The London Burial Grounds

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.

WHITECHAPEL.

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.

LIMEHOUSE.

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.