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The London Burial Grounds / Notes on Their History from the Earliest Times to the Present Day

Chapter 19: APPENDIX B.
By Isabella M. Holmes
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A historical survey traces the development, use, and disappearance of London's burial-places from ancient times through the nineteenth century, examining parish churchyards, monastic and cathedral cemeteries, plague pits and pest-fields, dissenting and foreign communities' grounds, and hospital, workhouse, and private cemeteries. The study documents closures and sanitary reforms, the transformation of disused churchyards into public gardens, and the arrangement and management of active cemeteries, supplemented by illustrative plans, lists of sites, and practical guidance for cemetery design, concluding with observations about future burial policy and urban open space.

APPENDIX B.

Burial-grounds in London which have been entirely demolished for New Streets, Railway Lines, Public Buildings, Private Houses, &c.

THE CITY.

Name of Churchyard or Burial-ground. What occupies the Site.

1.  There were Roman Cemeteries in various parts of the City.
2.  Sepulchral remains have been found in Newgate Street,
3.  Ludgate, Camomile Street, St. Mary at Hill, St. Dunstan’s
4.  in the East, St. Paul’s Churchyard, and Bishopsgate
5.  Churchyard (the last named being very ancient, possibly of
6.  British origin). See also Whitechapel, Limehouse, Bermondsey,
7.  and Lewisham.
Name of Churchyard or Burial-ground What occupies the Site
8. Burial-grounds of St. Martin le Grand and St. Lennard, Foster Lane The General Post Office.
9. Jews original Burial-ground Jewin St. and neighbourhood.
10. St. Nicholas Shambles Newgate Street.
11. St. Benet, Paul’s Wharf Thrown into St. Benet’s Hill.
12. The Workhouse Ground, Shoe Lane, belonging to St. Andrew’s, Holborn The Farringdon Market occupied the site, and a street has now taken its place
13. Allhallows’, Honey Lane The Old City of London School was built on its site.
14. St. Mary le Bow Warehouses and street full of vans, called Bow Churchyard.
15. St. John, Cloak Lane Taken by District Railway in 1879 for Cannon Street Station, &c.
16. St. Mary Bothaw Cannon Street Station, S.E.R.
17. St. Mary Mounthaw Taken for Queen Victoria St.
18. St. Nicholas Olave Taken for Queen Victoria St.
19. St. Mary Magdalen Taken for Queen Victoria St.
20. Elsing Spital Priory Warehouses, London Wall.
21. St. Peter le Poer, Broad St. Houses in Broad Street.
22. St. Thomas Acons Mercer’s Hall.
23. St. Bartholomew’s Priory, Smithfield This had a cemetery attached, which is covered by the buildings near the south transept of the church.
24. St. Bartholomew’s Hospital Burial-ground West wing of hospital.
25. St. Swithin, Cannon Street Roadway on north side of church.
26. St. Dunstan in the West, Fleet Street Probably north end of present church.
27. St. Michael le Querne Cheapside.
28. Additional ground to Christ Church, Moorgate Street Southern end of St. Bartholomew’s Hospital.
29. St. Mary Colechurch Old Jewry.
30. St. Margaret Moses, Friday Street Cannon Street.
31. Garden in Hosier Lane, used for St. Mary le Bow Built upon about 1560.
32. Holy Trinity the Less, Trinity Lane Mansion House Station.
33. St. Mary Axe, Leadenhall Street Houses on west side of the street called St. Mary Axe.
34. St. Mary Woolchurch Haw Mansion House.
35. St. Bartholomew by the Exchange Threadneedle Street.
36. Bethlem Burial-ground (also called Rowe’s) Liverpool Street Station.
37. St. Benet, Gracechurch St. Corner of Fenchurch Street.
38. St. Margaret, New Fish St. Metropolitan Railway.
39. St. Andrew Hubbard Houses between Botolph Lane and Love Lane. The old King’s Weigh House Chapel was on the site.
40. St. Botolph, Billingsgate (Lower Ground) Warehouse in Lower Thames Street, with terra cotta heads on the frontage.
41. Garden of Hundsdon House, Blackfriars (French Embassy) 95 bodies buried in two pits here in 1623 after an accident. Site now disappeared.
42. Pest-field, Hand Alley New Street, Bishopsgate Street.
43. The Churchyard of the Dutch Church, Austin Friars This Burial-ground was on the south side of the Dutch Church, now built over.
44. St. Michael, Crooked Lane King William Street.
45. St. James’ Hermitage Burial-ground Houses south of the postern and the south wall of St. Giles’ Churchyard, Cripplegate.
46. Cemetery of the Crutched Friars South of Fenchurch Street.
ST. MARYLEBONE.
47. Churchyard of Old Tyburn Church Marylebone Court House, Stratford Place.
48. Burial-place for those executed at Tyburn Corner of Upper Bryanston Street and Edgware Road.
PADDINGTON.
49. Pest-field, Craven Hill Probably never used. Craven Hill Gardens.
HAMMERSMITH.
50. Convent Burial-ground, King Street Part of the buildings of the Convent of the Sacred Heart, rebuilt by Cardinal Manning.
ST. MARGARET AND ST. JOHN, WESTMINSTER.
51. Buckingham Chapel, Palace Street Brewery on south side.
ST. MARTIN’S IN THE FIELDS.
52. St. Martin’s additional ground Part of the buildings of the National Gallery.
53. Burial-ground for the Friends of the Westminster Division Castle Street, Long Acre.
54. Burial-ground of St. Mary Rounceval Convent Northumberland Avenue.
ST. JAMES’S, WESTMINSTER.
55. Pest-field Golden Square and district round.
THE STRAND.
56. Additional ground for St. Martin’s in the Fields French Chapel, Crown Street, Soho, now Charing Cross Road.
57. German Burial-ground, Savoy Medical Examination Hall and Savoy Chambers.
58. Old Somerset House Cemetery Somerset House.
59. Westminster Convent Burial-Ground Part of Covent Garden Market.
60. Almshouse Ground, Clemens Lane New Lane Courts.
61. Burial-ground by the Workhouse, St. Paul’s, Covent Garden Possibly the Floral Arcade.
62. Cemetery of old St. Mary le Strand Somerset House, &c.
ST. GILES’ IN THE FIELDS.
63. The Workhouse Burial-ground Part of the Workhouse in Shorts
HOLBORN.
64. St. Sepulchre’s Additional Ground, Durham Yard Great Northern Goods Depôt.
65. St. Sepulchre’s Workhouse Ground, Durham Yard Ditto. This was the larger of the two.
66. Pardon Churchyard, Charterhouse, Wilderness Row, subsequently Clerkenwell Road.
67. Baptist Chapel-ground, Glasshouse Yard Goswell Road, just to the south of St. Thomas’s, Charterhouse.
CLERKENWELL.
68. Nun’s Burial-ground Houses west side of St. James’ Walk.
69. St. James’s Additional Ground, Ray Street Farringdon Road and the Railway.
70. Corporation Row Burial-pit Artisans’ dwellings on north side.
71. Priory Cemetery St. John’s Square, &c.
ST. LUKE’S.
72. Thomas’, Golden Lane Factory on west side of St. Mary’s Church, Charterhouse, Playhouse Yard.
73. Pest-field, Old Street Bath Street, and many acres to the north
74. Pest-field, Mount Mill Seward Street, Goswell Road, north side.
75. Cupid’s Court Ground, Golden Lane Offices, &c., north of Brackley Street.
SHOREDITCH.
76. Gloucester Street Chapel-ground Gas Light and Coke Company’s premises.
77. Shoreditch Burial-ground, Hoxton Wing of the Workhouse built in 1884.
78. Burial-ground by the Goldsmiths’ Almshouses New block of Artisans’ Dwellings west side of Goldsmith Row.
79. Worship Street Baptist Chapel-ground London and North Western Goods Depôt.
STOKE NEWINGTON.
80. Abney Congregational Chapel, Church Street School buildings.
BETHNAL GREEN.
81. Roman Catholic Ground, Bethnal Green Cambridge Road.
82. Pest-field, belonging to Stepney South of Lisbon Street and Collingwood Street.
83. Roman Cemetery Goodman’s Fields.
84. Burial-ground, Whitechapel Road Whitechapel Workhouse.
85. St. Katharine, near the Tower St. Katharine’s Docks.
86. Additional Ground to St. Katharine St. Katharine’s Docks.
87. Bone Yard, Gower’s Walk Houses.
88. Zoar Chapel, Great Alie St. Warehouses, shops, and a forge.
89. Pest-field, Spital Square St. Mary’s Church, &c.
90. Pest-field, east of the Mint, and Cemetery of the Convent of St. Mary of Grace The Royal Mint.
91. Pest-field, Petticoat Lane Built over.
92. Tower Burial-ground (outside the wall) Demolished for Tower Bridge.
93. St. Mary Spital Priory Spital Square and district.
94. Pest-field or Plague-Pit in Gower’s Walk Messrs. Kinloch’s new buildings.
95. Mill Yard Sabbatarian Chapel Railway by Leman St. Station.
96. German Church, Hooper Square. Railway.
97. Roman Cemetery Sun Tavern Fields, Shadwell.
98. Friends’ Burial-ground Wapping Street.
MILE END OLD TOWN.
99. Rose Lane Chapel-ground East London Railway, public house and shops close to Stepney Station.
ST. GEORGE THE MARTYR, SOUTHWARK.
100. London Road Chapel-ground Tailor’s Shop in London Road, east side.
101. Baptist Chapel-ground, Sheer’s Alley Wilmott’s Buildings.
102. Zion Chapel, Borough Artisans’ Dwellings, Chapel Court.
ST. SAVIOR’S.
103. Friends’ Burial-ground, Worcester Street London Bridge and Charing Cross Railway.
104. Chapel Burial-ground, Ewer Street London Bridge and Charing Cross Railway.
105. Baptist Chapel-ground, Pepper Street (Duke Street Park) Houses at corner of Pepper Street.
106. St. Margaret, Southwark Borough High Street and Market
ST. OLAVE’S.
107. St. Olave, Additional Ground St. Thomas Street.
108. Flemish Burial-ground, Carter Lane Approach to London Bridge Station.
109. Mazepond Baptist Chapel Guy’s Hospital Medical School.
110. Baptist Chapel, Dipping Alley Fair Street or Charles Street, Horselydown
BERMONDSEY.
111. Roman Cemetery Snow Fields, Union Street, and Deverell Street (Newington).
GREENWICH.
112. Roman Cemetery Neighbourhood of Blackheath.
WOOLWICH.
113. Bethlem Chapel-ground, Charles Street Club House.