The London Burial Grounds: Notes on Their History from the Earliest Times to the Present DayHolmes, Isabella M.
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The London Burial Grounds: Notes on Their History from the Earliest Times to the Present Day
Holmes, Isabella M.
Cemeteries -- England -- London -- History
22. _The Cemetery of the Benedictine Nunnery_, Fulham Palace Road.—This
is a small burial-ground in the garden. According to a report from the
Home Office it is about 14 by 12 yards in extent. It was in use before
1829, but was closed for interment some years ago.
23. _The Cemetery of the Convent_ (_Nazareth Home_), in Hammersmith
Road.—This is at the extreme end of the garden, under the wall of Great
Church Lane. It is not more than 12 yards by 9 yards, and is used for
the interment of the sisters, burials only taking place at considerable
intervals. This ground has been in use for upwards of 40 years.
FULHAM.
24. _All Saints’ Churchyard._—Two acres or more. This is kept open
during the summer months, and has seats in it, but the gravestones have
not been moved, nor has the ground been handed over to any public
authority for maintenance. It is neatly kept. No new graves are dug in
it, but where the rights can be proved certain old vaults are still
occasionally used.
25. _St. Mary’s Churchyard_, Hammersmith Road.—Size ½ acre. This ground
is closed, but fairly tidy. Several of the tombstones have been moved.
26. _St. John’s Churchyard_, Walham Green.—½ acre. There are only a few
tombstones on the north side of the church and none on the south side,
and the ground is closed and appears neglected.
27. _St. Thomas’s Roman Catholic Churchyard_, Fulham.—2,600 square
yards. This ground was closed by order in Council in 1857, but only
partially, for new graves are still dug in it, in the midst of a
densely-populated district of new streets. The gate is usually open.
28. _Lillie Road pest-field_ (the orchard of Normand House).—The site of
this orchard, then 4 acres in extent, was used extensively for burials
at the time of the Great Plague. Lintaine Grove now occupies part of it,
and a row of houses in Lillie Road. Only about ¾ acre is still unbuilt
upon, at the corner of Tilton Street, and this is offered for sale.
29. _Fulham Cemetery._—12½ acres. First used in 1865. Open daily.
30. _Hammersmith Cemetery_, in Fulham Fields.—16½ acres. First used in
1869. Open daily.
CHELSEA.
31. _St. Luke’s Churchyard_ (the old church on the Embankment).—¼ acre.
This ground is closed and neglected.
32. _St. Luke’s Churchyard_ (the new church in Robert Street).—2¼ acres.
This ground was consecrated in 1812, and contains vaults and catacombs.
It was laid out as a public garden and is maintained by the Chelsea
Vestry.
33. _Old Burial-ground_, King’s Road.—¾ acre. Given to the parish of
Chelsea by Sir Hans Sloane, consecrated in 1736, and enlarged in 1790. A
mortuary has been built in it. It is laid out as a garden for the use of
the inmates of the adjoining workhouse. Fragments of an old chapel and
graveyard have been found here.
34. _Chelsea Hospital Graveyard_, Queen’s Road.—1⅓ acres. This ground
was used for the interment of the pensioners. It is closed, but neatly
kept.
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