Problem
What is there to see in Edgware, the end of the Northern line. Lots of famous people lived there, but there's no record of where Anne Frank's father lived. Famous people went to North London Collegiate school. How do you remember the spelling of St Lawrence? It has a w, like the word Law. What can you see?
St Lawrence's Church, Whitchurch Lane, Edgware, showing the old tower. Photo by Angela Lansbury. Copyright.
St Lawrence's Church is on Whitchurch Lane. All that remains of what you can imagine was the white church is a square tower, dating back to the 13the century. The rest of the building was added later.
Answer
St Lawrence's Church has Handel's organ which you can see on tours. You can admire the outside of the church any time.
Here's the back of the church with the graves.
Contrast the modern graves with the much older ones.
Older gravestones leaning in St Lawrence's Church graveyard, Edgware. Photo by Angela Lansbury.
Here's a grand monument, with the lady leaning on the cross.
A modern gravestone with a bench so you can sit and contemplate at St Lawrence's Church. Photo by Angela Lansbury.
A path leads you on.
When you are ready to leave, an avenue of grand trees leads you back to the front gate. Photo by Angela Lansbury.
Angela Lansbury, travel writer and photographer, author and speaker.
What is there to see in Edgware, the end of the Northern line. Lots of famous people lived there, but there's no record of where Anne Frank's father lived. Famous people went to North London Collegiate school. How do you remember the spelling of St Lawrence? It has a w, like the word Law. What can you see?
St Lawrence's Church, Whitchurch Lane, Edgware, showing the old tower. Photo by Angela Lansbury. Copyright.
St Lawrence's Church is on Whitchurch Lane. All that remains of what you can imagine was the white church is a square tower, dating back to the 13the century. The rest of the building was added later.
Answer
St Lawrence's Church has Handel's organ which you can see on tours. You can admire the outside of the church any time.
Here's the back of the church with the graves.
The cemetery at the back of St Lawrence's Church, Edgware. Photo by Angela Lansbury.
You can see the white of the modern gravestones which are easy to read.
Modern gravestones in St Lawrence's Church, where the graveyard is still in use. Photo by Angela Lansbury. Copyright.
Contrast the modern graves with the much older ones.
Here's a grand monument, with the lady leaning on the cross.
The grandeur of the era. St Lawrence's Church, Edgware. Photo by Angela Lansbury.
A path leads you on.
Path through the cemetery surrounding St Lawrence' Church, Edgware. Photo by Angela Lansbury.
When you are ready to leave, an avenue of grand trees leads you back to the front gate. Photo by Angela Lansbury.
See my other posts on Handel and the church:
On St Lawrence's church, Handel's organ and Edgware, N W London:
On Handel in Edgware and central London:
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