17-04-2024 08:00 via ianvisits.co.uk

Visit the church of St Martin Within Ludgate

This is an unusually designed church close to St Paul’s Cathedral, which has probably existed for around 900 years, although naturally, the current building is much younger.It’s claimed, dubiously, to be where legendary King Cadwallo was buried in 677, although he was likely furious about this, as he would have still been alive at the time. He didn’t die for another five years.
In fact, the earliest known reference to a church here is much later, dating to around 1174, and the
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