Southwark Cathedral

Another unplanned but excellent visit. Construction of the present building began in 1220. Southwark was initially a priory church, then a parish church after the Dissolution, a cathedral only since 1905. But there is much history and architecture within.

Shard and tower of Southwark Cathedral

Nave view; beautiful 13th century gothic

Shakespeare window and memorial

My favorite character, Falstaff, of course

Love the Tudor/Stuart memorials

Helpful model

Harvard Chapel; John Harvard was born and

baptized here in 1607, before sailing off to 

Cambridge, Mass.

Monument to Dr. Lionel Lockyer, physician, whose pills were 
said, laughingly, to be cure-alls 

Another beautiful tomb, this of John Gower,
poet laureate to Richard II and Henry IV

The Chaucer Window

Choir rehearsal had begun, so we sat and listened, admiring the
beautiful sculpture in the quire

Among the archaeological exhibits

Peering down into some of the earlier bits; note stone coffin with

separate compartment for head (in case it was detached?)

Excellent signage showing dates of various levels of excavation,
right down to the Roman road

Bonus: one of the most important depictions of 17th century (pre-Great Fire) London
is Wenceslas Hollar's Long View of London from Bankside, 1647; drawn from Southwark
Cathedral's central tower