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
134. _New Road Congregational Chapel-yard_, Cannon Street Road, between
Lower and Upper Chapman Streets.—This was a much-used burial-ground,
part of which has been covered with sheds and houses. What is left is
about ⅓ acre in extent. The chapel was bought in 1832, and became
Trinity Episcopal Chapel, and was subsequently removed and its site used
for the new building of Raine’s School. The burial-ground is in three
parts, viz., the playground of the school, a cooper’s yard, belonging to
Messrs. Hasted and Sons, and a carter’s yard of Messrs. Seaward
Brothers.
135. _Danish Burial-ground_, Wellclose Square.—The Danish (or Mariners’)
Church has been supplanted by the Schools of St. Paul’s, London Docks,
and the whole of the garden is neatly laid out, and used as a private
ground for the people who look after the schools, the crèche, &c. There
are no tombstones now, and it is possible that only an enclosure round
the church was used, like the railed-in enclosure in Prince’s Square.
136. _Swedish Burial-ground_, Prince’s Square.—Round the Eleanora
Church, over ½ acre in size. It is very neatly laid out and well kept,
and contains many tombstones.
137. _Ebenezer Chapel Burial-ground_, St. George’s Street.—This was
described in 1839 as being very much overcrowded. The chapel has been
used us a school, but is now deserted, the small yard on the south side
of it is used as a timber-yard and closed. About 220 square yards.
138. _Congregational Chapel-ground_, Old Gravel Lane.—140 square yards.
Closed, bare, and untidy, with two gravestones against the wall.
139. _Baptist Burial-ground_, Broad Street, Wapping.—Mentioned by
Maitland in 1756, and shown on Rocque’s plan. The chapel has gone, but
part of the adjoining yard exists as a small yard belonging to a
milkman. Before he bought it it was the parish stoneyard. It is about
200 square yards in size. I have little doubt that this is a
burial-ground.
140. _Roman Catholic Burial-ground_, Commercial Road.—The tombstones are
flat and the ground is used as a private garden for the priests. It is
about ½ acre in extent.
LIMEHOUSE.
141. _St. Anne’s Churchyard._—3 acres. Consecrated 1730, and since
enlarged, but in 1800 a piece was cut of for Commercial Road, the bodies
being removed south of the church. Laid out as a public garden by the
Metropolitan Public Gardens Association in 1887, and now maintained by
the London County Council. It is nearly kept, except the private passage
to the mortuary.
142. _St. Paul’s Churchyard_, Shadwell.—¾ acre. Consecrated in 1671, but
used before that as a pest-field for Stepney. Laid out by the
Metropolitan Public Gardens Association in 1886, and now maintained and
kept in good order by the London County Council.
143. _St. James’s Churchyard_, Ratcliff.—Nearly 1 acre. Laid out as a
public garden by the Metropolitan Public Gardens Association in 1891,
and maintained by the vicar.
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