Ama-Whitefriars Akhala eMzini WaseLondon yizinsalela ze-14th century prioryval priory eyayingumyalo weKarmeli obizwa ngokuthi i-White Friars.
Leli sayithi laliyikhaya lokuqala esikhungweni sezenkolo ngo-1253. Le crypt, ecatshangwa ukuthi isukela ngasekupheleni kwekhulu le-14, yilabo abahlala khona kuphela abahlala ekhoneni likaKarmeli elibizwa ngokuthi i-White Friars. Ekuphakameni kwalo, isisekelo esasuka kuFleet Street kuya eThames, esiboshwe iThempeli entshonalanga neManzi Lane (manje e-Whitefriars Street) empumalanga.
Umhlabathi wawuqukethe isonto, ama-cloisters, ingadi, namathuna.
Umlando
Umyalo, amalungu ayegqoke izingubo ezimhlophe ngemikhuba yawo emibala ngezikhathi ezisemthethweni, asekelwe eNtabeni iKarmeli (e-Israyeli wanamuhla) ngo-1150 kodwa eqhutshwa eNingizimu Engcwele yiSaracens ngo-1238. Ngaphansi kokubambisana kukaRichard, U-Earl waseCornwall, umfowabo weNkosi uHenry III, amanye amalungu alo myalelo ohamba ngomkhumbi eya eNgilandi, ngo-1253, eyakhe isonto elincane eFleet Street. Kwathathwa indawo yesonto elikhulu kakhulu eminyakeni eyikhulu kamuva.
Ngenkathi uHenry VIII echitha isithunzi phakathi nekhulu le-16, wanika udokotela wakhe u-William Butte iningi lalo mhlaba. Izakhiwo maduzane zahlaselwa. Ngempela, le crypt ibonakala sengathi isetshenziswe ngesikhathi esisodwa njengekhamera yamalahle. Ihholo elikhulu, okwamanje, laguqulwa laba yi-Whitefriars Playhouse, eyayiyindawo yokulandelana kwezinkampani zabadlali bezingane.
Ekugcineni, abakhi bokuzicabangela bahambela, bagcwalisa isayithi ngezindlu zokuhlala ezishibhile.
Ngawo-1830, lapho uCharles Dickens ebhala ngesifunda, i-Whitefriars yakha idumela le-seedy njengesiphephelo sokugcina sabagebengu nezidakwa.
Lesi sikhalazo, esasingaphansi kokufakwa kokuqala (ikhanda lomkhumbi), satholakala ngesikhathi sokusebenza ngo-1895. Sasihlanjululwa futhi sabuyiselwa ngawo-1920, lapho le ndawo ivuselelwa egameni lephephandaba i- News of the World .
Ukuhamba
Leli sayithi laphinde lavuselelwa ngasekupheleni kweminyaka engama- 1980 emva kokuthi i- News of the World neThe Sun ishiye iFleet Street kuWapping. I-crypt, eyayikuma ngakwesokunene kwesayithi, yaphakanyiswa kwi-raft ye-concrete futhi yathuthela endaweni yayo yamanje. Kungenzeka ukubuka i-crypt evela ngaphandle kwesakhiwo nakuba kungekho ukufinyelela okuqondile komphakathi kuwo.
Indlela Yokuthola i-Whitefriars Crypt
Iziteshi zeT Tube eziseduze zithempelini noma ama-Blackfriars.
Sebenzisa i- Journey Planner noma uhlelo lokusebenza lwe-Citymapper ukuze uhlele umzila wakho ngokuthutha komphakathi.
I-Whitefriars Crypt ingemuva kwamahhovisi omthetho wamazwe omhlaba we- Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer ku-65 Fleet Street, eLondon EC4Y 1HS.
Vala i-Fleet Street bese uhamba ngaphansi kweBuverie Street. Bheka iMagpie Alley ngakwesokunxele sakho. Vula futhi uma ufinyelela egcekeni ubheke phezu kodonga kuze kube phansi. Kukhona izinyathelo ngakwesobunxele sakho ukuze uhlolisise izinsalela ze-Whitefriars Crypt.
Lolu lwazi luvela ebhodini lokubonisa esakhiweni esinikezwa yi-Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer (ummeli wezomthetho ogama amahhovisi ase-Whitefriars Crypt), asetshenziswe ngemvume.