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Some photos I took last month of the exterior and interior of St. Bride's Church, off Fleet Street, where Mary Ann Nichols was married on 16th January, 1864. Unfortunately the church was badly damaged during WWII so is not necessarily accurate as to how it would have looked when Mary and William stood in the aisle, but it is nevertheless a fantastic building.
Exterior:
On the stairs down to the crypt they have a variety of maps, drawings etc showing the appearance of the church over the centuries - this was captioned from some time (sorry, notes not to hand, grrr) in the 1840's, so is pretty accurate for 1864, I would imagine:
The crypt is full of old headstones, plaques etc rescued from the bomb damage, and amongst them is this plaque commemorating the churchwardens for 1827. I have not been able to trace whether they would still have been in post in 1864, unfortunately:
One final photo from the crypt is of a steel 'locking' coffin, which was accompanied in the display by a reproduction of a newspaper advertisment promoting its 'unique features', intended to foil any prospective Burke and Hare types:
Interior photos to follow later, as I unfortunately have to rush now and will have to put them on a new post anyway - but hope someone finds these interesting. You can always visit my flickr page http://www.flickr.com/photos/t_n_b to see the others before I get a chance, if you like - they are under 'Aldgate, Tower Hill, Moorgate and the City of London'.
Exterior:
On the stairs down to the crypt they have a variety of maps, drawings etc showing the appearance of the church over the centuries - this was captioned from some time (sorry, notes not to hand, grrr) in the 1840's, so is pretty accurate for 1864, I would imagine:
The crypt is full of old headstones, plaques etc rescued from the bomb damage, and amongst them is this plaque commemorating the churchwardens for 1827. I have not been able to trace whether they would still have been in post in 1864, unfortunately:
One final photo from the crypt is of a steel 'locking' coffin, which was accompanied in the display by a reproduction of a newspaper advertisment promoting its 'unique features', intended to foil any prospective Burke and Hare types:
Interior photos to follow later, as I unfortunately have to rush now and will have to put them on a new post anyway - but hope someone finds these interesting. You can always visit my flickr page http://www.flickr.com/photos/t_n_b to see the others before I get a chance, if you like - they are under 'Aldgate, Tower Hill, Moorgate and the City of London'.
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