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
228. _St. Mary Magdalene’s Churchyard._—Rather over 1½ acres. This was
enlarged in 1783 and 1810, and contains the remains of an ancient
cemetery belonging to Bermondsey Abbey. It is maintained as a public
garden by the vestry, the rector reserving certain rights. It is well
laid out, and forms a most useful and attractive garden.
229. _St. James’s Churchyard_, Bermondsey, Jamaica Road.—1¾ acres. It
was extensively used for a drying-ground for clean clothes when the
Metropolitan Public Gardens Association secured it in 1886, and laid it
out as a garden. It is maintained by the vestry.
230. _Roman Catholic Ground_, Parker’s Row.—The land was given for the
purpose in 1833 or 1834. The ground between the church and the road
measures about 300 square yards, and was very much overcrowded. It is
closed and untidy, with no tombstones. Burials also took place in the
garden, which is used as a recreation ground for the schools, and is
neatly kept.
231. _Southwark Chapel Graveyard_ (_Wesleyan_), Long Lane.—900 square
yards. This is on the west side of the chapel, which dates from 1808. It
is closed, and contains a few gravestones and a hen-coop.
232. _Guy’s Hospital Burial-ground_, Nelson Street.—This is nearly 200
years old, and is rather over ½ acre. Since being closed for burials it
has been let as a builder’s yard. The Bermondsey Vestry is now
negotiating for its purchase as a recreation ground.
233. _Friends Burial-ground_, Long Lane.—¼ acre. This was bought in 1697
for £120. It was closed in 1844, but in 1860 a large number of coffins,
&c., were brought there and interred when Southwark Street was made and
the Worcester Street burial-ground annihilated. It is being laid out for
the public, and will be maintained by the Bermondsey Vestry, who have it
on lease from the Society of Friends. There are no gravestones in it.
234. _Ebenezer Burial-ground_, Long Lane.—This adjoins the above ground,
and it is hoped that it may eventually be added to the garden. It was
formed about 100 years ago. It originally belonged to the Independent
Chapel in Beck Street, Horselydown, and subsequently to the trustees of
Ebenezer Baptist Chapel. There is a “minister’s vault” in the centre. It
is closed and untidy, 220 square yards in extent.
ROTHERHITHE.
235. _St. Mary’s Churchyard._—¾ acre. This is closed, except on Sundays.
It is full of tombstones and kept in good order.
236. _Additional ground in Church Street._—1¼ acres. This is also only
open on Sundays, and is fairly tidy.
237. _Christ Church Churchyard_, Union Road.—700 square yards. This is
closed, and there are no tombstones on the north side of the church. The
south side is rather untidy, except round the grave of General Sir
William Gomm, who gave the ground for the church (being Lord of the
Manor), where there is a patch of good grass and flowers.
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