Gardens -- England -- London; London (England) -- Description and travel; Parks -- England -- London
St. Botolph’s, Aldersgate, has one of the largest churchyards in the
City, but it really consists of four pieces of land thrown into one
in 1892, by a scheme under the London Parochial Charities, which
contributed part of the purchase-money of some of the land, and gives
£150 a year for the upkeep--£100 being paid to them by the General Post
Office, which has the right of light over the whole space. One-half
of the churchyard is St. Botolph’s, and the rest is made up of the
burial-grounds of St. Leonard, Foster Lane, and Christ Church, Newgate
Street, and a strip of land which might have been built on, but which,
under the revised scheme in 1900, became permanently part of this open
space. The garden is carefully laid out; there are nice plane trees
and a little fountain, regular paths and numerous seats. A sheltered
gallery runs along one side, and in it are tablets to commemorate deeds
of heroism in humble life--Londoners who lost their lives in saving
the lives of others. The church of St. Botolph was one which escaped
the Fire, but had fallen into such disrepair that it was rebuilt, by
Act of Parliament, in 1754. The Act specially stipulates that none of
the gravestones were to be removed, but where some of them are, now
that it is a trim garden, it would be hard to say. Being not far from
the General Post Office, this garden is so much used by its officials
during the middle of the day, it has earned the name of the “Postman’s
Park.”
[Illustration: SUN-DIAL, ST. BOTOLPH’S]
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