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
89. _The Friends Burial-ground_, Bunhill Row.—Acquired in 1661, many
times added to, and chiefly used by the Friends of the Peel and
Bull-and-Mouth divisions. In 1840 a school was built in it. The existing
portion is about ½ acre in size, and is neatly kept as a private garden;
but the remainder was used as the site for a Board School, a coffee
palace, houses and shops, including the Bunhill Fields Memorial
Buildings, erected in 1881.
90. _St. Bartholomew’s Hospital Ground_, Seward Street.—⅓ acre. This was
used for the interment of the unclaimed bodies. After being closed it
was let as a carter’s yard until it was laid out as a public playground
by the Metropolitan Public Gardens Association in 1891. It is maintained
by St. Luke’s Vestry.
91. _Cripplegate Poor ground_, Whitecross Street.—It was called the
“upper churchyard” of St. Giles, and was first used in 1636. It was very
much overcrowded, the fees being low. A part of the site is occupied by
the church and mission-house of St. Mary, Charterhouse, erected in 1864,
and only a very small courtyard now exists between these buildings, with
a large vault.
92. _The City Bunhill (or Golden Lane) Burial-ground._—¼ acres. This was
the site of a brewery, and set aside for burials in 1833. About
one-third of it is in the City. It is now divided. One part is in the
occupation of Messrs. Sutton and Co., carriers, and is full of sheds and
carts, the greater part being roofed in, and the southern part has the
City mortuary and coroner’s court on it. What is unbuilt upon is a neat,
private yard between these two buildings. It was closed for burials in
1853.
SHOREDITCH.
93. _St. Leonard’s Churchyard._—1½ acres. Maintained as a public garden
by the Shoreditch Vestry. It is, I believe, partly in Bethnal Green.
94. _Old Burial-ground_, Hackney Road.—½ acre. This has an ancient
watch-house in it, which was subsequently used as a cholera hospital. In
1892 the Metropolitan Public Gardens Association laid it out as a public
playground, and it is maintained by the Burial Board.
95. _Holywell Mount Burial-ground._—Behind St. James’s Church, Curtain
Road, which occupies the site of a theatre of Shakespeare’s time. The
ground is very old, and was much used at the time of plagues, and many
actors are buried there. There is only about ⅓ acre left, the greater
part having been used as the site for a parish room, and this is a
timber-yard approached from Holywell Row.
96. _St. Mary’s Churchyard_, Haggerston.—1⅓ acre. This is maintained by
the Shoreditch Burial Board as a public garden, open during the summer.
It was laid out by the Earl and Countess of Meath in 1882.
97. _St. John’s Churchyard_, Hoxton.—1¼ acres. Also maintained by the
Shoreditch Burial Board, and laid out by the Earl and Countess of Meath.
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