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
159. _Jewish Cemetery_, Mile End Road.—4¾ acres. This belongs to the
Spanish and Portuguese Jews, and is still in use. The gravestones are
flat ones and low altar tombs, and the ground is neatly kept, although
very bare.
POPLAR.
160. _All Saints’ Churchyard._—Size, with that part which was used for
the burial of cholera victims, on the other side of the road, 4 acres.
The northern part of the churchyard was laid out by the Metropolitan
Public Gardens Association in 1893, the rector having undertaken to
maintain it for a few years. It is much appreciated and well kept.
161. _St. Matthias’s Churchyard._—(This church was the chapel of the
East India Dock Company, and is sometimes called Poplar Chapel.) 1¼
acres. It is in the middle of the Poplar Recreation Ground, closed and
fairly tidy. There are many tombstones.
162. _St. Mary’s Churchyard_, Bow.—2,716 square yards. This is in two
portions, the eastern one is closed, but the western one has been laid
out by the Metropolitan Public Gardens Association and provided with
seats, the rector maintaining it.
163. _St. Mary’s Churchyard_, Bromley-by-Bow, or Bromley St.
Leonard.—This churchyard is 1¼ acres in size and is closed, but very
neatly kept up by the parish, and has some tombstones of artistic value
in it. Its opening as a public garden is under consideration.
164. _Baptist Chapel-ground_, Bow.—⅓ acre. Part of this ground is railed
off as a private garden, the rest is used as a thoroughfare by the
school-children. There are several tombstones, some of which have been
put against the walls.
165. _Trinity Congregational Chapel-ground_, East India Dock Road.—⅓
acre. This was laid out in 1888 as a public garden, the minister of the
chapel maintaining it. On his removal from the district it was closed
and has not been re-opened.
166. _Roman Catholic ground_, Wade’s Place.—1,300 square yards. This
belonged to St. Mary’s Roman Catholic Church in Finsbury Circus,
Moorfields, and was chiefly used for the poor Irish. It was a very damp,
unwholesome ground. It is now used as a playground for the adjoining
Roman Catholic school.
167. _City of London and Tower Hamlets Cemetery_ (partly in Mile
End).—33 acres. First used in 1841. By 1889, 247,000 bodies had been
interred here, many being buried in common graves. It is still in use
and open daily, a regular ocean of tombstones, many of which are lying
about, apparently uncared for and unclaimed; in fact, most of the
graves, except those at the edges of the walks, look utterly neglected,
and parts of the ground are very untidy. It is situated in a
densely-populated district.
WANDSWORTH.
168. _All Saints’ Churchyard_, High Street.—¼ acre. This is closed, and
is much more tidy at the eastern end than the western end.
169. _East Hill Burial-ground_, Wandsworth Road.—½ acre. This was
consecrated in 1680, and many French Huguenots were buried in it. It is
closed and fairly tidy.
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