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
80. _Additional ground round the Chapel of Ease in Holloway Road._—4
acres. This is also laid out as a public garden, and is beautifully kept
by the Islington Vestry.
81. _Burial-ground of St. John’s Roman Catholic Church_, Duncan Row.—½
acre. A strip at the northern end of this ground is railed off with some
tombstones in it, the remainder being tar-paved and used as a playground
for the boys’ Roman Catholic school.
82. _Islington Chapel-ground_, Church Street (also called Little Bunhill
Fields).—The original chapel was built in 1788, and had a small
graveyard. In 1817 the Rev. Evan Jones bought the garden of 5, Church
Row, and added it to this graveyard, the whole ground being nearly 1
acre in extent. It is now in several divisions, part is a yard belonging
to the General Post Office, and the other parts are let and sold as
builders’ yards, or are vacant.
83. _Maberley Chapel-ground_, Ball’s Pond Road.—Now called Earlham Hall.
The ground is about 270 square yards, between the chapel and the road.
It is closed and bare.
84. _Jewish Burial-ground_, Ball’s Pond.—1¼ acres. This belongs to the
West London Synagogue, is very neatly kept, and is still in use. It is
full of very large tombstones.
ST. LUKE’S.
85. _St. Luke’s Churchyard_, Old Street.—In two parts. Size of the whole
ground, nearly 1¾ acres. The piece round the church is closed, and full
of large altar tombs, ivy being planted most profusely. There is a great
deal of rubbish in it. The part on the north side was laid out as a
public garden in 1878, and is maintained by the vestry.
86. _The Poor ground_, Bath Street.—¼ acre. This was originally larger
than it is now. It was consecrated in 1662 for the parish of St. Giles,
Cripplegate, and called the pest-house ground. After 1732, when St.
Luke’s parish was formed, it was used by that parish. Now it is neatly
laid out and used as a recreation ground by the patients of the St.
Luke’s Asylum. It is ¼ acre in extent.
87. _Wesleyan Chapel-ground_, City Road.—½ acre. The part in front of
the chapel is neatly kept, but the part behind is closed and not so
tidy. Wesley himself was buried in a vault here.
88. _Bunhill Fields._—5 or 6 acres. This was originally two grounds, the
southern part having been intended for burials in the Great Plague, but
not being used was let by the Corporation to a Mr. John Tyndall, who
carried it on as a private cemetery. Subsequently the northern part was
added, and the whole ground extensively used for the interment of
Dissenters. The Corporation maintain it as a public garden, but the
tombstones have not been moved, and only the gates at the eastern end
are generally open.
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