London History Snippet, The Hardy Tree, St Pancras Old Church
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- Опубліковано 7 вер 2024
- The Hardy Tree, St Pancras Old Church. In 1865, The poet Thomas Hardy was given the task of exhuming graves from the churchyard to make room for the Midlands Railway. What he did with the gravestones was unique to say the least.
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This church caught my interest after my first year English professor at uni told us a salacious tale about the poet Shelley and his future wife consummating their relationship on her mother's grave in this cemetery. I have no idea if the story is true, but I was stunned to learn that this was the site of my gggGrandparents' marriage here in January, 1835. One never knows when history will connect us with places and events in unexpected ways!
Well that is interesting.
I just discovered today that two of my ggg grandparents were married in this church in 1825! (Just 10 years before yours.) That's why I looked up the church.
That’s amazing!
Thanks for that! It was a treat.
It is worth more than one visit!
Thank you. My family tree ( The Hardy / Raines / Board )Family brought me to your video as they lived and were buried in Pancras and Old St Pancras as it was known. They were baptised in this church,so it is wonderful that you shared this.
Sunday Girl Thank you Sunday Girl! I am so glad that you enjoyed the video. I hope you have also visited there! It really is a site to behold! Thank you again and good luck as you continue your search for your family history!
Wonderful story, thanks for posting this. I've been to London twice, spending more than a month total, and I can safely say that I've hardly scratched the depth of history there. My mother was British, from Nottingham, so I have a fondness of the land and her people. Our first day in London, I walked across a brick, yes a brick, that was twice as old as America. This boggles the mind. Thanks again for sharing what London has to offer. I look forward to more.
Thank you Kasey! I am now in kent near Dover. I will do some videos out here also.
What did they do with the bodies?? Just incredible! Londons the best place for distant history! Wow!
Catherine Kennedy I'm not sure. if it was anything like other instances in Victorian England, then they were most likely relocated to a mass grave.
I'm sure the video for Birdsong by Lena Lovich was filmed here and in the church. It's on UA-cam.
Thanks for commenting! I’m hoping to go back there again soon!
Excellent! Thanks for posting this one mate. I was stationed at St. Pancras for a few years. I can't believe I never took the time to have a look at this place. Keep these little videos coming. Very interesting, enjoy the rest of your trip.
Thanks RRC!!!
That is amazing. One more reason to have London on the top of my bucket list even though it is unlikely I will ever make it there. Just so much history, and I really want to go mud larking on the Thames. Thank you for sharing such a fantastic bit of history.
I'm right there with you, Byron. I really enjoy the mudlarking. So much history just laying on the bottom of the river. It's a lovely sight to see.
You are welcome Byron!!
that is amazing love it
Joni Middleton Thank you!!
wow that is amazing how cool is that all that history
Thrills In The Dig - North Carolina I have to agree. You said it.👍👍👍👍👍🐻
Thanks Thrills. One of the more obscure bits of London history.
Thanks again Bear Digger!!
wow, amazing history!
Thanks Jason! I am just trying to get it out there.
7th century
Can you elaborate please?