https://spitalfieldslife.com/2023/03/10/in-william-blakes-lambeth-i/ In the midst of life I woke to find myself living in an old house beside Brick Lane in the East End of London Fri, 10 Mar 2023 13:06:54 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://spitalfieldslife.com/2023/03/10/in-william-blakes-lambeth-i/#comment-1503756 Fri, 10 Mar 2023 13:06:54 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=195062#comment-1503756 Thank you for sharing these, so many of my ancestors lived in Lambeth but I have only visited once. My great grandmother was born in a house that overlooked the Archbishop’s garden and a much earlier ancestor was responsible for organizing an Archishop’s funeral at the Archbishop’s request. I believe that that archbishop is one of those whose coffins were recently found in a long lost crypt underneath St Mary Lambeth. A story that I think William Blake would have been able to illustrate as the photo of the coffins in the crypt is very macabre and one that sent shivers down my back as I pondered the thought that my ancestor may have placed that mitre on that coffin !!

]]> https://spitalfieldslife.com/2023/03/10/in-william-blakes-lambeth-i/#comment-1503746 Fri, 10 Mar 2023 08:58:46 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=195062#comment-1503746 How utterly wonderful and astonishing. Thank you for sharing such as these for those of us unable now to discover them ourselves.
Cheers, Betsy xx

]]> https://spitalfieldslife.com/2023/03/10/in-william-blakes-lambeth-i/#comment-1503744 Fri, 10 Mar 2023 06:52:09 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=195062#comment-1503744 Quite extraordinary and incredible. This is the sort of marvel that, unless you knew it existed, you would not seek but might just stumble across. The beauty of the mosaics contrasts well with the tiled walls and urban grime. I don’t think anyone would be sitting naked in any apple trees today though – far too cold! Thanks GA for another hidden gem.

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