The London Burial Grounds; Notes on Their History from the Earliest Times to the Present Day (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1896. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... tower in "Old London" at the exhibition at South Kensington in 1886.1 The churchyard of St. Giles', Cripplegate, the church which contains the monument to Milton, has a long and varied history. It is well known to antiquarians, as the valuable relic, the postern of the City wall, is situated in it. The story of this ground is one of additions and encroachments, and it In 1873 a crypt was made under the tower, in which were deposited the remains from Lambe's Chapel, St. James's in the Wall, Monkwell Street. has found a careful chronicler in Mr. Baddeley, a former churchwarden. The addition running south was called the "Green Churchyard," a name which we find repeated in other parishes--for instance, it was given to the higher portion of the churchyard of St. James', Piccadilly, and to the little piece by St. Bartholomew the Great, approached through the present south transept. The gravestones at St. Giles' have been laid flat, and the ground is neatly kept and generally open, but not provided with seats for the public Until Michaelmas, 1640, "the military" used to be trained in this churchyard.1 There were four churches in the City dedicated to St. Botolph, a pious Saxon who built a monastery, in 654, in Lincolnshire. It is a little curious that all the four churchyards are now public gardens--St. Botolph's, Bishopsgate; St. Botolph's, Aldgate; St. Botolph's, Aldersgate; and St. Botolph's, Billingsgate. The lastnamed church was not rebuilt after the Fire, and the site of one of its churchyards, the "lower ground," is now occupied by a new warehouse with red heads on the frontage, on the south side of Lower Thames Street. What remains of the "upper ground" is a small, three-cornered, asphalted court, open to the public, with seats, a drinking fountain, and...