St. James Infirmary Blues London's St. James Hospital, a religious foundation for the treatment of leprosy. His references list an article by Kenneth Lodewick. That article states, giving no reference or source for the idea, that the phrase "St. James Hospital" refers to a hospital of that name in London. There is some difficulty in this because the hospital in question closed in 1532 when Henry VIII acquired the land to build St James's Palace. Another possibility suggested by Higginbotham on the basis of his claim that the song "St. James Infirmary" dates at least from the early nineteenth century, is the Infirmary section
St Sophia's Cathedral, London of icons) was painted by Ludwig Thiersch, who had studied religious painting in Athens. He had suggested that the walls were not decorated with frescos, because of the damp climate in London. Instead, the trustees commissioned Byzantine-inspired mosaics from G M Mercenero & Co, to the designs of A G Walker. From 1926 more mosaics were commissioned from Boris Anrep. Timotheos Catsiyannis, "The Greek Community of London" (London, 1993) Michael Constantinides, "The Greek Orthodox Church in London" (London, 1933) George Kakavas (ed.), "Treasured Offerings. The Legacy of the Greek Orthodox Cathedral of St. Sophia, London" (Athens, 2002) St Sophia's Cathedral,