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
144. _St. John’s Churchyard_, Wapping.—600 square yards. Consecrated in
1617. This ground used to be very low and full of water. It is closed
and fairly tidy, having many large altar tombs in it.
145. _Additional ground opposite St. John’s Church._—Rather over ½ acre.
This was one of the Stepney pest-fields. It is closed, but tidy. There
are quantities of tombstones in this ground, many of which seem to be
falling to pieces, and an unusual number of trees and flowering shrubs.
146. _Friends Burial-ground_, Brook Street. Ratcliff.—800 square yards.
This is approached through the house on the south side of the
meeting-house. It was acquired by the Society of Friends in 1666 or
1667, the land being originally copyhold, but enfranchised in 1734 for
£21. It is neatly kept, and has four small upright stones.
147. _Brunswick Wesleyan Chapel-ground_, Three Colt Lane.—Approached by
a passage at the back of the chapel. It is about 450 square yards in
size, and is used as a private garden. There are vaults under the chapel
and three tombstones. It is said that about 1,000 bodies were buried
here, the last interment taking place in 1849.
MILE END OLD TOWN.
148. _St. Dunstan’s Churchyard Stepney._—About 6 acres, or rather more.
At the time of the Great Plague about 150 bodies were interred here
daily, and several extra grounds were provided for the parish. It was
laid out as a public garden in 1887 by the Metropolitan Public Gardens
Association. It is a most useful and shady ground, and is very neatly
kept by the London County Council.
149. _Stepney Meeting-House Burial-ground_, White Horse Street (also
called the Almshouse ground and Ratcliff Workhouse ground).—There are
many tombstones and the ground is fairly tidy. The gate is generally
open, as the entrance to the almshouses is through it. Size ½ acre.
150. _Holy Trinity Churchyard_, Tredegar Square.—¾ acre. Laid out by the
Metropolitan Public Gardens Association in 1887, and maintained by the
London County Council. The gravestones have not been moved, and some of
the graves are still occasionally used, though no new ones are dug.
151. _Wycliffe Chapel Burial-ground_, Philport Street, Stepney.—¾ acre.
This dates From 1831, and is behind the chapel and the Scotch church. It
is full of tombstones, closed and untidy. Chadwick divides it into a
part belonging to the chapel and a larger part belonging to the Scotch
church, but it appears to be all one now, and is in the hands of the
elders of Wycliffe Chapel.
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