Absolutely jam-packed with facts and stories, guaranteed to keep you hooked to the very end. No looking to see how much is left to go here, with this highly capable narrator and guide. Extremely well documented, exceptionally well told. Thank you.
I'm afraid you're right about The Hardy Tree. As soon as you said it was an Ash, my thought was "That's going to be a bugger to fell." It's terribly sad to see so many grand old trees affected. There seem to be a few that are resistant and younger trees are more affected, so far. Fingers crossed for this one. Loved this tour around the weird and creepy. No wonder so many Americans are currently fascinated with just how ODD we are.
The Hardy tree fell down last winter. It wasn't diseased, just old and affected by a storm the previous year. It was a stunning and much loved local feature but it simply came to the end of a long natural life
@@woofbarkyap Thank you for that. I think of that as the tree version of dying in your sleep at 101. Hope some local wood turners were able to make a something as a memorial. For the ash especially ,the Terry Pratchett quote "Don't think of it as dying, just think of it as leaving early to avoid the rush." is very apt.
I really appreciate your fact filled tours, as I am no longer fit enough to wander round these interesting place. Bless you for giving your time to help others.
I stumbled upon your videos by accident last night and I am addicted! In answer to your question about the strangest church I’ve ever been to, I’m reminded of the time I was visiting friends, with my family, in the Netherlands. We paid a visit to the Mummiekelder (Mummy cellar) which is housed in the crypt of a church in the village of Wiuwert, in the province of Friesland. It’s a mystery how the bodies there became mummified, and I seem to remember that it was rumoured the family practiced witchcraft. It’s really interesting to visit, I highly recommend it
I love your videos, which are clearly planned and have a lot of effort put into the tours. I've only ever been able to go to London once and loved it and love being able to explore places I didn't get to go through your videos. Thank you for putting so much work into great content!
@@TheMuseumGuide Hello 👋 In this video I have just placed a comment. I don't know if it is of any interest to you & your channel community, but it has always spooked me : / I love your channel & can see it soaring in subscribers. Best of luck ❤
TH-cam knows me too well! You remind me so pleasingly of Caitlin Doughty. I think its obviously in part some of the subject matter, but also the style of presenting the information this entertaining and almost feels like a conversation with a friend who has just learned a new interesting fact. (But with much more effort and research!)
@@TheMuseumGuideI am so glad that person made the connection between you and Caitlin "The Redoubtable" Doughty😂❤ The WHOLE way through your ghoulish and rather thrilling tour I was trying to think who you reminded me of and it was bugging me!!🤔 I love Caitlin - she's as camp as a row of pink tents at Christmas time - she should have been an actress or opera singer 🤣🤣 You both share an irrepressible delight in your work, you're both like naughty school girls always in your eyes giggling even when trying to make a serious point - I love it that the two of you know each other but I advise not to collaborate together as you'd never get any work done!!😆 Anyway, you have yourself a new subscriber and I look forward to catching up on what seems like a bit of a back catalogue of you trying to manage the sensation of being horrified, while also simultaneously quite a lot delighted😏😏😆😆
What a delightful distraction from the madness of life! I thoroughly enjoyed this video and I thank you so very much for all of your hard work. It was most enjoyable and informative. Thanks again.
That was very interesting. How exciting to hear about St. Etheldreda! I knew exactly who you were referring to as soon as you said her name. I am Catholic. She was my confirmation Saint, and we used the English translation of Audrey as my confirmation name. I don't think many people are aware of her, and she definitely isn't one of the more popular Saints. What a rare treat to hear about her! Thank you. Theresa
What a delightful lady…very informative….😊, I think you’re right about the very first plague victim was buried at St Olaves…..the stone skulls have often fascinated me…..
What a wonderful tour. So many concentrate on the likes of Westminster and leave these beautiful churches out of view. Thank you for the very interesting commentary as well...⛪
I spent 2 days in london with a Nun & her nephew ,my roommate. She. "Eleanor" took us to a couple of churches. Simple pop in for functions & daily routines of spaces, then Next. Your extensive knowledge brings these places 2 life. I wish she was still with us to share these facts & highlights with her. Once again Thank you for sharing them with me.
Jessica, we are leaving for London tomorrow, your channel has been indispensable in planning the sights we want to see! Excellent content, and delivered in a playful manner! Kudos!
The emerald ash borer (Agrilus planipennis Fairmaire) is a shiny emerald green beetle that kills living ash trees. Sadly here in Canada where I live and in the States we are losing Ash trees at an alarming rate.
If you go to the New England area in the US you'll be closer to that history you are missing...its weird somethings on the east coast you have to search for it's like a hidden treasure hunt which is a shame...like colonial cementaries hidden in woods overtaken by the wood line instead of displayed and upkeep done.....alot of places like that in NJ
@@girleyreds11-11 I should imagine that anything to do, or remind people of British rule, was not really loved lol. Seeing as we had that war…..ya know? 😂🙏🏽🌹
Loving your content. This is my kind of channel 😊 hope you continue to grow. Would love to see a tour of the RAMM in Exeter or Reading museum 😍 thank you for your awesome channel! X
I’d heard of body snatching and the Resurrectionists, but I hadn’t heard of the auctioning of bodies at pubs! Very cool to learn more about this weird practice. All I had heard was of the bodies being sold to the hospitals/schools and how doctors put on autopsy “shows” for students and the curious- sounded a lot more secretive than “yeah, the body was displayed at the pub”.
President Washington house in London was filled with bones in the cellar about 12-14 people because he probably used the body snatchers to get him bodies to dissect..
Another informative ramble Jessica! London has so many historical oddments for you to explore and present and I look forward to seeing where you choose to go next! Truly fascinating and just the right balance. Thankyou!
I’m loving your videos, you go into such detail. You definitely do your research. Most people that do this type of video do the short cuts and only go to see a museum and just read the little plaque. Yours are very in-depth, it’s wonderful. You must do a lot of work to put these videos together.
Saturday the tree where the graves collected by Thomas Hardy is now dead. can I just say that I love your work and love your attention to details? You clearly know what you’re talking about?
I Really, REALLY enjoy your content, and the way you present it. I hope you'll soon get the follower count you truly deserve! Thank you for showing us these treasures. I've been to the UK twice, but sadly didn*t have an opportunity to visit even one museum. I really want to go back and take my time exploring that city one day! Love from Bavaria, Germany!
@@TheMuseumGuide definitely! If you're ever in Norfolk, I can recommend the Norwich Castle museum, which is basically the only museum on british soil I visited so far :D I had a nosebleed in front of the egyptian cat mummy, and since it's an inside joke between my friend and I that, whenever we see a cat, "the mummy accepted my blood sacrifice and is out to get me". Lol.
Ok, that is definitely creepy! I love it. You should visit the British Museum and see the cat mummy there - and find out if you get another nosebleed...
Fantastic vid, I'm gonna make a road trip for the wife to visit these places, she loves old London, you have shown me a lot of stuff that i didnt know. Thank you so much !!
Moreover, I found your red tatoo on the neck quite interesting, looking like a typical Baroque heart, surrounded by burning flames, a symbol of eternity often shown in paintings in Baroque cathedrals, my favourite era, the Baroque, regarding music, architecture, paintings, gardens and furniture.😊
Just found your channel and I love it already. Very intersting topics and and I enjoy the relaxed way they are presented. There are multiple good history channels on TH-cam but yours stands out as very personal and it is obvious alot of work and thought is put into each video and topic. Keep up the good work; subscribed.
I never considered, nor desired to know the etymology of "tawdry", but now I know I will never forget. Your content is fascinating, accessible and brilliantly delivered. Thank you.
This is a thoroughly informative video. My favorite item is the living chandelier. Marrying beauty with utility is both important and beatific. Enlightening! 🎉❤
The tiered construction of wedding cakes was inspired by St Bride's church steeple. A baker on the same street as the church did the first known tiered wedding cakes
Jessica, I have an English friend who lives in Lt. Downham just outside of Ely, Cambs whom I last visited in 2019. Since I am a Catholic I attended mass at St. Etheldreda Catholic Church there. There is also St. Etheldreda Cathedral in Ely. It is now Anglican and has the remnants of a shrine to St. Etheldreda that was mostly destroyed during the reformation. People still come to worship her at what remains of her shrine. The Catholic church has her now-corrupted hand on display next to the altar. I've seen it! It's in a niche behind glass where you can push a button to view it. It's pretty creepy. Fascinating features. Thanks very much from Kathleen in California. I will check you again. You rock!
Jessica, thank you for responding! St. Etheldreda's Cathedral in Ely is named Ely Cathedral. if you go to their website you can find the page related to the departed Saint. They have an online gift shop & the prices are the same as three years ago. I bought a St. Etheldreda hanging ornament for 12 pounds & the price is still the same. I have a special reverence for her & often pray to her. I know she listens.....really. I've been in Kent, everyplace in England is special to me.
Fascinating! I used to live in London for many years & never knew about these places! I’d love to go back & visit everything you filmed!!! So interesting!
As the daughter of a funeral director, I have always been drawn to cemeteries and usually chose to study in them when at university. I hope to return to England and join your tours!
Jessica, I read in both of my local papers (SF Chronicle & East Bay Times) about the unfortunate demise of the Hardy Tree. I knew that I saw it on your website around Halloween. I have you to thank for informing me of this magical place of Saint Pancras Old Church with its religious significance and rich historical facts. (The Beatles were photographed there in 1968 which you may not have known!) Thanks & Happy New Year from Kathleen in California
All most interesting, Jessica. My late father (bn. 1917) was head chorister at Saint Etheldreda's in the early 1930s, and whenever we visited London he would take me into the church before adjourning to the tiny pub at the court at the rear of the premises - the Mitre Tavern, I believe it was called.
Great video thanks.A look at the Horniman Museum would be great.Such a trove of esoteric oddities .I haven't been for over a decade but I remember a synthesizer donated by Psychik TV being in their musical instruments gallery.May aswell pop in to Nunhead cemetery to get a full day of South London psycho-geographical fun.
Really enjoyed this- fantastic stuff for the countdown to Halloween! Makes me really want to visit some of these churches. Temple Church is also pretty spooky- it was built by the Knights Templar so has some weird features that appeal to conspiracy types, but is also fascinating from a historical perspective. Ely was (sort of) an island in Etheldreda's time, as it was surrounded by marshes. The fens were drained from the 17th century onward to make way for farmland. An Edinburgh trip would definitely be brilliant- ridiculous amounts of great museums, art and history there, as well as plenty of creepy graveyards.
I love Edinburgh- I can’t wait to go back to film! I almost included Temple Church in this video, but I’m make one about “Mysterious Churches.” Thank you for watching!
You are one of my 6 year olds favourite youtubers. He was in London at the weekend and took great pride in showing our friends some of the spots you have been too. He says come to Derry/Londonderry please 😂
Loved this video! As a serious Anglophile (two sides of my family are English) I enjoy learning about London and England. Please do Sone’s Museum. I’ve a lot of photos of parts of it but have never been able to figure out how it all goes together (the layout-not the interesting items shown there).
@megangreene3955Wow it’s amazing how much some Americans love Britain and its history, I’m English and I lived in London for 12 years and never visited most of these places, hope one day you get to visit Britain I’d definitely recommend Edinburgh over London much smaller than London and easier to get around and has more charm and friendly people, just done my family tree and my Great Great Great Grandfather was born in Shoreditch London his name was Ebenezer Squirrel, he sounds like a Dickensian character, thanks for loving my country.
Thank you, very interesting. Will be interesting to learn about London's synagogues. I was surprised to learn that Great London's synagogue was at Trafalgar Square.
Thank you for your comment! The Great Synagogue, destroyed by the Blitz, was actually at Aldgate. To my knowledge, there has never been a synagogue near Trafalgar Square? There is a beautiful old one in Fitzrovia, though! The Central Synagogue.
This vid came up in my recommendations. You did an excellent job explaining the history of these churches and showing their interesting macabre objects. I just subbed to your channel. Cheers!
Absolutely marvelous! You present so much interesting historical data in each episode. I booked a tour immediately in Edinburgh for the Medical museum and tour since we are lucky enough to be visiting in a couple of weeks! Thanks so much for what, I’m sure, will be an incredible tour! Greetings from the Pacific Northwest!
@@TheMuseumGuide id love you to go back to the USA and go to fall river historical society museum to see abbys hair . Have you heard of the lizzie borden case ? It amazes me xxx
I recently discovered your channel and am enjoying the interesting and informative videos this one has been my favourite so far thank you and I'm now hoping you have done one of the Sloan museum which I love
My favorite body-snatcher prevention tool was the crypt cannons/guns! Basically torpedos fired upwards from the coffin as a trap for unwary thieves. It seems doubtful they were ever used in practice, but it's a pretty wacky idea! Loved the video.
I went to see almost all of the places you highlight in this video. Thanks so much, you made my visit so enjoyable!!
I love to hear it!
Absolutely jam-packed with facts and stories, guaranteed to keep you hooked to the very end. No looking to see how much is left to go here, with this highly capable narrator and guide. Extremely well documented, exceptionally well told.
Thank you.
Glad you enjoyed it! Thank you so much.
@@TheMuseumGuide the dead ripped jewish guy of their unforfilled jewish prophecy is really macabre!
I'm afraid you're right about The Hardy Tree. As soon as you said it was an Ash, my thought was "That's going to be a bugger to fell." It's terribly sad to see so many grand old trees affected. There seem to be a few that are resistant and younger trees are more affected, so far. Fingers crossed for this one.
Loved this tour around the weird and creepy. No wonder so many Americans are currently fascinated with just how ODD we are.
The Hardy tree fell down last winter. It wasn't diseased, just old and affected by a storm the previous year. It was a stunning and much loved local feature but it simply came to the end of a long natural life
@@woofbarkyap Thank you for that. I think of that as the tree version of dying in your sleep at 101. Hope some local wood turners were able to make a something as a memorial.
For the ash especially ,the Terry Pratchett quote "Don't think of it as dying, just think of it as leaving early to avoid the rush." is very apt.
Jessica gives the most colorful, macabre facts about what most folks probably think are dry, old historical places. Super fun.
Thank you!
The history over in the UK is mind blowing. It is so fascinating. I would LOVE to see some of it before I leave this earth.
You should plan a trip!
I really appreciate your fact filled tours, as I am no longer fit enough to wander round these interesting place. Bless you for giving your time to help others.
So nice of you to leave such a lovely comment.
totally binge worthy channel. love your content. the youtube algorithm was cooking with this one.
Thank you! 😎
I stumbled upon your videos by accident last night and I am addicted! In answer to your question about the strangest church I’ve ever been to, I’m reminded of the time I was visiting friends, with my family, in the Netherlands. We paid a visit to the Mummiekelder (Mummy cellar) which is housed in the crypt of a church in the village of Wiuwert, in the province of Friesland. It’s a mystery how the bodies there became mummified, and I seem to remember that it was rumoured the family practiced witchcraft. It’s really interesting to visit, I highly recommend it
I love your videos, which are clearly planned and have a lot of effort put into the tours. I've only ever been able to go to London once and loved it and love being able to explore places I didn't get to go through your videos. Thank you for putting so much work into great content!
Thank you so much Troy!
Burke is the butcher, and Hares the thief and Knox was the boy who bought the beef. ... Victorian rhyme
Brilliant! How did I forget to add this?
@@TheMuseumGuide can't think of everything all the time
@@mikereilly7629 Amen.
@@TheMuseumGuideolá bom dia moça linda!tudo bem? Me inscrevi no seu canal .Desde já deixo o meu link 👍
@@TheMuseumGuide Hello 👋
In this video I have just placed a comment. I don't know if it is of any interest to you & your channel community, but it has always spooked me : /
I love your channel & can see it soaring in subscribers.
Best of luck
❤
TH-cam knows me too well! You remind me so pleasingly of Caitlin Doughty. I think its obviously in part some of the subject matter, but also the style of presenting the information this entertaining and almost feels like a conversation with a friend who has just learned a new interesting fact. (But with much more effort and research!)
She is actually an acquaintance of mine! I met her while volunteering at Bart's Pathology Museum, and I did writing for her website. :)
@@TheMuseumGuideI am so glad that person made the connection between you and Caitlin "The Redoubtable" Doughty😂❤ The WHOLE way through your ghoulish and rather thrilling tour I was trying to think who you reminded me of and it was bugging me!!🤔 I love Caitlin - she's as camp as a row of pink tents at Christmas time - she should have been an actress or opera singer 🤣🤣 You both share an irrepressible delight in your work, you're both like naughty school girls always in your eyes giggling even when trying to make a serious point - I love it that the two of you know each other but I advise not to collaborate together as you'd never get any work done!!😆
Anyway, you have yourself a new subscriber and I look forward to catching up on what seems like a bit of a back catalogue of you trying to manage the sensation of being horrified, while also simultaneously quite a lot delighted😏😏😆😆
That is exactly what I was thinking! Great videos 😁
@mellyk86 Exactly! I love Caitlin too! Does she still have her channel?
What a delightful distraction from the madness of life! I thoroughly enjoyed this video and I thank you so very much for all of your hard work. It was most enjoyable and informative. Thanks again.
Thank you for your lovely comment!
That was very interesting. How exciting to hear about St. Etheldreda! I knew exactly who you were referring to as soon as you said her name. I am Catholic. She was my confirmation Saint, and we used the English translation of Audrey as my confirmation name. I don't think many people are aware of her, and she definitely isn't one of the more popular Saints. What a rare treat to hear about her! Thank you.
Theresa
You're very welcome! I love Anglo Saxon hagiographies. :)
I'm a Catholic and I've never heard of her probably because I'm not Religious..
What a delightful lady…very informative….😊, I think you’re right about the very first plague victim was buried at St Olaves…..the stone skulls have often fascinated me…..
Me too! Thanks so much for watching and for your kind words.
What a wonderful tour. So many concentrate on the likes of Westminster and leave these beautiful churches out of view. Thank you for the very interesting commentary as well...⛪
You’re very welcome!
Great channel. Well made videos with a lot of extra info and photos. Glad i've found it.
Welcome aboard! Thank you for your kind comment.
I loved hearing the story of St. Etheldreda! Thank you. 😀💓
You're welcome!
I spent 2 days in london with a Nun & her nephew ,my roommate. She. "Eleanor" took us to a couple of churches. Simple pop in for functions & daily routines of spaces, then Next. Your extensive knowledge brings these places 2 life. I wish she was still with us to share these facts & highlights with her. Once again Thank you for sharing them with me.
You're very welcome, and thank you for the kind comments. I wish I could have met Eleanor!
Jessica, we are leaving for London tomorrow, your channel has been indispensable in planning the sights we want to see! Excellent content, and delivered in a playful manner! Kudos!
The emerald ash borer (Agrilus planipennis Fairmaire) is a shiny emerald green beetle that kills living ash trees. Sadly here in Canada where I live and in the States we are losing Ash trees at an alarming rate.
So sad. I hope they can sort out this tree!
Here in the UK the culprit is ash dieback - a fungal disease.
It’s too bad they are too small to use their wings in embroidery. They’re a pretty color.
Jessica I am loving your videos. I am English but living in USA. I miss being immersed in history.
Thank you!
If you go to the New England area in the US you'll be closer to that history you are missing...its weird somethings on the east coast you have to search for it's like a hidden treasure hunt which is a shame...like colonial cementaries hidden in woods overtaken by the wood line instead of displayed and upkeep done.....alot of places like that in NJ
I’m English but live in Australia. I feel the same, Melanie. I’m going home for a few weeks early November…..can’t wait! 😊
@@girleyreds11-11 I should imagine that anything to do, or remind people of British rule, was not really loved lol. Seeing as we had that war…..ya know? 😂🙏🏽🌹
Go to the state of Virginia. The first state of the nation is filled with history.
Loving your content. This is my kind of channel 😊 hope you continue to grow. Would love to see a tour of the RAMM in Exeter or Reading museum 😍 thank you for your awesome channel! X
Great suggestion! Thank you so much for watching.
I’d heard of body snatching and the Resurrectionists, but I hadn’t heard of the auctioning of bodies at pubs! Very cool to learn more about this weird practice. All I had heard was of the bodies being sold to the hospitals/schools and how doctors put on autopsy “shows” for students and the curious- sounded a lot more secretive than “yeah, the body was displayed at the pub”.
President Washington house in London was filled with bones in the cellar about 12-14 people because he probably used the body snatchers to get him bodies to dissect..
Another informative ramble Jessica! London has so many historical oddments for you to explore and present and I look forward to seeing where you choose to go next! Truly fascinating and just the right balance. Thankyou!
You're very welcome! It's so nice to do what I love most and have folks react this way.
Great presenation- very informative- Thank you.
Glad you enjoyed it!
I’m loving your videos, you go into such detail. You definitely do your research. Most people that do this type of video do the short cuts and only go to see a museum and just read the little plaque. Yours are very in-depth, it’s wonderful. You must do a lot of work to put these videos together.
It does take me a long time! Thank you for your kind words.
Saturday the tree where the graves collected by Thomas Hardy is now dead. can I just say that I love your work and love your attention to details? You clearly know what you’re talking about?
This is the first of your videos I’ve seen. I love history so much. Thank you for this tour. Subbing now! 😊
Welcome aboard! Thank you for watching.
You are so lovely ❤. Been enjoying these videos this afternoon
Thank you so much, Nicole!
Would love a tour of the Soane museum! Thank you- these are wonderful.
It’s on my shortlist! I love it there. Thanks for watching!
Fantastic tour thank you so much for taking your time to put this together. I learned so much from your videos. Very interesting stuff.
You’re very welcome! Thank you for watching.
Just found your Channel. Really love this, as EX Londoner I miss its history. Nice content. Will watch all your past stuff as a binge out!
Awesome, thank you! Glad to have you as subscriber.
I Really, REALLY enjoy your content, and the way you present it. I hope you'll soon get the follower count you truly deserve! Thank you for showing us these treasures. I've been to the UK twice, but sadly didn*t have an opportunity to visit even one museum. I really want to go back and take my time exploring that city one day! Love from Bavaria, Germany!
Thank you! The next time you come to the UK, museums should be your top priority. :)
I can only echo what you say. The channel is so new yet is 100 percent professional. I hope Jessica will get sponsors soon.
@@TheMuseumGuide definitely! If you're ever in Norfolk, I can recommend the Norwich Castle museum, which is basically the only museum on british soil I visited so far :D I had a nosebleed in front of the egyptian cat mummy, and since it's an inside joke between my friend and I that, whenever we see a cat, "the mummy accepted my blood sacrifice and is out to get me". Lol.
Ok, that is definitely creepy! I love it. You should visit the British Museum and see the cat mummy there - and find out if you get another nosebleed...
Save your money and don't visit this hell hole of a country go to France instead it's way better..
Very educational and nice job!
Thank you very much!
St. Ethaeldreda's church looks amazing! I love old and historic places and found the history of the church and of Ethaeldreda's life very fascinating.
Oooooh I love this soooo much! More more more!!
Thank you so much! I have another spooky one coming up in a few weeks. :)
I’ve been binging your videos all day! I absolutely love them. And, I’m in London so I can visit all the places you recommend! ❤
Yay! Thank you! So happy you like them. :)
Such curious details and pieces of true history, just wow!
Thank you for watching!
Fantastic vid, I'm gonna make a road trip for the wife to visit these places, she loves old London, you have shown me a lot of stuff that i didnt know. Thank you so much !!
That pleases me so much to hear! You have no idea. :)
What a pleasure it is to tour these places with you!! I feel as if I am right there.
Learning so much. Thank you!
In Philadelphia,
Lawrie
I’m so happy to hear it!
I LOVe the Soane Museum! You must do that! Thanks for giving me my adored London with such intelligence and ease.
I need to go and film it! Very soon. Thank you for watching.
Moreover, I found your red tatoo on the neck quite interesting, looking like a typical Baroque heart, surrounded by burning flames, a symbol of eternity often shown in paintings in Baroque cathedrals, my favourite era, the Baroque, regarding music, architecture, paintings, gardens and furniture.😊
I really enjoyed this, thank you !
Glad you enjoyed it!
Super interesting. Thanks for taking us on the cool tour.
You're welcome!
Absolutely super vid, well done, history of the word 'tawdry' - love it.
Excellent!!! I will be using this info to plan my trip for next year. These churches have got Harrod’s beat big time. 👍🏻
I very much agree!
Just found your channel and I love it already. Very intersting topics and and I enjoy the relaxed way they are presented. There are multiple good history channels on TH-cam but yours stands out as very personal and it is obvious alot of work and thought is put into each video and topic. Keep up the good work; subscribed.
Thank you so much!
I am a fan of your content. Looking forward every week for you content. Hello from Puerto Rico !
Thank you Esther!
Yes please visit all of the places you mention but especially the surgical museum! Any kind of historical medicine is my jam.
I am so beyond pleased to have stumbled across your channel, I'm hooked!
@@Thisisnotamie welcome welcome!
This was excellent.
Thank you! I really loved putting it together.
Loved this! I've been to London many times and now I am looking for new interesting places to visit
I love to hear that!
Just found this channel and it's great!! I'm excited to see what comes next
Welcome! Excited to post a new video in a couple days. :)
Just stumbled over your channel , I like EVERYTHING you have posted. Cheers from California !
Welcome aboard! Thank you for watching.
So glad I came across your channel ,finding it all very intresting ,would really love to visit London some day ,but such a long trip from Australia 🇦🇺
Please do!
Thank you for taking me along for these amazing sites of history ! ❤🎉
You're very welcome!
I appreciate your videos. The subjects are some of my favorite and you’re an amazing narrator. Thanks for the amazing tours.
Thank you so much. Comments like these make it worth it. ❤️
I never considered, nor desired to know the etymology of "tawdry", but now I know I will never forget.
Your content is fascinating, accessible and brilliantly delivered. Thank you.
Wow, thank you! ❤️
Deserved and earned a new sub! Keep up the great work
Love from Edmonton, Alberta ❤
Thanks!
Thank you very much!
I just found your channel today. I love it! Thanks for giving me new ideas for my next visit to London. It's my favorite city! ❤
This is a thoroughly informative video. My favorite item is the living chandelier. Marrying beauty with utility is both important and beatific. Enlightening! 🎉❤
That was William Morris’s ethos!
The tiered construction of wedding cakes was inspired by St Bride's church steeple. A baker on the same street as the church did the first known tiered wedding cakes
And some say it was the other way around, and Wren was inspired by the baker! It’s common lore, but no proof of either. A cute story, though!
Thank you for this video! You’ve inspired me to look back into going to grad school, I’m so glad I found your channel!
Thoroughly enjoyed
fabulous video. how I wish I'd been more interested in history when I lived my first 43 years in London!
Jessica, I have an English friend who lives in Lt. Downham just outside of Ely, Cambs whom I last visited in 2019. Since I am a Catholic I attended mass at St. Etheldreda Catholic Church there. There is also St. Etheldreda Cathedral in Ely. It is now Anglican and has the remnants of a shrine to St. Etheldreda that was mostly destroyed during the reformation. People still come to worship her at what remains of her shrine. The Catholic church has her now-corrupted hand on display next to the altar. I've seen it! It's in a niche behind glass where you can push a button to view it. It's pretty creepy. Fascinating features. Thanks very much from Kathleen in California. I will check you again. You rock!
I thought the Cathedral in Ely was still Catholic! I hope to visit very soon - it's a few hours away from my home in Kent. :)
Jessica, thank you for responding! St. Etheldreda's Cathedral in Ely is named Ely Cathedral. if you go to their website you can find the page related to the departed Saint. They have an online gift shop & the prices are the same as three years ago. I bought a St. Etheldreda hanging ornament for 12 pounds & the price is still the same. I have a special reverence for her & often pray to her. I know she listens.....really. I've been in Kent, everyplace in England is special to me.
Fascinating! I used to live in London for many years & never knew about these places! I’d love to go back & visit everything you filmed!!! So interesting!
Thank you for watching! I love showing off hidden and strange places.
Great work as usual. Love the gruesome and dark history. Thanks Jessica x
Glad you enjoyed it! That's my favourite topic. ;)
As the daughter of a funeral director, I have always been drawn to cemeteries and usually chose to study in them when at university. I hope to return to England and join your tours!
Tawdry! ThNk you! I learn something new every day and today it was ftom YOU!
I love etymologies!
A very informative and interesting video
Thank you!
Jessica, I read in both of my local papers (SF Chronicle & East Bay Times) about the unfortunate demise of the Hardy Tree. I knew that I saw it on your website around Halloween. I have you to thank for informing me of this magical place of Saint Pancras Old Church with its religious significance and rich historical facts. (The Beatles were photographed there in 1968 which you may not have known!) Thanks & Happy New Year from Kathleen in California
Happy new year! Thank you for watching. ❤️
All most interesting, Jessica. My late father (bn. 1917) was head chorister at Saint Etheldreda's in the early 1930s, and whenever we visited London he would take me into the church before adjourning to the tiny pub at the court at the rear of the premises - the Mitre Tavern, I believe it was called.
It is! I actually filmed some content there, but the pub was closed because it was a Saturday, so I cut it. Wonderful memories!
I cant wait to watch your channel grow. This is such great content!
Thank you so much!
Yes 💖
Thank you. Enjoyed every minute!❤️🇨🇦
Glad you enjoyed it! You're very welcome.
Great video thanks.A look at the Horniman Museum would be great.Such a trove of esoteric oddities .I haven't been for over a decade but I remember a synthesizer donated by Psychik TV being in their musical instruments gallery.May aswell pop in to Nunhead cemetery to get a full day of South London psycho-geographical fun.
I loved Genesis! My husband and I went to see Psychic TV at Heaven in 2018.
Loved watching ur video!
Greetings from Amsterdam.
Thank you so much Martijn!
Which museums should I visit and cover in Amsterdam?
Really enjoyed this- fantastic stuff for the countdown to Halloween! Makes me really want to visit some of these churches. Temple Church is also pretty spooky- it was built by the Knights Templar so has some weird features that appeal to conspiracy types, but is also fascinating from a historical perspective. Ely was (sort of) an island in Etheldreda's time, as it was surrounded by marshes. The fens were drained from the 17th century onward to make way for farmland. An Edinburgh trip would definitely be brilliant- ridiculous amounts of great museums, art and history there, as well as plenty of creepy graveyards.
I love Edinburgh- I can’t wait to go back to film!
I almost included Temple Church in this video, but I’m make one about “Mysterious Churches.”
Thank you for watching!
@@TheMuseumGuide I look forward to both of those.
You are one of my 6 year olds favourite youtubers. He was in London at the weekend and took great pride in showing our friends some of the spots you have been too.
He says come to Derry/Londonderry please 😂
You’ve truly made my night. The next time you’re in London, I’d love to give him a free tour!
@@TheMuseumGuide he kept shouting that Jessica had been here in the museums 🤣! Keep doing what your doing, the videos really matter to people ❤️
Loved this video! As a serious Anglophile (two sides of my family are English) I enjoy learning about London and England. Please do Sone’s Museum. I’ve a lot of photos of parts of it but have never been able to figure out how it all goes together (the layout-not the interesting items shown there).
The layout is WILD. It's such a strange place! I will go and film it soon.
@megangreene3955Wow it’s amazing how much some Americans love Britain and its history, I’m English and I lived in London for 12 years and never visited most of these places, hope one day you get to visit Britain I’d definitely recommend Edinburgh over London much smaller than London and easier to get around and has more charm and friendly people, just done my family tree and my Great Great Great Grandfather was born in Shoreditch London his name was Ebenezer Squirrel, he sounds like a Dickensian character, thanks for loving my country.
Absolutely brilliant
Thank you!
Thank you, very interesting. Will be interesting to learn about London's synagogues. I was surprised to learn that Great London's synagogue was at Trafalgar Square.
Thank you for your comment! The Great Synagogue, destroyed by the Blitz, was actually at Aldgate. To my knowledge, there has never been a synagogue near Trafalgar Square? There is a beautiful old one in Fitzrovia, though! The Central Synagogue.
@@TheMuseumGuide Thank you. For some reason internet shows that it site was at Trafalgar Square.
I hope i get to visit the UK one day, until then i will tour through your videos.
You’d be incredibly welcome 🙏🏽🏴🇬🇧
Excellent video, lots of great work, thanks for taking me to London!
My pleasure!
This vid came up in my recommendations. You did an excellent job explaining the history of these churches and showing their interesting macabre objects. I just subbed to your channel. Cheers!
Glad you enjoyed it! It's my favourite topic.
Absolutely fascinating!!
Thanks for your effort!!
My pleasure!
Absolutely marvelous! You present so much interesting historical data in each episode. I booked a tour immediately in Edinburgh for the Medical museum and tour since we are lucky enough to be visiting in a couple of weeks! Thanks so much for what, I’m sure, will be an incredible tour! Greetings from the Pacific Northwest!
Fantastic! I hope you enjoyed the visit, and r hank you for watching.
Fascinating ! Thank you for sharing your expertise
You’re very welcome! Thank you for watching.
Thank you for a lovely video. Need t check them out.
Absolutely! You're very welcome.
Thankyou. Very interesting and informative
Thank you so much, Louise!
@@TheMuseumGuide id love you to go back to the USA and go to fall river historical society museum to see abbys hair . Have you heard of the lizzie borden case ? It amazes me xxx
And other artifacts from the museum I would love to go 🙂
@@louisemerriman1079 That sounds fascinating!
@@TheMuseumGuide have you heard of the case ?
I enjoyed this, will check out more.
Thank you, Jane!
Yes, please do a Burke and Harre tour. Would love it! 😊
@@AmyElliott-yc3xu I’m hoping to get up to Edinburgh soon!
Love the way you tell our history keep up the good job 😊😊 Amazon
Thank you for watching!
I recently discovered your channel and am enjoying the interesting and informative videos this one has been my favourite so far thank you and I'm now hoping you have done one of the Sloan museum which I love
Thanks Judith! I’ve filmed one on Sir John Soane’s Museum but I have not written the video yet.
My favorite body-snatcher prevention tool was the crypt cannons/guns! Basically torpedos fired upwards from the coffin as a trap for unwary thieves. It seems doubtful they were ever used in practice, but it's a pretty wacky idea!
Loved the video.
Oh yes- I’ve seen one of those in print! I’ll try to find one in a museum. Thanks for the reminder!
Thanks for sharing, really enjoyed it 😊
Glad you enjoyed it!
You are an excellent narrator and guide
Thank you so much!
Thanks again
Philadelphia USA 🇺🇸 ❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
You’re very welcome!
What a brilliant video
Thank you so much!