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
119. _Gibraltar Walk Burial-ground_, Bethnal Green Road.—Another private
ground, formed about 100 years ago. It belongs to a lady who lives in
the house which opens into it, and who has let pieces of it as yards for
the shops and houses round. It is full of shrubs, trees, and weeds, and
covered with rubbish, and is about ¾ acre in size.
120. _Jewish Burial-ground_, Brady Street.—This existed 100 years ago,
and belongs to the United Synagogue. I believe it is about 4 acres. It
is crowded with upright gravestones, and there are no properly made
paths, but it is covered with neglected grass. Part of it is higher than
the rest, the soil having been raised and the ground having been used a
second time. This was the “Strangers’” portion.
WHITECHAPEL.
121. _St. Mary’s Churchyard._—¾ acre. This is a very old churchyard, and
was much overcrowded. It is maintained by the rector as a garden, but a
charge of 1d. is made for entrance. It is neatly laid out.
122. _Additional ground, Whitechapel Road_, entrance in St. Mary’s
Street.—This was called the workhouse burial-ground, the workhouse
having been built in 1768 upon a former graveyard, and this piece to the
north of it having then been set aside for interments and consecrated in
1796. The workhouse site was built upon some years ago, and the
burial-ground became the playground of the Davenant Schools, one of
which, the one facing St. Mary’s Street, was built in it. In the order
for closing it, dated May 9, 1853, it is called the Whitechapel
Workhouse and Schools Ground. It is difficult to say exactly how far
east the burial-ground extended, but from the Ordnance map and some
older plans it would appear that the recent addition to the school in
Whitechapel Road has been built in the burial-ground. In 1833 the size
was given as 2,776 square yards, but it was stated that in 1832 196
cholera cases were interred in an adjoining piece of ground. This is
probably what is now used as a stoneyard, with carts in it.
123. _Christ Church Churchyard_, Spitalfields.—1¾ acres. Laid out as a
public garden by the Metropolitan Public Gardens Association in 1892,
the association having undertaken to maintain it for 5 years.
124. _St. Peter and Vincula Churchyard_, in the Tower.—This, with the
vaults under the church, was used for the interment of distinguished
prisoners. It is a part of the great courtyard, and is about 525 square
yards in extent.
125. _Holy Trinity Churchyard_, Minories.—A burial-ground possibly
dating back to 1348. It has been added to the roadway of Church Street,
some posts showing its boundaries. It was about 302 square yards in
extent. Part has been built upon.
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