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Botolph of Thorney was an English abbot and saint. He is regarded as the patron saint of boundaries, and by extension, of trade and travel, as well as various aspects of farming. His feast day is celebrated either on 17 June or 25 June.

Botolph and his brother Adolph were young Saxon nobles living in the 7th century, and were sent for their education to a Benedictine Abbey in France. Adolph rose to be a Dutch Bishop, whilst Botolph came back to his native East Anglia. He was given, by King Anna, a grant of land on which to build a monastery. This land was at Icanhoh, a site that has been said to be the present Boston (Botolph’s Town) in Lincolnshire but is more likely to have been Iken, near Aldeburgh in Suffolk. Certainly Icanhoh was in a marshland area, for Botolph was said to have expelled the swamps of their “Devils” – in fact, he probably had the marshes drained and eliminated the “marsh gas” with its night glow.

Born: 610 AD, England Died: 680 AD Place of burial: Westminster Abbey, Thorney Abbey and Ely Cathedral. Feast day: 17 June (England); 25 June (Scotland); 1 December (translation of relics)

St Botolph's without Aldgate

Human snails in Aldgate Sq.

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Not for me!

What is this mural about?

Iconic catering sized Marmite

The Gherkin

Sculpture in the City

The Granary

Lloyds Building

We are alone or We are all one

Pittu Pithu Pitoo

by Simon Barclay

Summer Moon by Ugo Rondinone

We had coffee in a coffee roasting establishment

Pacific Red II

Crow

Not for me with bells on!

Bell tower

The Can of Ham, 70 St Mary Axe

St Botolph without Bishopsgate

Muamba Grove o Hue#1 Muamba Grove Hue#2 by Vanessa da Silva

Moorish Bathhouse

Architect George Harold Elphick (1851-1924), whose office was practically next door to the site, designed a flamboyant structure in a Moorish style, cleverly using only a very small footprint at pavement level, with the baths below ground. Elphick also designed the tiles for the interior; based on a pattern used in the Alhambra Palace, they were manufactured by Craven Dunnill in Shropshire. The new facilities, Nevills Turkish Baths, were opened 125 years ago in February 1895 and were widely admired.