The long-awaited evolution of Farringdon's much-loved iconic site is finally here. Situated in the heart of the City of London, 'Smiths' of Smithfield is a stunning example of a Grade II-listed building that over the years has evolved to its present-day design of four floors each offering a truly unique…
DEATH AND DEBAUCHERY - A Guided Tour of Smithfield
Description
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Something A Little Different, Theatre/Arts and Walks & Tours
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Tickets from £13.00
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Farringdon
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n/a
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Sat, 2nd Oct 2021 @ multiple start times (see ticket info)
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Multiple start times (see ticket info)
Explore the macabre history of "Smooth Field" (aka Smithfield) on this special London Month of the Dead walking tour with historical guide PETE SMITH.
In medieval times Smithfield was used as a brutal public execution ground (‘Braveheart' William Wallace and Wat Tyler, leader of the Peasants’ Revolt, not to mention some 200 ‘heretics’ in the reign of Mary Tudor, met their grisly ends here) as well as doubling up as a meat market, which has existed for a thousand years and still supplies the capital's restaurants and shops. The current market building was designed by Sir Horace Jones, the Victorian architect of Tower Bridge.
We will hear of revolution, subterranean secrets, stories of some of the capital’s finest pubs and of how Londoners once managed, quite legally, to sell their wives at Smithfield. Pete will also highlight the area’s links to bodysnatching, the case of one of London's most famous ghosts - and the history of Bartholomew Fair – the most debauched and drunken holiday in the calendar - which lasted for seven centuries before being killed off by the prurience of the Victorians.
Each ticket includes a 20% donation towards a host of restoration projects at Kensal Green Cemetery.
Pete Smith is a Devon-born academic who has lived in London since the age of ten. Since retiring as Head of English and Dean of Arts at Brunel University (a job he describes as very like managing the salad bar at Smithfield Meat Market), he has reinvented himself as a City of London and City of Westminster guide and freelance lecturer.
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Tickets/Times
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Death and Debauchery
A Guided Tour of Smithfield |
11:00 - 12:30 | £13.00 |
| Afternoon ticket | 14:00 - 15:30 | £12.00 |
Location
Address
Smiths of Smithfield, 67-77A Charterhouse Street, EC1M 6HJ
Area
Farringdon
Nearest Station
Farringdon (Tube)
Organiser
A Curious Invitation and Antique Beat
This year Antique Beat and A Curious Invitation will be hosting The London Month of the Dead, a series of 36 different events investigating the capital’s relationship with its deceased residents. Events will include a private view of the Museum of London’s bone archive, taxidermy workshops, macabre walking tours and private views and a programme of weekend death salons with talks on subjects ranging from public dissection and body snatching to reincarnation and funereal folklore. Each salon will feature a pair of speakers, authorities in fields such as osteology, forensic pathology and the paranormal, who will offer their own perspectives and insights on mortality in the city.
Each year the London Month of the Dead donates 20% of all ticket revenue to one of London's magnificent seven cemeteries. In 2017 all of the death salons and concerts will be hosted at the Dissenters and Anglican chapels at Kensal Green. In previous years the month's programme has centered around Brompton Cemetery but the chapel is now undergoing important restoration work, a project the London Month of the Dead is proud to have supported.
The London Month of the Dead has been curated by a Curious Invitation and Antique Beat to inform, entertain and provoke on the subject of death and London cemeteries.
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2. Tickets are issued subject to the rules and regulations of the venue.
3. Please check your tickets, as mistakes cannot always be rectified.
4. Occasionally, events are cancelled or postponed by the promoter, team, performer or venue for a variety of reasons. If the event is cancelled, please contact us for information on receiving a refund from the responsible party. If the event was moved or rescheduled, the venue or promoter may set refund limitations. It is your responsibility to ascertain the date and time of any rearranged event.
5. The venue reserves the right to refuse admission and may on occasion have to conduct security searches to ensure the safety of the patrons.
6. Every effort to admit latecomers will be made at a suitable break in the event, but admission cannot always be guaranteed.
7. We regret that tickets cannot be exchanged or refunded after purchase.
8. Tickets are sold subject to the venue or promoter's right to alter or vary the programme due to events or circumstances beyond its control without being obliged to refund monies or exchange tickets.
9. If this ticket is re-sold or transferred for profit or commercial gain by anyone other than the promoter, venue management, DesignMyNight or one of their authorised sub-agents, it will become voidable and the holder may be
refused entry to or ejected from the venue.
10. The venue may operate a No Smoking Policy.
11. The promoter, venue management and DesignMyNight accept no responsibility for any personal property.
12. The event listed on the purchased ticket is strictly for ticket holders who are over 18 years of age. Identification may be required.
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