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Map with Jewel Tower location c.1300
The Palace of Westminster can be seen in the lower left corner of this map. The Jewel Tower's location is marked with a red star.
St. Etheldreda's Chapel (in 2015)
St. Etheldreda’s Chapel is a one-story Gothic-style Catholic church located in the private road of Ely Place in London. The church was built c.a. 1290 CE as a chapel part of a larger estate belonging to the Bishops of Ely just outside the city…
Westminster Hall's (detail of hammer-beam roof)
This is a close-up of the hammer-beam roof, constructed by Hugh Herland in the late fourteenth century. The beams and the roof itself weigh a collective 836 tons, with the timbers of the beams weighing 660 tons. Featured in this image are the arches…
St Helen's Bishopsgate on London map c. 1270 (see gray arrow)
On this map of the east side of medieval London in 1270, St Helen’s Bishopsgate is located between Cornhulle and the City Wall.
St Helen's Bishopsgate (as it appears in 2015)
Here is a photo of St Helen's Bishopsgate as it appears in 2015. The two churches continue to rest alongside each other. The building is largely constructed of reigate stone, and the depressed arches of the windows emphasize the building's Gothic…