Comments on: At St Augustine’s Tower https://spitalfieldslife.com/2017/07/14/at-st-augustines-tower-x/ In the midst of life I woke to find myself living in an old house beside Brick Lane in the East End of London Wed, 15 Nov 2017 20:10:19 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Diane Keane https://spitalfieldslife.com/2017/07/14/at-st-augustines-tower-x/#comment-1180174 Wed, 15 Nov 2017 20:10:19 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=158872#comment-1180174 1292…for an American, it is difficult even to imagine so long ago! The black & white photos are very evocative, I can almost feel the coolness inside the walls and hear the echos of feet scraping on the stone steps. A beautiful post, thank you.

]]> By: carolyn taylor-watts https://spitalfieldslife.com/2017/07/14/at-st-augustines-tower-x/#comment-1157970 Sat, 15 Jul 2017 15:00:13 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=158872#comment-1157970 Next time I’m in London I will be sure to visit … I really appreciate articles and photos like this … love from Toronto.

]]> By: Gillian Bagwell https://spitalfieldslife.com/2017/07/14/at-st-augustines-tower-x/#comment-1157896 Fri, 14 Jul 2017 18:14:42 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=158872#comment-1157896 My mother died at a hospice in Hackney, and I spent a lot of time there over several months, but I never got to the tower. I don’t think I knew about it then. Next time I’m in London, I’ll plan to see it.

Edward de Vere, the sixteenth Earl of Oxford, who is the last standing candidate other than the Stratford man as the author of Shakespeare’s play, was buried in the parish church there.

]]> By: John Francis https://spitalfieldslife.com/2017/07/14/at-st-augustines-tower-x/#comment-1157892 Fri, 14 Jul 2017 17:19:13 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=158872#comment-1157892 Today’s blog on the tower in Hackney epitomises why I enjoy reading the content from the Gentle Author. It lifts me.

]]> By: Sonia Murray https://spitalfieldslife.com/2017/07/14/at-st-augustines-tower-x/#comment-1157886 Fri, 14 Jul 2017 14:38:07 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=158872#comment-1157886 A fascinating article – thanks! Skulls and bones of course remind us of mortality, and the hourglass – but why is the hourglass surrounded by what look like dragon wings and pipes? Would love to know the meaning of this odd symbology. Can anyone explain?

]]> By: Sparks https://spitalfieldslife.com/2017/07/14/at-st-augustines-tower-x/#comment-1157866 Fri, 14 Jul 2017 11:38:44 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=158872#comment-1157866 As A Hackney resident, I really must make the effort to climb the steps some time!

]]> By: Pam https://spitalfieldslife.com/2017/07/14/at-st-augustines-tower-x/#comment-1157863 Fri, 14 Jul 2017 11:15:58 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=158872#comment-1157863 It is So Beautiful- one day I hope to come to England and see it!

]]> By: Helen Breen https://spitalfieldslife.com/2017/07/14/at-st-augustines-tower-x/#comment-1157860 Fri, 14 Jul 2017 10:48:49 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=158872#comment-1157860 Greetings from Boston,

GA, yet another great piece of London – gracias. So glad it is still standing…

]]> By: Phil Maxwell https://spitalfieldslife.com/2017/07/14/at-st-augustines-tower-x/#comment-1157854 Fri, 14 Jul 2017 08:56:11 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=158872#comment-1157854 Thanks for this. I now feel as if I’ve gone to the top of the tower myself!

]]> By: Greg Tingey https://spitalfieldslife.com/2017/07/14/at-st-augustines-tower-x/#comment-1157849 Fri, 14 Jul 2017 06:58:08 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=158872#comment-1157849 I pass this several times a year, between the Hackney stations & “The Chesham Arms” ( Itself a remarkabk restoration story )

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