Comments on: In Search Of Culpeper’s Spitalfields https://spitalfieldslife.com/2019/07/24/in-search-of-culpepers-spitalfields-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 Mon, 09 Sep 2019 15:58:32 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Susanna Grant https://spitalfieldslife.com/2019/07/24/in-search-of-culpepers-spitalfields-x/#comment-1311890 Mon, 09 Sep 2019 15:58:32 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=175890#comment-1311890 The unidentified plant could be Angelica – hope it managed to survive and flower.

]]> By: Sarah Catterall https://spitalfieldslife.com/2019/07/24/in-search-of-culpepers-spitalfields-x/#comment-1303042 Thu, 08 Aug 2019 16:42:18 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=175890#comment-1303042 Fascinated to read about the many plants that still survive in the Urban Metropolis that Spifalfields has become. I am sure my ancestor Benjamin Hooper who was an Apothecary and married to Elizabeth Rondeau ( Silk weavers of Spitalfields) according to census lived at Red Lion Court .Surely they must have known Mr Culpepper unless he was an Apprentice of Benjamin’s ??

]]> By: Jill Wilson https://spitalfieldslife.com/2019/07/24/in-search-of-culpepers-spitalfields-x/#comment-1301870 Thu, 01 Aug 2019 20:11:35 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=175890#comment-1301870 Yes – another brilliant concept for a blog – very enjoyable!

I’m always amazed at how plants can grow in such seemingly unpromising situations with virtually no soil. I also read recently that both plants and birds thrived in the bomb sites and derelict buildings after the Blitz. I’m sure that Mother Nature and all the herbs will outlive us mere humans.

]]> By: David https://spitalfieldslife.com/2019/07/24/in-search-of-culpepers-spitalfields-x/#comment-1301198 Mon, 29 Jul 2019 14:04:38 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=175890#comment-1301198 This series of photos and the accompanying texts is an utterly brilliant concept…how very smart. This is a real photo essay. Love it.

]]> By: Catherine https://spitalfieldslife.com/2019/07/24/in-search-of-culpepers-spitalfields-x/#comment-1300524 Thu, 25 Jul 2019 21:44:31 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=175890#comment-1300524 Thank you (once again) for an absolutely delightful post!

]]> By: Esther https://spitalfieldslife.com/2019/07/24/in-search-of-culpepers-spitalfields-x/#comment-1300379 Wed, 24 Jul 2019 11:00:37 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=175890#comment-1300379 How wonderful to get a light shone on those neglected plants 🙂 Since the introdutcion of modern synthetic medicine much knowledge has been lost about the use of these medicical plants. God has given us everything we need in the wonderful plantworld.

]]> By: Caroline Murray https://spitalfieldslife.com/2019/07/24/in-search-of-culpepers-spitalfields-x/#comment-1300378 Wed, 24 Jul 2019 10:50:05 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=175890#comment-1300378 Thanks for this lovely piece, GA! Did Culpeper actually know buddleia? I thought it didn’t arrive until the eighteenth century. (This is my piece on pellitory, with which my garden is cursed … https://bit.ly/2eUscUP)

]]> By: Elizabeth https://spitalfieldslife.com/2019/07/24/in-search-of-culpepers-spitalfields-x/#comment-1300362 Wed, 24 Jul 2019 08:55:47 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=175890#comment-1300362 – another wonderful article, thank you!

Looking back at ‘The Return of Nicholas Culpeper’ I noticed a comment from Chris Mills, April 9th 2014: “1616-1654, he should have concentrated on the day job perhaps”.

During the Civil War Culpeper sustained a severe injury at the Battle of Newbury. He never fully recovered from receiving either shot or shrapnel in the chest.

]]> By: Ron Bunting https://spitalfieldslife.com/2019/07/24/in-search-of-culpepers-spitalfields-x/#comment-1300361 Wed, 24 Jul 2019 08:55:43 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=175890#comment-1300361 The unidentified Herb has a good bud coming on there for such a short specimen .Some enterprising soul will recognize it and harvest the bud to grow some more in a less public environment no doubt.

]]> By: Robin https://spitalfieldslife.com/2019/07/24/in-search-of-culpepers-spitalfields-x/#comment-1300360 Wed, 24 Jul 2019 08:55:26 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=175890#comment-1300360 What a wonderful, imaginative post! Thank you, GA. I had no idea how useful all those thistles and fleabane could be. A new perspective on urban plants.

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