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Excellent tour, really interesting and informative guide. Some fascinating places and stories.
Burnings, Butchery & Black Death: A Walking Tour of London's Bloody Past
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28 reviews - Barbican Station
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Daytime, Walks & Tours and Activity
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Tickets from £15.00
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This event has taken place.
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11:00 - 13:00
Travel through a thousand years of history, meeting kings, body snatchers, Charles Dickens, an eighteenth century ghost, and William Wallace - aka Braveheart and learn how he was in no fit state to shout "Freeeedoooommmm!" whilst being executed!
On our guided walking tour we'll visit the areas around Smithfield, for centuries London's site of both animal and human slaughter. We'll learn about how the city disposed of the tens of thousands of Black Death corpses in the fourteenth century, the execution methods used in the Middle Ages, and how the area became a notorious slum which Dickens used as the setting for Oliver Twist.
The guided walking tour begins outside Barbican Station, ends near to Farringdon Station, and will take around two hours. Total distance is about two miles.
Ticket sales will be limited to circa ten attendees, to ensure maximum enjoyment for everybody on the tour.
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Burnings, Butchery & Black Death: London's Bloody Past
Travel through a thousand years of history, meeting kings, body snatchers, Charles Dickens, an eighteenth century ghost, and William Wallace (and learn how he was in no fit state to shout "Freeeedoooommmm!" whilst being executed!) On our walking tour we'll visit the areas around Smithfield, for centuries London's site of both animal and human slaughter. We'll learn about how the city disposed of the tens of thousands of Black Death corpses in the fourteenth century, the execution methods used in the Middle Ages, and how the area became a notorious slum which Dickens used as the setting for Oliver Twist. The walking tour begins outside Barbican Station, ends near to Farringdon Station, and will take around two hours. Total distance is about two miles. On our tour we'll visit the areas around Smithfield, for centuries London's site of animal and human slaughter. We'll learn about how the city disposed of the tens of thousands of Black Death corpses in the fourteenth century, and how the area became a notorious slum which Dickens used as the setting for Oliver Twist. The tour begins outside Barbican Station, ends near to Farringdon Station, and will take around two hours. Total distance is about two miles. |
11:00 - 13:00 | £15.00 |
Location
Address
Barbican Station, Aldersgate Street, London, EC1A 4JA
Nearest Station
Barbican (Tube)
Organiser
Historic London Tours
Historic London Tours is led by Tom Currie, both a accredited London Borough of Camden and London Borough of Islington tour guide. Tom can be contacted at bookings@historiclondontours.com or +44 7783 401 129.
"The tour was excellent, we all loved it (that includes myself and the two young history buffs with me, one 10 the other 18yo). Tom is a wonderful guide, very knowledgeable, funny and engaging. Highly recommended." ***** Romana A
"There are loads of walking tours around London, I would absolutely recommend this one, very very reasonably priced and you're not dragged all over the place with a large crowd, numbers are limited which does make a difference. I've seen places I never knew were there! The guide, Tom, is very affable and knowledgeable (not an actor who's learnt a script). The gory history of London is always fascinating and he pulls it off extremely well with humour with references to some of England's greatest writers. I'll definitely try the others." ***** Sian G
"The tour was fantastic, so interesting and we learnt so much. Tom made it a wonderful experience using quotes from literature and other sources to bring history alive. He was so enthusiastic and happy to answer questions. His historical knowledge was outstanding. We'll definitely be going on his other tours. A must do for all!!" ***** Jane M
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