Thomas Cromwell’s Wolf Hall Tudor London Walking Tour

This is one of the most prominent tudor facades in London.
The original building from 1585 was once the wool staple, where wool was weighed and taxed. It survived the great fire of London, was refaced in the 17th century and restored in the 19th and 20th centuries. The hall was damaged by bombing in 1944.

Thomas Cromwell was elected as a member of Gray's Inn which was and is a lawyers guild and would have been familiar with the paths, gardens and buildings of Gray's Inn.

Step inside the lovely Gray's Inn Chapel which though built for the members of the Inn is open to worship and respectful visitors.

Home of specialist dealers in fine English silver, antiques and objets d'art, housed in underground vaults.

Lincolns Inn is a beautiful and equally prestigious establishment as Greys Inn and on weekdays we might take a peek inside,

Now a private library building for the prestigious Kings College, this was once a place where Thomas Cromwell had an office.

We will pass through another famous and beautiful legal district in London, much used as filming locations and as settings in many great literary works.

See the beautiful Temple Church (from the outside) more recently famous for its role in the Da Vinci Code but with a history going back 800 years.

Once the location of a famed Tudor theatre.

From here the plans for the divorce of King Henry VIII and Queen Katherine of Aragon were hatched.

See what small ruins remain of Blackfriars, one of many abbeys and priors that were seized and closed down by King Henry VIII. Whitefriars is nearby too and we will visit that also.

From a short distance away we will marvel at the beautiful symbol of the City of London, St Pauls Cathedral which arose from the ashes of the Great Fire and narrowly escaped destruction in The Blitz.

Learn the story of the Golden Boy and the Great Fire of London.

One of many memorials here. See where William 'Braveheart' Wallace met his end.

Remembering one of the greatest moments in medieval history, the Peasants Revolt.

See this wonderful old Tudor looking gatehouse and learn about its remarkable history.

Stand on the spot where Protestant bishops were burned to death at the stake by Queen Mary in Tudor times.

Thomas Cromwell had a more personal involvement with the dissolution of this once great old building than some others. Now left as a memorial garden having been bombed out in WW2.

This old street in the heart of the City of London is where Sir Thomas More was born who of course met an unfortunate end at Tower Hill.

Once an Augustin Friary, following its dissolution. The entire sprawling estate became the person domain of Thomas Cromwell (one of many) and his main residence in the City of London.

Now the gorgeous home of the esteemed Drapers Livery Company, this building is one of the few reminders of the home of Thomas Cromwell.

Once the church for the friars, it is a place that Thomas Cromwell would have known intimately and then as now a quiet refuge from the bustling financial centre of the City.

Now the largest parish church in the City of London, before the Reformation this was a Nunnery and sits atop suspected Roman or Saxon foundations.

This famous old road is now utterly transformed but we will pass through it. On the south side near the Walkie-Talkie building was once another home of Thomas Cromwell

In Wolf Hall, King Henry VIII mentioned how upon meeting Anne of Cleves that he felt he might be marrying the Cornhill Maypole. Here it is next to the famed Cheesegrater building.

We will pass by this lovely and truly ancient church, a favourite of Charles Dickens and where the famous diarist, Samuel Pepys is buried. He lived across the road during the time of the Great Plague and Great Fire of London

We finish the tour outside the Tower of London at Traitors Gate, the infamous entry point to the Tower for those likely never to leave again.

One of the most famous election spots in British history. See the memorial at the very spot where Thomas Cromwell, Thomas More and countless others were put to death in Tudor times and indeed other periods in history.