stepping down from the Strand
At the crypt of St Andrews in central London there are no faces carved in the stone to show likeness to noble Londoners. Even though the crypt is opposite the National Portrait Gallery. Oxford’s crypt is full of faces.
Underneath the oldest tower in Oxford, originally built by the Saxons one thousand years ago is the crypt where dead bodies were stored before burial and after their hanging. There are markings of a Norman soldiers face imbedded on one of the pillars to remind the local Saxons who won the Battle at Hastings.
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Sunday, 13 February 2011
