21 January: St Giles Cripplegate, London

About the Venue
St. Giles' is one of the few remaining medieval churches in the City of London and is at the heart of the Barbican development. It is said that there has been a church on this spot for a thousand years. Little is known about the early Saxon church, which was probably a little chantry or chapel made of wattle and daub. In 1090 a Norman church stood on this site, built by Alfune who afterwards assisted Rahere in building the neighbouring church of St Bartholomew the Great. The name Cripplegate comes from the Anglo-Saxon "cruplegate" which means a covered way or tunnel which ran from the town gate of Cripplegate to the Barbican, a fortified watchtower on the City wall.  

Wednesday, January 21: London
St. Giles Cripplegate
1:05pm
Fore Street, Barbican,
London EC2Y 8DA
Phone: (020) 7638 1997
FREE