Comments on: At Abbey Wood https://spitalfieldslife.com/2025/07/28/at-abbey-wood-iii/ In the midst of life I woke to find myself living in an old house beside Brick Lane in the East End of London Thu, 31 Jul 2025 22:44:59 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Janet M https://spitalfieldslife.com/2025/07/28/at-abbey-wood-iii/#comment-1765826 Thu, 31 Jul 2025 22:44:59 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=203983#comment-1765826 Lovely place, I must visit it someday.

]]> By: Mike https://spitalfieldslife.com/2025/07/28/at-abbey-wood-iii/#comment-1764389 Tue, 29 Jul 2025 19:16:55 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=203983#comment-1764389 The other amazing thing about Abbey Wood is that the wooded hill above it is full of fossil sharks teeth, which can easily be found with a shovel and some kind of sifting device.

]]> By: Eva Radford https://spitalfieldslife.com/2025/07/28/at-abbey-wood-iii/#comment-1763731 Mon, 28 Jul 2025 18:55:53 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=203983#comment-1763731 I agree with Monica! There’s a book there!

Thank you for sharing this beautiful place with us. It seems a soulful place even after all these centuries.

]]> By: Monica Emerich https://spitalfieldslife.com/2025/07/28/at-abbey-wood-iii/#comment-1763569 Mon, 28 Jul 2025 13:12:42 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=203983#comment-1763569 Thank you sharing your new discovery! How curious that the great granddaughter would choose (?) to have her heart buried there–I smell a story. I wonder if she was an Anchorite or if the Abbey leadership had extended through her father and she had fond memories or or or. : )

And the 400-yr-old mulberry tree would be worth a visit in itself. It’s wonderful you include the flora and fauna in your reports on architectural wonders.
Best,
M

]]> By: Bernie https://spitalfieldslife.com/2025/07/28/at-abbey-wood-iii/#comment-1763489 Mon, 28 Jul 2025 10:04:08 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=203983#comment-1763489 I would very much have appreciated the addition of a diagram or map showing where Abbey Wood is placed. The text has not provided enough clues for me to locate it in my readily-available maps.

]]> By: Wendy https://spitalfieldslife.com/2025/07/28/at-abbey-wood-iii/#comment-1763481 Mon, 28 Jul 2025 09:40:18 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=203983#comment-1763481 It’s a beautiful place in spring when the bluebells and wild narcissus are out.

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