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 |
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| 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.
PADDINGTON.
HAMMERSMITH.
ST. MARGARET AND ST. JOHN, WESTMINSTER.
ST. MARTIN’S IN THE FIELDS.
ST. JAMES’S, WESTMINSTER.
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.
HOLBORN.
CLERKENWELL.
ST. LUKE’S.
SHOREDITCH.
STOKE NEWINGTON.
BETHNAL GREEN.
| 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. |
MILE END OLD TOWN.
ST. GEORGE THE MARTYR, SOUTHWARK.
ST. SAVIOR’S.
ST. OLAVE’S.
BERMONDSEY.
GREENWICH.
WOOLWICH.