London Episode 03 The City of London

Published: Jan. 20, 2021, 8:03 p.m.

This tour of the Square Mile, starts with some stories from its history: medieval days, the plague, the Great Fire and the subsequent rebuilding of the city which became a world centre of finance.  We'll hear from many Londoners, such as Dick Whittington, Samuel Pepys and Christopher Wren, and visit some of the places you might want to look round today, including a number of churches and such venerable institutions as the Guildhall, the Royal Exchange and Mansion House, not forgetting the Bank of England Museum.   http://www.guildhall.cityoflondon.gov.ukhttp://www.theroyalexchange.co.ukhttps://www.bankofengland.co.uk/museumhttps://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/about-us/about-the-city-of-london-corporation/mansion-househttps://ststephenwalbrook.nethttps://www.stlawrencejewry.org.ukhttps://www.greatstbarts.comhttps://www.stmarylebow.org.ukhttps://www.visitlondon.com City Breaks: all the history and culture you'd research for yourself if you had the time!Check our website to find more episodes from our London series or to browse our back catalogue of other cities which are well worth visiting: https://www.citybreakspodcast.co.uk We love to receive your comments and suggestions! You can e mail us at citybreaks@citybreakspodcast.co.ukAnd if you like what you hear, please do post comments or a review wherever you downloaded this episode.  It helps others to find us.