In 1381 King Richard II met the leaders of the Peasants Revolt on Giltspur St. The Lord Mayor of London stabbed Wat Tyler who sought refuge in the Priory of St Bart’s before being dragged out and executed that same day. St Barts Hospital had been a Priory since 1123. In 1567, it’s principle was executed after being falsely convicted of trying to poison Queen Elizabeth I and in 1877 the hospital opened the first School of Nursing. The famous Bow Bells that are heard today were cast from the ones destroyed in the 1941 blitz. The bells in St Pauls have rung for royal weddings and the funerals of Nelson, Wellington and Winston Churchill. On Cheapside, gold was sold next to meat and the offal, or puddings, were taken down to the Thames along Pudding Lane, the same route as convicts being sent for transportation and the bodies of executed criminals. Their heads were placed on spikes at Bishopsgate. There’s lots more to discover, see and do as you revel in the highs and lows of Londons past. Register now to secure your place on the Great East End Walk.