Want to watch another spooky video? Check out The Most Macabre Objects in London's Churches - An In-Depth Guided Tour ua-cam.com/video/cVkfRqN4Qs0/v-deo.html
Love your videos 😀 when living in London in the 80s I worked as a cycle courier and very early one morning I came across the sight of men in hamzat suits ! I asked a workman at the barrier and he told me the road had subsided into a plague pit. On my return down the same road later in the evening everything was back to normal. I later learned that the same people employed for emergency underground repairs are also on call for these occasions. Apparently they earn a very good wage !
For a video full of thousands of dead people, this was oddly uplifting, highlighting an enduring human desire to honour the departed, whether that's heroic animals, tragic clowns or medieval outcasts. Congratulations on becoming a mum.
It’s lovely to see that there are still tributes laid for the Winchester geese and other poor folk at crossbones. It warms me to know that those who were offered no honour in life or death in their own time, are honoured now, even if we don’t have all their names or stories.
I’m from Illinois, and have been hunting for more information on my ancestor: Moses Lowman, who is buried in Bunhill. In my research, I was surprised to find that this cemetery was, seemingly, ‘in the middle of London’, but I could never find a video of the inside; the closest I’ve gotten was google Earth, in which I discovered the Quaker plot nearby and was heartbroken over how it seemed to be forgotten -- I appreciate your explanation as to why, and my heart is healed. Thank you so very much for this tour. (I was hoping you’d mention Moses among your notable burials, but I can understand why he’s not as well known.) 😊
A friend of mine cleared old cemeteries for a living. His team were contracted to clear a so called plague and witch cemetery near a well known hospital. Most of his team had a rather dark sense of humour. They were provided amongst many tools with an axe. One of the team was making fun of the fact witches were supposed to be buried there. Before digging up the graves some headstones in the area had to be removed, and the guy who was mocking the dead started throwing his axe around. He aimed it at a particular stone, and after throwing it, one of his colleagues saw the axe hit the stone and fly back at the thrower with force. The axe buried itself in the throwers leg. The guy was taken to the hospital where he went through extensive treatment because of the graveyard having a plague pit.
Congratulations on your new baby! And thank you for this fascinating tour! Your informative good nature is both enlightening and refreshing! Thank you for all of your hard work!
Just a note about Simon and The Amethyst - The ship was trapped on the river by enemy forces upstream and down, and totally unable to resupply. If Simon hadn't killed so many rats, they would have been forced to surrender due to running out of food.
Laying here in Kentucky with food poison and having an absolutely wonderful time lol. Your channel has brought me several hours of awesome educational entertainment. I was so happy when I discovered you a few hours ago and I still haven't stopped watching yet. Great content, please never stop
My wife was researching her family tree and discovered Quaker relatives who were originally from North Yorkshire, near Stokesley. A prosperous farmer with several sons paid for 3 of them to be apprenticed in various trades in the Wrapping area of London. Their trades ranged from goldsmith to cheesemonger and many of their descendants were buried at Bunhill Fields. It was interesting to see the graveyard in your video. Thank you.
I had not realised that I'd written Wrapping instead of Wapping. One of the relatives lived close to Wrapping Old Stairs and it must have been incredibly unhealthy as 2 or 3 of their children would die within days of each other and were taken to Bunhill Fields. They lost about 9 in total.
Far-out! i never grow tired of watching the spooky, creepy, haunted places in England! You are awesome finding all this info for us. Oh, and congrats on the new addition to your family! Thanks sooo much from Kathleen in California
I love the way that London, of all the cities I’ve been to, never hides the fact that your life right now, is built on the bodies of those who came before. I know that it unsettles Americans in particular but in all honesty it’s probably true of many places in the US too, you just prefer to ignore it or pretend it’s not so. But even before the “pilgrim fathers” there were people, and people create settlements in certain areas for the same reasons….access to water, food, transport routes…..so populated areas tend to stay populated, and with life, comes death.
I just found your channel and I just want to thank you so much for doing these videos! They make these places so much more accessible for those of us who can’t travel easily (or who can’t physically access some of these due to disabilities). What a wonderful way to spend your time 🤗
Thanks for another great tour. Daniel Defoe’s grave in Highgate reminded me that he wrote A Journal of a Plague year which I’m sure you’ve read which left me disturbed as a child and and rang too true during covid period. Thanks again. Mike.
@TheMuseumGuide What I didn't tell you is that I'm English (northeast) and I had no idea about those burial places I'm half ashamed that a member of the Commonwealth has had to put me wise to.them! 😀
I’m new to your tours and am very much enjoying them. I like that you give history without being too dry. You keep things interesting and informative without dragging and repeating, like some people do. Thanks for the work you do because, I think that you help to keep the past alive.
First of all, congratulations on your newborn baby! And thank you for finding the time to make this wonderful video! Wishing you and your family all the best. Greetings from Amsterdam.
Hello.! Thank you for your nice video..!! I love the Westminster abbaye..!! I ' m french and, when i was young,( 17 ) i had a memorable night, locked in the abbey..!!! Yes! It's true !..it was in 1970..!! I loved it.! 🇬🇧👍
I really enjoyed this little tour and next time I'm in London, I'll definitely visit. Thank you so much for the time you've put in to your research and to bring us this! ❤
@TheMuseumGuide Please don't forget about Queen Mary I of England 👸 ✝️ 🪦 People forget that she's actually there with her sister Queen Elizabeth I ⚰️⚰️
Perfect video for this time of year! Informative and entertaining as always. The first cemetery's story makes me angry -- the church was essentially acting as pimps, profiting off the most vulnerable in society instead of helping them... then condemning them as not fit for "proper" burial. There are so many words I have for the bishop and none of them are pleasant. OH! You just had a new little one! Congratulations!! If you'd like a handknitted item as a gift, please reach out to me! I can send you something :) I knit A LOT.
The first main difference is about where the graves are exactly. Cemeteries are generally in neighborhoods while graveyards are often in or beside a church. In other words, graveyards are often on church property and cemeteries are generally not.
A great tour, than you! Requests: 1. Great Plague of London, and 2. any remaining portions of the Charterhouse as it was known to the Carthusian monastics. 🙋🏻♂️
This is fascinating and just proves that to get an idea of what life was like during a certain time period, you have to take a look at everything including cemeteries and ghost stories.
Congratulations on your little one. I must say, I love the old and unusual graveyards. There is something very sweet and genuine to be deciphered on the monuments and gravestones from a time when many people actually authored their own epitaphs. These days there are just plaques with the name and dates…and maybe “beloved Mother etc.”. Many of the older ones tell a great deal more than that, and give you a real sense of who the people were, and what they were proud of. Thank you for this lovely little jaunt through these unique resting places. No doubt I would have found myself in good company in the Non Conformist Cemetery. It was nice to see Blake’s headstone, and the offerings of coins still arriving. Wishing you a happy Samhain.🖤🇨🇦
I love visiting cemeteries and catch the feeling of transience. im going to visit london this summer and i was searching about which cemeteries should i visit. So this video is a real gem and helped me a lot. Thank you!
This was such a fascinating video - I'm so glad I've discovered your channel! Was also not expecting at 18:10 in the clown service photo to see the clown that performs at my local high street! Got a few balloon animals from him as a kid!
I've lived close to a couple of older graveyards and cemeteries, and I always noticed how many plants, birds, and other wildlife I saw there. There's something beautiful about the dead resting surrounded by continuing life
Love this channel! Just rec'd it to friends here in Arizona. By the way, I have to tell you: I did my own little dance in Westminster on the marble at Oliver Cromwell's gravesite (well, for everything except his head, which was buried in an unmarked grave by his descendants somewhere at Cambridge.) This was decades ago, and I was on crutches with part of one leg in a cast due to a broken foot, but when I found it I figured why not? So I did a little hopping one-footed dance right there; as I recall, his marker is on the wall rather than the floor, so I can't guarantee his bones were directly underfoot, but I hope so; horrible man. The kind docents at Westminster were not amused and I had eyes on me until I left; I did leave a good donation, though, not that they knew it. Anyway, just thought you'd find that amusing. Thank you for creating such fantastic video tours; I've loved every one I've watched, and if I ever get back to London I will *definitely* sign up for as many of your live tours as I can. Hope your baby's doing well and growing like a weed! :)
A brilliant research 😊👍👍 and an amazing tour as well 😲👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏 I learned a lot from this video and thank you for remembering the dead…who lived, loved, laughed and suffered too…each one of them had a life…sadly mostly forgotten…buried under time 😔
This was a fantastic selection of cemeteries Jessica! So interesting and informative. I think an indepth video on the Charterhouse would be fantastic. London is full of endless historical oddities along with the sometimes gruesome and grotesque. You are a doyen of these places! Good health to you and your baby.
Just discovered your channel. Liked and subscribed!! I am a tour guide myself and I love your content 😁😁 Human remains were often ground down to make into fertilizer. Thousands of skeletons were taken from the battlefield of Waterloo to use on UK gardens 😬😬
All of your videos make me want to go back to London. I visited there in 2016. My adult son took a tour of Trinity college in Dublin, so we decided to make it into a vacation. Sadly, even tho driving (renting a car) probably saved some time, but the distances in the UK made it logistically impossible for us to visit everywhere we wanted in 12 days. We did get to see some cool things, like Rosslyn Chapel, the Titanic exhibit in Belfast, the Warner Brothers studio tour (I am a massive fan of Harry Potter), and the Doctor Who experience in Cardiff. We only drove past a few other places, but didn't have time to visit it all.
"If you're interested in a video on..." YES. Doesn't matter the topic, I could listen to your stories for hours! Edit: forgot to mention - I wonder if future tourguides will talk about Felix the Huddersfield station cat and her long and beloved history in the strange internet world, I sure hope they gave her a memorial somewhere. If anyone deserves a spot in Ilford it would be Felix!
You came up in my 'recommendations' from YT and I'm so glad, now that I've watched this and heard such a familiar accent! Subbed and notification bell on :) ON, CA
I read somewhere that Peter Sellers was a descendant of Daniel Mendoza, the famous prize fighter. He was very proud of his ancestor and kept his picture on the wall of his office.
Congratulations on your baby Jessica your video is absolutely fantastic so entertaining amazing content yes please i would like to see lots more videos on the various topics the plague pits im now a subscriber ❤❤
I just discovered your channel last night but have already watched several videos and I absolutely love them but this is my very favorite so far because I love clowns! When I was little, my favorite Halloween costume was a clown costume that my mom made for me. I probably would have worn it every day if she'd let me. And when I had chicken pox, a family friend who was a well-known clown came over and sat by my bed and talked to me to keep me calm so mom could take my temperature. I've never found them creepy, even in scary movies where they're meant to be creepy. Lol
Crossbones was also the burial ground for Suicides found in the River Thames as in the past Suicides were forbidden internment in Consegrated ground !! It's mentioned in one of Dickens Novels!!
11:31 simon reminds me of the story of unsinkable sam who survived 3 different sinkings. ok while writing this comment, i searched it up and yes unsinkable sam had 3 different names from the multiple different vessles he occupied, oskar, sam, and simon. What a legend.
Just discovered your channel!! Thanks so much for your work on this as I find it so interesting - I just subscribed. I video on the Black Death burials would be awesome. I did an essay on the Black Death - A world upside down while I was in university.
As you mention the dissolution of the Carthusian monastery, some mention of the grizzly end of those last Carthusians might be in order. While Foxes’ Book of Martyrs implies Mary I was a great persecutor, her father and half-sister were no slouches as the murder of the Carthusians attests.
Strange how things change. It was considered dangerous to disturb any plague pit for fear of getting the disease started again. Even now, special protective clothing is supposed to be worn if disturbing a plague grave site.
Want to watch another spooky video? Check out The Most Macabre Objects in London's Churches - An In-Depth Guided Tour
ua-cam.com/video/cVkfRqN4Qs0/v-deo.html
Love your videos 😀 when living in London in the 80s I worked as a cycle courier and very early one morning I came across the sight of men in hamzat suits ! I asked a workman at the barrier and he told me the road had subsided into a plague pit. On my return down the same road later in the evening everything was back to normal. I later learned that the same people employed for emergency underground repairs are also on call for these occasions. Apparently they earn a very good wage !
Yes! Any and all things regarding the plague please!
I low key got choked up when you talked about Simon and hugged my cat tight.
He was the goodest boy.
@@TheMuseumGuide He was 😢
For a video full of thousands of dead people, this was oddly uplifting, highlighting an enduring human desire to honour the departed, whether that's heroic animals, tragic clowns or medieval outcasts. Congratulations on becoming a mum.
Thank you! I’m glad you found it uplifting- that was my intention. ❤️
@@TheMuseumGuide Thanks for showing us these weird corners. Looking forward to your next video.
It’s lovely to see that there are still tributes laid for the Winchester geese and other poor folk at crossbones. It warms me to know that those who were offered no honour in life or death in their own time, are honoured now, even if we don’t have all their names or stories.
I’m from Illinois, and have been hunting for more information on my ancestor: Moses Lowman, who is buried in Bunhill. In my research, I was surprised to find that this cemetery was, seemingly, ‘in the middle of London’, but I could never find a video of the inside; the closest I’ve gotten was google Earth, in which I discovered the Quaker plot nearby and was heartbroken over how it seemed to be forgotten -- I appreciate your explanation as to why, and my heart is healed. Thank you so very much for this tour. (I was hoping you’d mention Moses among your notable burials, but I can understand why he’s not as well known.) 😊
Yes, a separate video on the Plague Cemetery, please.
A friend of mine cleared old cemeteries for a living. His team were contracted to clear a so called plague and witch cemetery near a well known hospital. Most of his team had a rather dark sense of humour. They were provided amongst many tools with an axe. One of the team was making fun of the fact witches were supposed to be buried there. Before digging up the graves some headstones in the area had to be removed, and the guy who was mocking the dead started throwing his axe around. He aimed it at a particular stone, and after throwing it, one of his colleagues saw the axe hit the stone and fly back at the thrower with force. The axe buried itself in the throwers leg. The guy was taken to the hospital where he went through extensive treatment because of the graveyard having a plague pit.
That’s unreal! That sure taught him.
Sounds like karma to me….or is it witchcraft 😮….??
So moral to the story -dont joke about witches or plague victims 😊
KARMA
"Haha" comes to mind.
Great video, you find so many hidden gems in London, thank you for sharing them.
You’re very welcome! Thank you for watching.
Congratulations on your new baby! And thank you for this fascinating tour! Your informative good nature is both enlightening and refreshing! Thank you for all of your hard work!
Thank you so much!
Just a note about Simon and The Amethyst - The ship was trapped on the river by enemy forces upstream and down, and totally unable to resupply. If Simon hadn't killed so many rats, they would have been forced to surrender due to running out of food.
Thank you so much! The goodest boy.
The Cat seen more action than me when i was in the MILITARY 😂😂
Black Plague definitely!
Laying here in Kentucky with food poison and having an absolutely wonderful time lol. Your channel has brought me several hours of awesome educational entertainment. I was so happy when I discovered you a few hours ago and I still haven't stopped watching yet. Great content, please never stop
My wife was researching her family tree and discovered Quaker relatives who were originally from North Yorkshire, near Stokesley. A prosperous farmer with several sons paid for 3 of them to be apprenticed in various trades in the Wrapping area of London. Their trades ranged from goldsmith to cheesemonger and many of their descendants were buried at Bunhill Fields. It was interesting to see the graveyard in your video. Thank you.
You’re very welcome! Thank you for sharing that fascinating history. For reference, I think you mean Wapping, which is pronounced like “whopping.”
I had not realised that I'd written Wrapping instead of Wapping. One of the relatives lived close to Wrapping Old Stairs and it must have been incredibly unhealthy as 2 or 3 of their children would die within days of each other and were taken to Bunhill Fields. They lost about 9 in total.
Far-out! i never grow tired of watching the spooky, creepy, haunted places in England! You are awesome finding all this info for us. Oh, and congrats on the new addition to your family! Thanks sooo much from Kathleen in California
You’re very welcome! Thanks for watching, and happy Hallowe’en!
I love the way that London, of all the cities I’ve been to, never hides the fact that your life right now, is built on the bodies of those who came before. I know that it unsettles Americans in particular but in all honesty it’s probably true of many places in the US too, you just prefer to ignore it or pretend it’s not so. But even before the “pilgrim fathers” there were people, and people create settlements in certain areas for the same reasons….access to water, food, transport routes…..so populated areas tend to stay populated, and with life, comes death.
I just found your channel and I just want to thank you so much for doing these videos! They make these places so much more accessible for those of us who can’t travel easily (or who can’t physically access some of these due to disabilities). What a wonderful way to spend your time 🤗
You are so welcome!
These videos are better than most of the stuff you see on British TV these days.
Thank you! Do you know a TV producer? 🤣
Thanks for your cemetery videos, extremely informative 👍, I'm Manchester born but living in Australia 🇦🇺 cheers 🍻 ❤ 😊
Yes, please! Video of the plague would be really interesting to learn from. Your videos are wonderful! Thank you so much!
Coming soon!
Thanks for another great tour. Daniel Defoe’s grave in Highgate reminded me that he wrote A Journal of a Plague year which I’m sure you’ve read which left me disturbed as a child and and rang too true during covid period. Thanks again. Mike.
Yes, I perused it during that first phase of lockdowns!
Love the strange stories and cemeteries. I loved my time in London thanks for sharing. Greetings from Ireland 🇮🇪
Thank you! Glad to have you.
yes please!! A video about the plague in London would be awesome!!
Fabulous tour and expertly narrated. I enjoyed it immensely. Thank you. 😊
So nice of you - thanks for watching!
@TheMuseumGuide What I didn't tell you is that I'm English (northeast) and I had no idea about those burial places
I'm half ashamed that a member of the Commonwealth has had to put me wise to.them! 😀
One of my Great grandfather's lived amd died in the Charterhouse about 1872...I definitely need to visit!
I’m new to your tours and am very much enjoying them. I like that you give history without being too dry. You keep things interesting and informative without dragging and repeating, like some people do. Thanks for the work you do because, I think that you help to keep the past alive.
Thank you so much! I hope it comes across just how much I love these topics. ❤️
First of all, congratulations on your newborn baby!
And thank you for finding the time to make this wonderful video!
Wishing you and your family all the best.
Greetings from Amsterdam.
You are so kind!
Hello.! Thank you for your nice video..!! I love the Westminster abbaye..!! I ' m french and, when i was young,( 17 ) i had a memorable night, locked in the abbey..!!! Yes! It's true !..it was in 1970..!! I loved it.! 🇬🇧👍
How did you get locked in?
@@TheMuseumGuide in Westminster abbaye.!! In 1970. Very great memory🌠
I stumbled upon your channel just now. Being a lover of both history and the macabre, I am in love with your channel! Ty for posting all this!
Thanks and welcome!
I really enjoyed this little tour and next time I'm in London, I'll definitely visit. Thank you so much for the time you've put in to your research and to bring us this! ❤
Thanks for watching!
Well done, Jessica! Glad to see you back again and creating intriguing videos.
I wish Jessica can do an in-depth review on the famous people who are interred in Winsminster Abbey.
It’s on my list!
@@TheMuseumGuide 👏👏👏👏
@TheMuseumGuide Please don't forget about Queen Mary I of England 👸 ✝️ 🪦 People forget that she's actually there with her sister Queen Elizabeth I ⚰️⚰️
Perfect video for this time of year! Informative and entertaining as always. The first cemetery's story makes me angry -- the church was essentially acting as pimps, profiting off the most vulnerable in society instead of helping them... then condemning them as not fit for "proper" burial. There are so many words I have for the bishop and none of them are pleasant.
OH! You just had a new little one! Congratulations!! If you'd like a handknitted item as a gift, please reach out to me! I can send you something :) I knit A LOT.
The first main difference is about where the graves are exactly. Cemeteries are generally in neighborhoods while graveyards are often in or beside a church. In other words, graveyards are often on church property and cemeteries are generally not.
A great tour, than you! Requests: 1. Great Plague of London, and 2. any remaining portions of the Charterhouse as it was known to the Carthusian monastics. 🙋🏻♂️
This is fascinating and just proves that to get an idea of what life was like during a certain time period, you have to take a look at everything including cemeteries and ghost stories.
I agree! Thanks for watching.
A Plague video would be great !
Congratulations on your little one. I must say, I love the old and unusual graveyards. There is something very sweet and genuine to be deciphered on the monuments and gravestones from a time when many people actually authored their own epitaphs.
These days there are just plaques with the name and dates…and maybe “beloved Mother etc.”. Many of the older ones tell a great deal more than that, and give you a real sense of who the people were, and what they were proud of.
Thank you for this lovely little jaunt through these unique resting places. No doubt I would have found myself in good company in the Non Conformist Cemetery. It was nice to see Blake’s headstone, and the offerings of coins still arriving. Wishing you a happy Samhain.🖤🇨🇦
Thank you for your thoughtful comment. Thank you for watching!
@@TheMuseumGuide Always a pleasure.🖤🇨🇦
I love visiting cemeteries and catch the feeling of transience. im going to visit london this summer and i was searching about which cemeteries should i visit. So this video is a real gem and helped me a lot. Thank you!
I’m so glad to help!
My great grandad had his pigeons used in ww2. He was from bush hill park enfield
I have just discovered your videos and I LOVE them! Particularly love the macabre stories ❤
I'm glad to hear it!
This was such a fascinating video - I'm so glad I've discovered your channel! Was also not expecting at 18:10 in the clown service photo to see the clown that performs at my local high street! Got a few balloon animals from him as a kid!
I find walking through the grave yards quiet relaxing. They have a feeling of 🕊️.
I agree!
I've lived close to a couple of older graveyards and cemeteries, and I always noticed how many plants, birds, and other wildlife I saw there. There's something beautiful about the dead resting surrounded by continuing life
Wow! What an amazing odyssey through the death and interment history of London! Thank you 🙏
You’re very welcome!
I love your channel so much, Jessica!
Please keep these amazing videos coming!
Thank you for watching!
yes, do the plague video, maybe compare to the recent one we had to endure.
Very interesting idea!
No comparison.
Love this channel! Just rec'd it to friends here in Arizona. By the way, I have to tell you: I did my own little dance in Westminster on the marble at Oliver Cromwell's gravesite (well, for everything except his head, which was buried in an unmarked grave by his descendants somewhere at Cambridge.) This was decades ago, and I was on crutches with part of one leg in a cast due to a broken foot, but when I found it I figured why not? So I did a little hopping one-footed dance right there; as I recall, his marker is on the wall rather than the floor, so I can't guarantee his bones were directly underfoot, but I hope so; horrible man. The kind docents at Westminster were not amused and I had eyes on me until I left; I did leave a good donation, though, not that they knew it. Anyway, just thought you'd find that amusing.
Thank you for creating such fantastic video tours; I've loved every one I've watched, and if I ever get back to London I will *definitely* sign up for as many of your live tours as I can. Hope your baby's doing well and growing like a weed! :)
A brilliant research 😊👍👍 and an amazing tour as well 😲👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏 I learned a lot from this video and thank you for remembering the dead…who lived, loved, laughed and suffered too…each one of them had a life…sadly mostly forgotten…buried under time 😔
Glad you enjoyed it!
I really enjoyed watching this. Thank you
Glad you enjoyed it!
Simon, the most best boy.
Just the best. I’m so glad his man could be there in 2007.
So glad to stumble upon your channel! Your knowledge is so impressive! Look forward to learning more about London's spooky history.
Awesome! Thank you!
Thank-you as always for the wonderful tour. I would love anything you have to offer in terms of future tours!
Thank you for watching!
London plague video, please and thank you.
The people have spoken! It’s on my (neverending) list.
I just discovered your channel,,,Thank you for sharing with those of us who can’t go far from home…
You are so welcome
The coffin shaped dancing grave is cool
He is my fave!
@@TheMuseumGuide I will definitely have to visit London again
This was a fantastic selection of cemeteries Jessica! So interesting and informative. I think an indepth video on the Charterhouse would be fantastic. London is full of endless historical oddities along with the sometimes gruesome and grotesque. You are a doyen of these places! Good health to you and your baby.
Thank you so much!
Just discovered your channel. Liked and subscribed!! I am a tour guide myself and I love your content 😁😁 Human remains were often ground down to make into fertilizer. Thousands of skeletons were taken from the battlefield of Waterloo to use on UK gardens 😬😬
I didn’t realise that! I knew about mummies being used for fertiliser, but soldiers? That’s grim.
Thanks for watching!
What a fascinating video! The dancing on the grave looks fun! So much interesting info, you earned a follow from me :D
Thank you so much 😁
Wonderful stuff 🎉
Thank you! Cheers!
All of your videos make me want to go back to London. I visited there in 2016. My adult son took a tour of Trinity college in Dublin, so we decided to make it into a vacation. Sadly, even tho driving (renting a car) probably saved some time, but the distances in the UK made it logistically impossible for us to visit everywhere we wanted in 12 days. We did get to see some cool things, like Rosslyn Chapel, the Titanic exhibit in Belfast, the Warner Brothers studio tour (I am a massive fan of Harry Potter), and the Doctor Who experience in Cardiff. We only drove past a few other places, but didn't have time to visit it all.
As soon as you said "the strangest graveyards" I knew you were going to go to Novo Cemetery - such a strange and wonderful place!
It’s such an unusual one! Thanks for watching.
Superb! Thank you so much!
Glad you liked it!
"If you're interested in a video on..."
YES.
Doesn't matter the topic, I could listen to your stories for hours!
Edit: forgot to mention - I wonder if future tourguides will talk about Felix the Huddersfield station cat and her long and beloved history in the strange internet world, I sure hope they gave her a memorial somewhere. If anyone deserves a spot in Ilford it would be Felix!
I need to make a “famous cats in london” video 🐈🐈🐈
I will (and have) happily go without food if it means my cat gets the food she wants, she is 20. Hearing about the military animals was so cool.
I’m the same. 😭😭😭
Wonderful podcast! Thank you!
Thank you!
You came up in my 'recommendations' from YT and I'm so glad, now that I've watched this and heard such a familiar accent! Subbed and notification bell on :) ON, CA
Awesome! Thank you for watching. Happy to have you here.
Thank-you. Fascinating 😮
My pleasure!
I read somewhere that Peter Sellers was a descendant of Daniel Mendoza, the famous prize fighter. He was very proud of his ancestor and kept his picture on the wall of his office.
Thank you for this! I had no idea.
My pleasure. Thank you for your wonderful videos.
Fascinating tour
Thank you so much. Liked and subbed
I live in the UK and had never heard of the massacre of the pets during WWII until now
It’s just so tragic. Thank you for watching!
Loved all of it. Would like a detailed tour of plauge pits,ta very much😊
Congratulations on your baby Jessica your video is absolutely fantastic so entertaining amazing content yes please i would like to see lots more videos on the various topics the plague pits im now a subscriber ❤❤
Thank you so much!! ❤️
I've subscribed immediately
This was amazing.
Can't wait to watch more
Regards
Andrew
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Love your video ❤. I love history and graveyards.
Thank you! I do too, if you couldn’t tell. 🤣
Terrific video , so interesting , thank you ! I liked and subscribed and look forward to more of your videos .
Awesome, thank you!
Congratulations!! Enjoy every minute
I really enjoy your tours! I wouldnt mind a tour on the plague pits and general plague information.
It’s on the shortlist! Thanks for watching.
I just discovered your channel last night but have already watched several videos and I absolutely love them but this is my very favorite so far because I love clowns! When I was little, my favorite Halloween costume was a clown costume that my mom made for me. I probably would have worn it every day if she'd let me. And when I had chicken pox, a family friend who was a well-known clown came over and sat by my bed and talked to me to keep me calm so mom could take my temperature. I've never found them creepy, even in scary movies where they're meant to be creepy. Lol
Hope you and bubba are doing well. So many congrats!
This channel is great! I hope it will be possible to book a tour next time I will visit London.
Please do!
Just happened upon your channel today. I love the content!! So fascinating!! Definitely subscribing 😊❤
Yay! Thank you!
Fascinating and sad too. Those poor women and children. They didn't have any choice back then :(
It really is tragic.
I just found you, new subscriber here! I found this fascinating, the sheer numbers you quoted are staggering. Thanks for such a fun tour!!!
You’re very welcome!
Absolutely i would like to see you make a video about the plague
Your videos are so awesome and you teach us so much information thank you
It’s definitely on the shortlist. Thank you for watching!
Yes to a London plague video please!
Hi, just found you and your channel. I'm a huge cemetery and funerary enthusiast. Great, and very interesting videos. Xx
Thanks and welcome - glad you enjoyed!
Love your channel Jessica. Congrats on your baby! I just knew you were Canadian. Cheers from Toronto 🇨🇦
Thank you so much! 🇨🇦🥳
I love this tour
Check out the mystery stone pyramid in the graveyard of St Anne's church Limehouse. It sits by a tree, you can't miss it.
It’s on my list for a strange graves video! Thanks for watching.
I live in Surrey the brookwood tour is so goid I learnt so much !
Crossbones was also the burial ground for Suicides found in the River Thames as in the past Suicides were forbidden internment in Consegrated ground !! It's mentioned in one of Dickens Novels!!
This was so interesting .
Thanks very much
You’re very welcome!
Hell Yea The Plague Pit,,!!Thanks for your Video your voice is so sweet!!
You have a remarkable memory...
It's a muscle! It gets stronger the more you use it.
Thank you that was very interesting. I'd like to see a vlog about the plagues. I couldn't pick a best one, they are all good.
You got it! Thanks for watching.
Very interesting I truly enjoyed it😊🙏🙏🙏
Thank you!
11:31 simon reminds me of the story of unsinkable sam who survived 3 different sinkings. ok while writing this comment, i searched it up and yes unsinkable sam had 3 different names from the multiple different vessles he occupied, oskar, sam, and simon. What a legend.
A true legend!
Just discovered your channel!! Thanks so much for your work on this as I find it so interesting - I just subscribed. I video on the Black Death burials would be awesome. I did an essay on the Black Death - A world upside down while I was in university.
You’re very welcome! A plague video is at the top of my list!
As you mention the dissolution of the Carthusian monastery, some mention of the grizzly end of those last Carthusians might be in order. While Foxes’ Book of Martyrs implies Mary I was a great persecutor, her father and half-sister were no slouches as the murder of the Carthusians attests.
Great video❤
Glad you liked it!!
very interesting, thank you
You’re very welcome!
Thanks
You're welcome!
Me and my friend stumbled upon the Charterhouse Square and as someone who studies the plague, that was pretty interesting! and yes plague video :D
It’s at the top of my list. Thanks for watching!
Strange how things change. It was considered dangerous to disturb any plague pit for fear of getting the disease started again. Even now, special protective clothing is supposed to be worn if disturbing a plague grave site.
I think they do wear protective gear! But that’s a great point.