Building east of the junction of Fann Street and Viscount Streets  

51.521681, -0.09531 (OpenStreetMap, Google Maps, Yandex Maps)

Sign to the left of southwest entrance
Last word in the 10th line from the top
MAWRTH

Historical background

Languages and Dialects of the United Kingdom
It is common knowledge that British and American English are two dialects of the same language. So it is no surprise when you meet an enthusiastic American or ecstatic Australian in some remote place in England travelling with purpose to learn English.
British English is in use in all four parts on the country. Yet in each part it has its distinctive differences: pronunciation, speech melody and local slang. Sometimes it is not so easy for Londoners to understand a Scotsman with rolling “r” in every word even if it is not there. The melodious and steady pronunciation is typical for the Irish and Welsh but an Irish affirmative sentence can be mistaken as a question by an Englishman. A great number of large cities as well as counties have their own dialects. Proper Yorkshireman reading this text for our “Running City London” might say “I don’t know, maybe they talk like this in London”. Sometimes in the same town you can hear the dialects of the different classes of society: rhyming Cockney in London, Pitmatic used by miners’ community in the counties of Northumberland and Durham, Liverpool Scouse or Birmingham Brummie.
In addition to the vast variety of dialects there are other languages in Britain, for example Welsh with its history beginning in the 6th century. Though a minority language, it is alive and still in use. At the beginning of the 20th century the number of native speakers was so small that it seemed that it would be a dead language in a couple of generations. British laws supporting Welsh alongside English, Welsh radio and TV programmes helped to save the language and now one fifth of the population in Wales can speak Welsh. The Presbyterian Church of Wales in Fann Street is one of a few of a kind in London. During the last few years the church was on the verge of closing due to a very small congregation but the Welsh community put a lot of efforts to save the church. In all English towns the service in Presbyterian Church of Wales is conducted in both English and Welsh.

Present in routes of categories Lion-Light, Lion-Pro, Horseman

Passed by: 62/69 (90%).

By categories:

  • Horseman: 1/1 (100%)
  • Lion-Light: 24/25 (96%)
  • Lion-Pro: 37/43 (86%)