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Sunday 2 October 2011

St George and the Suffragette

Back in the 1700's the area of Bloomsbury was growing rapidly. An act was passed in 1711 to build 50 new churches in the area. Six eventuated. Among them St Georges, shown here. In 1913 the funeral of Emily Davison, the suffragette killed by the King's horse at the Epsom Derby,was held here.

7 comments:

Adullamite said...

Love the windows. For its time it was well lit. Excellent shot.

Leif Hagen said...

What a grand, beautiful sanctuary! I love the architectural details!

Sharon said...

Beautiful building. Six out of fifty, sounds like government work.

Karine said...

What a beautiful church!

jabblog said...

Appropriately grand for Bloomsbury - it looks very airy and light.

Gunn said...

It looks very pretty.

I have heard ( or perhaps read) that many churches have been turned in to flats in London.(?)

Jack said...

Good photo of an attractive church. I never heard af the king's horse killing a suffragette.

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