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
269. _Enon Chapel-yard_, High Street.—112 square yards. A tar-paved and
closed yard, with some tombstones against the walls.
270. _Union Chapel Graveyard_, Sun Street.—⅓ acre. This is closed. There
is a very bad fence round it, and it looks uncared for. Negotiations are
on foot to secure it for the public.
271. _Salem Chapel-yard_, Powis Street.—300 square yards. Eighteen or
twenty years ago the London School Board took the chapel and adapted it
as a school. It is now the infant school, other buildings having been
added, and the graveyard is a tar-paved passage used as a playground.
272. _Wesleyan Chapel-yard_, William Street.—¼ acre. Here a school
building has evidently encroached upon the burial-ground. There are
several gravestones, and it is fairly tidy, the gate being often open.
273. _Roman Catholic Ground_, New Road.—This also has probably been
encroached upon. What now exists is a yard, ¼ acre in size, between the
school and the Roman Catholic church, with three graves in one enclosure
in the middle. The gate is open during school hours.
THE CITY.
I. Burial-grounds which are laid out as public recreation grounds—
274. _St. Paul’s Cathedral Churchyard._—Used as a burial-place since
Roman times. It includes the Pardon Churchyard, the burial-grounds for
the parishes of St. Faith and St. Gregory, and a piece allotted to St.
Martin, Ludgate. Size, 1½ acres. Maintained by the Corporation. Laid out
in 1878-1879.
275. _St. Botolph’s Churchyard_, Aldersgate Street.
276. _Additional ground for Christ Church_, Newgate Street.
277. _Additional ground for St. Leonard’s_, Foster Lane.—These three
form together one public garden, rather more than ½ acre in extent. Very
neatly kept up with parochial funds.
278. _St. Olave’s Churchyard_, Silver Street.—Site of the burned church.
279. _Allhallows’ Churchyard_, London Wall.
280. _St. Katharine Coleman Churchyard_, Fenchurch Street.
281. _St. Botolph’s Churchyard_, Aldgate.—¼ acre.—Four grounds laid out
by the Metropolitan Public Gardens Association.
281. _St. Botolph’s Churchyard_, Bishopsgate. Size nearly ½ acre.
283. _St. Botolph’s_, Billingsgate, upper burial-ground, Botolph lane.
284. _St. Mary Aldermanbury Churchyard._
285. _St. Sepulchre’s Churchyard_, Holborn.
286. _St. Bride’s Churchyard_, Fleet Street.—Five small grounds laid out
with the assistance of the Metropolitan Public Gardens Association. No.
282 was laid out by the Association, but the entire cost was borne by
the parish.
287. _Additional ground for St. Dunstan’s in the West_, in Fetter Lane.
Asphalted and used as a playground for the Greystoke Place Board School.
Some tombstones remain in an enclosure at the edge. 4,750 square feet in
area.
II. Burial-grounds that are not laid out as open spaces for the public
use, although most of them are neatly kept, while a few are used as
store-yards, &c., and others are open at times—
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