CONTENTS

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INTRODUCTION[13]
I.BRITISH AND ROMAN BURYING-PLACES[23]
II.THE GRAVEYARDS OF PRIORIES AND CONVENTS[30]
III.THE CATHEDRAL, THE ABBEY, THE TEMPLE, AND THE TOWER[53]
IV.THE CITY CHURCHYARDS[74]
V.LONDON CHURCHYARDS, OUTSIDE THE CITY[90]
VI.PEST-FIELDS AND PLAGUE-PITS[117]
VII.THE DISSENTERS’ BURIAL-GROUNDS[133]
VIII.BURIAL-PLACES OF FOREIGNERS IN LONDON[153]
IX.HOSPITAL, ALMSHOUSE, AND WORKHOUSE GROUNDS[171]
X.PRIVATE AND PROMISCUOUS CEMETERIES[187]
XI.THE CLOSING OF THE BURIAL-GROUNDS AND VAULTS[209]
XII.GRAVEYARDS AS PUBLIC GARDENS[226]
XIII.THE CEMETERIES STILL IN USE[250]
XIV.A FORECAST OF THE FUTURE[263]

APPENDIX.

A.LIST OF BURIAL-GROUNDS IN EXISTENCE[279]
B.LIST OF BURIAL-GROUNDS WHICH HAVE DISAPPEARED[321]
C.CHURCHES AND CHAPELS WITHOUT BURIAL-GROUNDS, BUT WITH VAULTS UNDER THEM[329]
D.HOW TO LAY OUT A BURIAL-GROUND AS A GARDEN[331]
E.THE DISUSED BURIAL-GROUNDS ACT, ETC.[336]