  CHAPTER I BRITISH AND ROMAN BURIAL-PLACES. CHAPTER II THE GRAVEYARDS OF PRIORIES AND CONVENTS. CHAPTER III THE CATHEDRAL, THE ABBEY, THE TEMPLE, AND THE TOWER. CHAPTER IV. THE CITY CHURCHYARDS. CHAPTER V LONDON CHURCHYARDS, OUTSIDE THE CITY. CHAPTER VI PEST-FIELDS AND PLAGUE-PITS. CHAPTER VII THE DISSENTERS' BURIAL-GROUNDS. CHAPTER VIII THE BURIAL-PLACES OF FOREIGNERS IN LONDON. CHAPTER IX HOSPITAL, ALMSHOUSE, AND WORKHOUSE GROUNDS. CHAPTER X PRIVATE AND PROMISCUOUS CEMETERIES. CHAPTER XI THE CLOSING OF THE BURIAL-GROUNDS AND VAULTS. CHAPTER XII GRAVEYARDS AS PUBLIC GARDENS. CHAPTER XIII THE CEMETERIES STILL IN USE. CHAPTER XIV A FORECAST OF THE FUTURE.
ST. PETER’S, CORNHILL, IN 1817. The London Burial Grounds NOTES ON THEIR HISTORY FROM THE EARLIEST TIMES TO THE PRESENT DAY BY Mrs. BASIL HOLMES “Thou that intendest to the Church to Day, Come take a turn or two, before thou go’st. In the Churchyard; the Walk is in the way. Who takes best heed in going, hasteth most: But he that unprepared rashly ventures, Hastens perhaps to seal his Death’s Indentures” George Herbert ILLUSTRATED LONDON T. FISHER UNWIN MDCCCXCVI [All rights reserved.] “First learn to love one living man; Then may’st thou think upon the dead.” Wordsworth. To Those who Love the Living I Dedicate these Details of the Dwellings of the Dead. “October sheds the leaf and April brings it; So one flower fadeth and another springs; Earth renovates itself.” H. Bonar. |
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