks]

Hope you enjoy it Chris

[@alanarmer8069]

Great video John 📗📗📗📗📗📗📗

[@Jpkjr52]

Always a pleasure Thanks again John in Chicago

[@kevincross9206]

A great video John 👍🏻

[@JohnRogersWalks]

thanks Kevin

[@sharonleong7120]

I love it. Great sharing. Thanks . 👍👍👍😍😍😍

[@redjacc7581]

Nice one JR, Happy New Year to you and yours.

[@JohnRogersWalks]

Thanks Redjacc - HNY

[@keithprater310]

Wonderful and enjoyable as always.looking forward to future walks.if only stone could talk.stay safe.

[@JohnRogersWalks]

Thanks Keith

[@ralphwinter6421]

Nice one John, wonderful vid...

[@JohnRogersWalks]

Thanks Ralph

[@tomgirldouble3249]

Hahaha, Amen Corner was a band in the 60's😅great video, love the dusk filming, does add atmosphere, fascinating series, thanks, John❤

[@JohnRogersWalks]

Ha, that’s exactly what I was thinking at the time and also the part of Augusta National Golf Course with the same name

[@janebaker966]

Everlasting Love - good song.

[@tomgirldouble3249]

@janebaker966 ' bend me shape me' too😄

[@joedellamura9015]

Another good and interesting walk John Thank You for sharing 🤝

[@JohnRogersWalks]

Thanks Joe

[@jonathannash5754]

Wonderful video John, having worked around that area for many years in the 1990s great to see. Stationers Hall off of Ava Marie Lane another Livery Company worth a mention. Looking forward to more in the series.

[@lesliegprice6652]

Great video John , yes please lets have aome more , fascinating, i used to work in Smithfield back in the early seventies, used to walk through that gate every day 😎

[@grahamhawthorn2320]

I want a Time Machine and I want it yesterday. I can just imagine some of the characters in the pubs of old. Another cracking video sir.

[@magicknight8412]

Ah The Cockpit pub, one of my favourite old hidden away pubs.

[@salzaward]

Fabulous walk tho !

[@likeakite]

I loved Carter Court, what a little gem