acre behind the chapel. It is closed, and has grass and a few tombstones
in it.
198. _Norwood Cemetery_, 40 acres.—First used in 1838. Open daily, and
fairly well kept. It is crowded with tombstones, and it includes a Greek
cemetery and a burial-ground belonging to the parish of St. Mary at
Hill, each about 550 square yards in size.
CAMBERWELL.
199. _St. Giles’s Churchyard._—3¼ acres. Enlarged in 1717, 1803, and
1825. Closed, full of tombstones, and not well kept.
200. _St. George’s Churchyard_, Well Street, Camberwell.—The church was
consecrated in 1824, the ground being given by Mr. John Rolls. The
churchyard measures about an acre, and was laid out in 1886 by the
Metropolitan Public Gardens Association. It is maintained by the vestry.
A mortuary has been built on it.
201. _Dulwich Burial-ground_, Court Lane, the graveyard of God’s Gift
College.—Size, 1½ roods. This ground dates from about 1700. It is closed
and very neatly kept. There are several large altar tombs in it, and it
is a most rural and picturesque spot.
202. _Wesleyan Chapel-ground._ Stafford Street, Peckham.—336 square
yards. The chapel in now a school, the burial-ground being the
playground, a paved yard.
203. _Friends Burial-ground_, Peckham Rye.—About 470 square yards. This
ground was purchased in 1821, it is behind the meeting-house in Hanover
Street, has some small flat gravestones in it, and is closed. It is most
beautifully kept with neatly mown grass and a border of flowers.
204. _Camberwell Cemetery_, Forest Hill Road.—29½ acres. First used in
1856. Open daily.
205. _Nunhead Cemetery_ (All Saints’).—50 acres. First used in 1840.
Open daily.
NEWINGTON.
206. _St. Mary’s Churchyard._—1¼ acres. This was enlarged in 1757 and
1834, and is now maintained as a public garden by the burial board, the
freehold being vested in the rector. It is well laid out.
207. _St. Peter’s Churchyard_, Walworth.—1¼ acres. This is also
maintained as a public garden by the Newington Burial Board, having been
laid out by the Metropolitan Public Gardens Association, at the sole
cost of the Goldsmiths’ Company, and opened in May, 1895.
208. _Sutherland Congregational Chapel-ground_, Walworth.—This is close
to St. Peter’s, about 300 square yards in size, and closed. It has been
somewhat encroached on by the school, which was enlarged in 1889. A few
tombstones exist in the passage on the north side of the chapel and in
the ground at the back. It is fairly tidy.
209. _York Street Chapel-ground_, Walworth.—About 700 square yards at
the rear of the chapel and not visible from the street. It is closed and
full of tombstones, but is to be laid out.
210. _East Street Baptist Chapel-ground_, Walworth.—About 400 square
yards, with one tombstone in it. It is closed and very untidy.
211. _St. John’s Episcopal Chapel-ground_, Walworth.—In 1843 it was
estimated at 6,400 square yards. The chapel is in Penrose Street, and is
now the workshop of a scenic artist, the front wall having been
heightened for the purpose of advertising the _South London Press_. The
burial-ground is approached from Occupation Road, Manor Place, the
railway line going across it on arches, and it is now the vestry depôt
for carts, manure, gravel, &c. An adjoining plot is the site for the
baths and washhouses. This ground is in danger of being encroached upon,
and new bays for dust and other erections of the sort are often built in
it.
212. _New Bunhill Fields_, Deverell Street, New Kent Road (also called
Hoole and Martin’s).—¾ acre. This was a private speculation, and was
most indecently crowded. Between 1820 and 1838 10,000 bodies were buried
here, the vault under the chapel containing 1,800 coffins. The ground
was closed in 1853, and it then became a timber-yard. The chapel now
belongs to the Salvation Army, but the burial-ground is still
“Deverell’s timber-yard,” and is covered with high stacks of timber.
There are many sheds in it, and iron bars, &c.
ST. GEORGE THE MARTYR.
213. _St. George’s Churchyard_, Borough.—This is about an acre in size,
and is maintained as a public garden by the rector and churchwardens,
having been laid out in 1882. It is much used.
214. _St. George’s Recreation ground_, Tabard Street (the Lock
burial-ground).—Rather over ¼ acre. This was originally the
burial-ground of the Lock Hospital, which was pulled down in 1809, a
portion of the site of the hospital and ground having been before then
consecrated as a parish burial-ground. It was chiefly used for pauper
burials, and was crowded with bodies. It is now a neat public garden,
laid out by the vestry in 1887, and in the possession of the rector and
churchwardens of St. George’s.
215. _Chapel Graveyard_, Collier’s Rents, Long Lane.—This is about 620
square yards in extent, and is on the north side of an old Baptist
chapel, which now belongs to the Congregational Union. The ground dates
from before 1719, and is closed. There are a few tombstones and grass,
but it is not very well kept.
ST. SAVIOR’S, SOUTHWARK.
216. _St. Saviour’s Churchyard._—This ancient ground has been often
enlarged and curtailed, and at times was used as a marketplace. What now
exists is about ½ acre on the south side of the church, which is at
present under restoration.
217. _Additional ground for St. Saviour’s_, called the College Yard or
St. Saviour’s Almshouse Burial-ground, Park Street.—This existed before
1732. Size, ¼ acre. The London, Brighton and South Coast Railway goes
over it on arches, and it is now the store-yard of Messrs. Stone and
Humphries, builders. Most of it is roofed in, but it is not actually
covered with buildings.
218. _Additional ground for St. Saviour’s_, called the Cross Bones,
Redcross Street.—This was made, at least 250 years ago, “far from the
parish church,” for the interment of the low women who frequented the
neighbourhood. It was subsequently used as the pauper ground, and was
crowded to excess. Nevertheless two schools were built in it. The
remaining piece is about 1,000 square yards. It has frequently been
offered for sale as a building site, and has formed the subject for much
litigation. It is made a partial use of by being let for fairs, swings,
&c. It was sold as a building site in 1883, but, not having been used by
1884, the sale was declared (under the Disused Burial-grounds Act) null
and void.
219. _Christ Church Churchyard_, Blackfriars Bridge Road.—1½ acres. This
dates from about 1737, and has been enlarged. An infant school was built
in it. It is closed, and not laid out.
220. _Deadman’s Place Burial-ground._ Deadman’s Place is now called Park
Street.—This ground was originally used for the interment of large
numbers of victims to the plague. Then it became the graveyard of an
adjoining Independent chapel, and was extensively used for the interment
of ministers, being a sort of Bunhill Fields for South London. Now it is
merely one of the yards over which trucks run on rails, in the middle of
the large brewery belonging to Messrs. Barclay and Perkins, about ½ acre
in extent. It existed as a burial-ground in 1839, but not, I believe, in
1843.
221. _Baptist Burial-ground_, Bandy Leg Walk (subsequently called
Guildford Street).—There was such a ground in 1729. In 1807 there
existed the St. Saviour’s Workhouse, with a burial-ground on the east
side of it which, from its position, may have coincided with the
Baptists’ ground, and what is now left of the burial-ground is a garden
or courtyard, about 1,000 square yards in size, between the new
buildings of the Central Fire Brigade Station, Southwark Bridge Road,
and the old house behind them. It is entered through the large archway.
ST. OLAVE’S.
222. _St. Olave’s Churchyard_, Tooley Street.—A stone-paved yard, 634
square yards in extent, between the church and the river. Closed.
223. _Additional ground to St. Olave’s and to St. John’s_, Horselydown,
near St. John’s Church.—About ½ acre, with a few tombstones in it. This
was laid out in 1888, being chiefly asphalted, and is maintained as a
recreation ground by the Board of Works For the St. Olave’s District. It
is well used and neatly kept.
224. _St. John’s Churchyard_, Horselydown.—Nearly 2 acres. Laid out as a
public garden in 1882, and maintained by the St. Olave’s Board.
225. _St. Thomas’s Churchyard._—This does not adjoin the church, but is
behind the houses opposite. Size about 787 square yards. It belongs to
St. Thomas’s Hospital, and is used as a private garden by a house in St.
Thomas’ Street.
226. _St. Thomas’s Hospital Burial-ground_, St. Thomas’ Street.—Part of
this has been covered by St. Olave’s Rectory and Messrs. Bevington’s
leather warehouse. The remaining piece measures about 1,770 square
yards, and is an asphalted tennis-court and garden for the students of
Guy’s Hospital, the building in it being the treasurer’s stables. It
belongs to St. Thomas’s Hospital, and is leased to Guy’s.
227. _Butler’s Burial-ground_, Horselydown.—This was made about 1822,
the entrance being in Coxon’s (late Butler’s) Place, and was 1,440
square yards in size. It is now Zurhoorst’s cooperage and is full of
barrels. A small piece, which I believe was a part of the burial-ground,
is a yard belonging to a builder named Field. There were vaults running
under four dwelling-houses. These still exist, and are under the houses
next to the entrance to Mr. Field’s yard.
BERMONDSEY.
228. _St. Mary Magdalene’s Churchyard._—Rather over 1½ acres. This was
enlarged in 1783 and 1810, and contains the remains of an ancient
cemetery belonging to Bermondsey Abbey. It is maintained as a public
garden by the vestry, the rector reserving certain rights. It is well
laid out, and forms a most useful and attractive garden.
229. _St. James’s Churchyard_, Bermondsey, Jamaica Road.—1¾ acres. It
was extensively used for a drying-ground for clean clothes when the
Metropolitan Public Gardens Association secured it in 1886, and laid it
out as a garden. It is maintained by the vestry.
230. _Roman Catholic Ground_, Parker’s Row.—The land was given for the
purpose in 1833 or 1834. The ground between the church and the road
measures about 300 square yards, and was very much overcrowded. It is
closed and untidy, with no tombstones. Burials also took place in the
garden, which is used as a recreation ground for the schools, and is
neatly kept.
231. _Southwark Chapel Graveyard_ (_Wesleyan_), Long Lane.—900 square
yards. This is on the west side of the chapel, which dates from 1808. It
is closed, and contains a few gravestones and a hen-coop.
232. _Guy’s Hospital Burial-ground_, Nelson Street.—This is nearly 200
years old, and is rather over ½ acre. Since being closed for burials it
has been let as a builder’s yard. The Bermondsey Vestry is now
negotiating for its purchase as a recreation ground.
233. _Friends Burial-ground_, Long Lane.—¼ acre. This was bought in 1697
for £120. It was closed in 1844, but in 1860 a large number of coffins,
&c., were brought there and interred when Southwark Street was made and
the Worcester Street burial-ground annihilated. It is being laid out for
the public, and will be maintained by the Bermondsey Vestry, who have it
on lease from the Society of Friends. There are no gravestones in it.
234. _Ebenezer Burial-ground_, Long Lane.—This adjoins the above ground,
and it is hoped that it may eventually be added to the garden. It was
formed about 100 years ago. It originally belonged to the Independent
Chapel in Beck Street, Horselydown, and subsequently to the trustees of
Ebenezer Baptist Chapel. There is a “minister’s vault” in the centre. It
is closed and untidy, 220 square yards in extent.
ROTHERHITHE.
235. _St. Mary’s Churchyard._—¾ acre. This is closed, except on Sundays.
It is full of tombstones and kept in good order.
236. _Additional ground in Church Street._—1¼ acres. This is also only
open on Sundays, and is fairly tidy.
237. _Christ Church Churchyard_, Union Road.—700 square yards. This is
closed, and there are no tombstones on the north side of the church. The
south side is rather untidy, except round the grave of General Sir
William Gomm, who gave the ground for the church (being Lord of the
Manor), where there is a patch of good grass and flowers.
238. _All Saints’ Churchyard_, Deptford Lower Road.—Nearly 1 acre. This
land was given by Sir William Gomm in 1840, and was used for 17 years.
It is closed, and wooden palings separate it from the ground in front of
the church. It is not well kept.
239. _Holy Trinity Churchyard_, near Commercial Docks Pier.—About 1
acre. Consecrated in 1838. This ground was also only used for 20 years;
a part of it is railed of for the vicarage garden, where probably no
interments took place. It was laid out by the Metropolitan Public
Gardens Association in 1885, and taken over by the London County Council
in 1896. It is a very attractive, shady garden.
GREENWICH.
240. _St. Alphege Churchyard._—Enlarged in 1716, 1774, and 1808. Size
2,740 square yards. This was laid out by the Metropolitan Public Gardens
Association in 1889, and is maintained by the Greenwich District Board
of Works. There are no seats in it.
241. _Additional ground_, separated from the above by a public
footpath.—This is 2½ acres, and was consecrated in 1833. It was laid out
in 1889 by the Metropolitan Public Gardens Association, and is
maintained by the Greenwich District Board of Works. There are plenty of
seats in it, and it is well used and neatly kept.
242. _St. Nicholas Churchyard_, Deptford.—¾ acre. This is closed and
full of tombstones, but fairly tidy.
243. _Additional ground_, Wellington Street.—¾ acre. This ground,
belonging to the parish of St. Nicholas, was laid out in 1884 by the
Kyrle Society, and is very well kept up by the Greenwich District Board
of Works, who have lately acquired a piece of adjoining land to be added
to the recreation ground.
244. _St. Paul’s Churchyard_, Deptford.—2½ acres. This is vested in the
rector, and maintained by the Deptford Burial Board. The gravestones are
not moved, but there are a few seats in the ground, which is open to the
public.
245. _Baptist (Unitarian) Chapel Burial-ground_, Church Street.—This
touches the above, and is about ¼ acre. It is closed, the railings and
gravestones are broken, and there is a quantity of rubbish lying about.
246. _Friends Burial-ground_, High Street, Deptford.—About 360 square
yards. This is behind the meeting-house and closed. It is neatly kept
and only contains one gravestone.
247. _Congregational Chapel Burial-ground_, High Street, Deptford.—About
400 square yards. This is closed, but neatly laid out, and there are
gravestones against the walls.
248. _Congregational Chapel-ground_, Greenwich Road.—¼ acre, or rather
less. This dates from 1800. The gate is often open, and the gravestones
are flat or against the walls, but it is a bare, uninteresting-looking
ground.
249. _Congregational Chapel-ground_, Maze Hill, Greenwich.—A rather
neglected-looking ground in Park Place, with several flat tombstones,
about 500 square yards in size.
250. _Greenwich Hospital Burial-ground._—This adjoins the Royal Naval
Schools, and measures about 4 acres. An inner enclosure is full of
tombstones, but the outer part has only some monuments in it. It is very
well kept, with splendid trees and good grass, and the gate from the
school playground is generally open.
251. _Greenwich Hospital Cemetery._––In Westcombe. This is nearly 6
acres in size, and was first used in 1857.
LEWISHAM.
252. _St. Mary’s Churchyard._—2 acres. Laid out as a public garden in
1886, and maintained by the Lewisham District Board of Works.
253. _St. Bartholomew’s Churchyard_, Sydenham.—¾ acre. Closed for
interments. This is beautifully kept and is a very pretty ground. The
gates are generally open, but there are no seats.
254. _Deptford Cemetery._—17 acres. First used in 1858. By 1889, 50,000
bodies had been interred there.
255. _Lewisham Cemetery._––15½ acres, of which 4 are reserved and let as
a market-garden. First used 1858.
256. _Lee Cemetery._—In Hither Green. 10 acres, of which 4 are in
reserve. First used 1873. These are open daily.
PLUMSTEAD.
257. _St. Nicholas’s Churchyard._—Still in use for burials, but under
regulation. It is open daily, and measures about 4 acres.
258. _Woolwich Cemetery_, Wickham Lane. (Partly outside the boundary of
Plumstead.)—32 acres. First used in 1856. Open daily.
259. _Plumstead Cemetery_, Wickham Lane.—32¼ acres. First used 1890.
Open daily.
LEE.
260. _St. John the Baptist Churchyard_, Lee, Eltham.—3 acres. This is
also in use, but under regulation, and is open daily.
261. _St. Margaret’s Churchyard_, Lee.—Still in use, open daily, and
very neatly kept. It is about 1½ acres in size.
262. _The Old Churchyard_, Lee.—This is opposite St. Margaret’s, and
contains the ruins of the old church. It is full of tombstones and
neatly kept. It is generally open, but has no seats in it.
263. _St. Luke’s Churchyard_, Charlton.—½ acre. This is full of
tombstones and closed, but very neatly kept. Burials occasionally take
place in existing vaults, but in each case permission has to be obtained
from the Home Secretary.
264. _St. Thomas’s Churchyard_, Charlton.—On the borders of Woolwich.
Nearly an acre. This churchyard was in use for burials in 1854 when it
was put under regulation.
265. _Morden College Cemetery_, Blackheath.—¼ acre. Closed. Neatly kept.
Contains about 80 tombstones. The college was founded about 1695.
266. _Charlton Cemetery._—8 acres. First used in 1855. Open daily.
267. _Greenwich Cemetery._—15 acres. Open daily.
WOOLWICH.
268. _St. Mary’s Churchyard._—Over 3 acres. In a fine situation
overlooking the river. Laid out as a public garden by the Metropolitan
Public Gardens Association, at the cost of Mr. Passmore Edwards, and
opened in May, 1895. It is maintained by the Woolwich Local Board.
269. _Enon Chapel-yard_, High Street.—112 square yards. A tar-paved and
closed yard, with some tombstones against the walls.
270. _Union Chapel Graveyard_, Sun Street.—⅓ acre. This is closed. There
is a very bad fence round it, and it looks uncared for. Negotiations are
on foot to secure it for the public.
271. _Salem Chapel-yard_, Powis Street.—300 square yards. Eighteen or
twenty years ago the London School Board took the chapel and adapted it
as a school. It is now the infant school, other buildings having been
added, and the graveyard is a tar-paved passage used as a playground.
272. _Wesleyan Chapel-yard_, William Street.—¼ acre. Here a school
building has evidently encroached upon the burial-ground. There are
several gravestones, and it is fairly tidy, the gate being often open.
273. _Roman Catholic Ground_, New Road.—This also has probably been
encroached upon. What now exists is a yard, ¼ acre in size, between the
school and the Roman Catholic church, with three graves in one enclosure
in the middle. The gate is open during school hours.
THE CITY.
I. Burial-grounds which are laid out as public recreation grounds—
274. _St. Paul’s Cathedral Churchyard._—Used as a burial-place since
Roman times. It includes the Pardon Churchyard, the burial-grounds for
the parishes of St. Faith and St. Gregory, and a piece allotted to St.
Martin, Ludgate. Size, 1½ acres. Maintained by the Corporation. Laid out
in 1878-1879.
275. _St. Botolph’s Churchyard_, Aldersgate Street.
276. _Additional ground for Christ Church_, Newgate Street.
277. _Additional ground for St. Leonard’s_, Foster Lane.—These three
form together one public garden, rather more than ½ acre in extent. Very
neatly kept up with parochial funds.
278. _St. Olave’s Churchyard_, Silver Street.—Site of the burned church.
279. _Allhallows’ Churchyard_, London Wall.
280. _St. Katharine Coleman Churchyard_, Fenchurch Street.
281. _St. Botolph’s Churchyard_, Aldgate.—¼ acre.—Four grounds laid out
by the Metropolitan Public Gardens Association.
281. _St. Botolph’s Churchyard_, Bishopsgate. Size nearly ½ acre.
283. _St. Botolph’s_, Billingsgate, upper burial-ground, Botolph lane.
284. _St. Mary Aldermanbury Churchyard._
285. _St. Sepulchre’s Churchyard_, Holborn.
286. _St. Bride’s Churchyard_, Fleet Street.—Five small grounds laid out
with the assistance of the Metropolitan Public Gardens Association. No.
282 was laid out by the Association, but the entire cost was borne by
the parish.
287. _Additional ground for St. Dunstan’s in the West_, in Fetter Lane.
Asphalted and used as a playground for the Greystoke Place Board School.
Some tombstones remain in an enclosure at the edge. 4,750 square feet in
area.
II. Burial-grounds that are not laid out as open spaces for the public
use, although most of them are neatly kept, while a few are used as
store-yards, &c., and others are open at times—
288. _The Temple Churchyard._—Partly public thoroughfare, partly closed.
The churchyards of—
289. _St. Andrew_, Holborn.
290. _Christ Church_, Newgate Street.—On the site of the western end of
the church of the Greyfriars.
291. _St. Ann_, Blackfriars.—Two grounds. The western one is the site of
the burned church.
292. _St. Andrew by the Wardrobe_, Queen Victoria Street. Very little
left.
293. _St. Bartholomew the Great._—On the site of the ancient nave, the
_Green-ground_ on the site of the south transept, and a remnant of the
_Poor ground_ on the north side.
294. _St. Dionys Backchurch_, Lime Street.
295. _St. Bartholomew the Less._—In the hospital. At one time it
extended further south.
296. _St. Giles_, Cripplegate, with the _Green-ground_, an extension to
the south. Often Open. Neatly kept.
297. _St. Alphege_, London Wall.—The churchyard does not adjoin the
church. It contains a portion of the old wall.
298. _St. Ann and St. Agnes_, Gresham Street.
299. _St. John Zachary_, Gresham Street.—Site of burned church.
300. _St. Mary Staining_, Oat Lane.—Site of burned church.
301. _St. Alban’s_, Wood Street.
302. _St. Peter Cheap_, Wand Street.—Site of burned church.
303. _St. Vedast_, Foster Lane.
304. _St. Mildred_, Bread Street.—Yard full at ladders.
305. _St. Mary Somerset_, Thames Street.—Store-yard for old iron, behind
the tower. Most of this ground has gone.
306. _St. Peter_, Paul’s Wharf.—Site of burned church.
307. _St. Martin Vintry_, Queen Street.—No church.
308. _St. Thomas the Apostle_, Queen Street.—Little left except a large
vault.
309. _St. Mary Aldermary_, Watling Street.
310. _St. Antholin_, Watling Street.—Very little left except one great
vault.
311. _St. Pancras_, Pancras Lane.—Site of burned church.
312. _St. Benet Sherehog_, Pancras Lane.—Site of burned church.
313. _St. Martin Pomeroy_ (St. Olave, Jewry), Ironmonger Lane.—The site
of St. Martin’s Church, used as St. Olave’s Churchyard, when that became
a private garden.
314. _St. Stephen_, Coleman Street.
315. _St. Mildred_, Poultry.—Given by Thomas Morsted 1420. Almost lost
in 1594. Abridged before 1633, and enlarged 1693.
316. _St. Matthew_, Friday Street.
317. _St. John_, Watling Street.—Site of burned church.
318. _St. Michael_, Queenhithe.—Private garden for St. James’s Rectory.
319. _St. Martin_, Ludgate.—Stationers’ Hall Court. The vaults are under
the ground.
320. _St. Christopher le Stocks._—Garden of the Bank of England since
1780.
321. _St. Michael_, Cornhill.—Some shops were built in this ground in
1690.
322. _St. Peter_, Cornhill.
323. _St. Stephen_, Walbrook.—Encroached upon in 1693.
324. _St. Margaret_, Lothbury.—Improved and planted at the expense of
Dr. Edwin Freshfield, F.S.A.
325. _St. Martin Outwich_, Camomile Street.—The burial-ground of the
priory of St. Augustine Papey. Given by Robert Hyde 1538.
326. _St. Michael Paternoster Royal_, College Hill.
327. _St. James_, Garlickhithe.
328. _St. Nicholas Cole Abbey_, Queen Victoria Street.—Very little left.
329. _St. Swithin_, Cannon Street.—Additional ground. One adjoining the
church has gone.
330. _Allhallows the Great_, Upper Thames Street.
331. _Allhallows the Less_, Upper Thames Street.—Site of burned church.
332. _St. Lawrence Pountney_, Cannon Street.—Two grounds. One is the
site of the burned church.
333. _St. Martin Orgar_, Cannon Street.—Site of burned church.
334. _St. George_, Botolph Lane.
335. _St. Mary at Hill_, Eastcheap.—Saved by the City Church and
Churchyard Protection Society 1879.
336. _St. Andrew Undershaft_, Leadenhall Street.
337. _St. Catherine Cree_, Leadenhall Street.—A part of the cemetery of
Holy Trinity Priory, Aldgate.
338. _St. Helen_, Bishopsgate.—This is very often open, but not provided
with seats.
339. _St. Ethelburga_, Bishopsgate.
340. _St. Clement_, Eastcheap.
341. _St. Leonard_, Fish Street Hill.—Site of burned church.
342. _St. Magnus the Martyr_, London Bridge.
343. _St. Mary Woolnoth_, Lombard Street.—In danger at the present time.
344. _St. Nicholas Acons_, Lombard Street.
345. _St. Edmund King and Martyr_, Lombard Street. The property of the
Salters’ Company. Laid out as a garden with seats.
346. _Allhallows_, Lombard Street.—Closed in the cholera year, 1849.
347. _St. Gabriel_, Fenchurch Street.—The gift of Helming Legget.
348. _Allhallows, Staining_, Mark Lane.—Church destroyed in 1870 except
the tower. The property of the Clothworkers’ Company.
349. _St. Olave’s_, Hart Street.
350. _Allhallows, Barking_, Town Hill.
351. _St. Dunstan’s in the East_, Lower Thames Street.—Its opening is
under consideration.
352. _The Burial-ground of Christ’s Hospital._—This has been almost
covered with buildings, but a small piece remains as a yard near the
great hall.
353. _The Burial-ground of the Greyfriars._—This is a courtyard,
surrounded by the cloisters, in Christ’s Hospital, used as a playground
by the boys.
354. _St. James’s Churchyard_, Duke Street.—This is used as a playground
for the Aldgate Ward Schools.
355. _Additional ground for St. Bride’s_, Fleet Street.—This is off
Farringdon Street, is about 750 square yards in extent, and used as a
volunteer drill-ground. There are no tombstones, and the ground is
untidy. Consecrated 1610. Given by the Earl of Dorset.
356. _St. Mary’s Roman Catholic Church ground_, Finsbury Square.—Very
little left.
357. _Bridewell Burial-ground._—This is about 900 square yards in size,
and is at the corner of Tudor and Dorset Streets. It was the
burial-ground of the hospital, which has been removed. It is now a very
untidy yard, boarded up with a rough advertisement hoarding, in the
occupation of H. S. Foster, builder, 7, Tudor Street. It would make a
good public playground.
III. Burial-grounds which have been paved and added to the public
footway, but are still traceable. The churchyards of—
358. _St. Mary_, Abchurch Lane.—This was thrown into the pavement about
160 years ago, with posts round it.
359. _St. Margaret Pattens_, Rood Lane.
360. _St. Lawrence Jewry_, by the Guildhall.
361. _St. Michael Bassishaw_, Basinghall Street.—Two good trees.
362. _St. Benet Fink_, Threadneedle Street.—Railed in, with Peabody’s
statue in it.
363. _The Cloisters of the Augustine Friars._—Lately discovered on the
north side of the Dutch Church, Austin Friars Square forming part of the
site.
IV. Burial-ground still in use—
364. _Newgate Burial-ground._—A passage in the prison, used for the
interment of those who are executed; 10 feet wide and 85 feet long.
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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 _What occupies the Site_
Burial-ground_
8. Burial-grounds of St. The General Post Office.
Martin le Grand and St.
Lennard, Foster Lane
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 The Farringdon Market occupied
Lane, belonging to St. the site, and a street has
Andrew’s, Holborn 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 Houses in Broad Street.
St.
22. St. Thomas Acons Mercer’s Hall.
23. St. Bartholomew’s Priory, This had a cemetery attached,
Smithfield which is covered by the
buildings near the south
transept of the church.
24. St. Bartholomew’s Hospital West wing of hospital.
Burial-ground
25. St. Swithin, Cannon Street Roadway on north side of
church.
26. St. Dunstan in the West, Probably north end of present
Fleet Street church.
27. St. Michael le Querne Cheapside.
28. Additional ground to Southern end of St.
Christ Church, Moorgate Bartholomew’s Hospital.
Street
29. St. Mary Colechurch Old Jewry.
30. St. Margaret Moses, Friday Cannon Street.
Street
31. Garden in Hosier Lane, Built upon about 1560.
used for St. Mary le Bow
32. Holy Trinity the Less, Mansion House Station.
Trinity Lane
33. St. Mary Axe, Leadenhall Houses on west side of the
Street street called St. Mary Axe.
34. St. Mary Woolchurch Haw Mansion House.
35. St. Bartholomew by the Threadneedle Street.
Exchange
36. Bethlem Burial-ground Liverpool Street Station.
(also called Rowe’s)
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 Warehouse in Lower Thames
(Lower Ground) Street, with terra cotta
heads on the frontage.
41. Garden of Hundsdon House, 95 bodies buried in two pits
Blackfriars (French Embassy) here in 1623 after an
accident. Site now
disappeared.
42. Pest-field, Hand Alley New Street, Bishopsgate
Street.
43. The Churchyard of the This Burial-ground was on the
Dutch Church, Austin Friars south side of the Dutch
Church, now built over.
44. St. Michael, Crooked Lane King William Street.
45. St. James’ Hermitage Houses south of the postern
Burial-ground and the south wall of St.
Giles’ Churchyard,
Cripplegate.
46. Cemetery of the Crutched South of Fenchurch Street.
Friars
ST. MARYLEBONE.
47. Churchyard of Old Tyburn Marylebone Court House,
Church Stratford Place.
48. Burial-place for those Corner of Upper Bryanston
executed at Tyburn Street and Edgware Road.
PADDINGTON.
49. Pest-field, Craven Hill Craven Hill Gardens.
Probably never used.
HAMMERSMITH.
50. Convent Burial-ground, Part of the buildings of the
King Street Convent of the Sacred Heart,
rebuilt by Cardinal Manning.
ST. MARGARET AND ST. JOHN, WESTMINSTER.
51. Buckingham Chapel, Palace Brewery on south side.
Street
ST. MARTIN’S IN THE FIELDS.
52. St. Martin’s additional Part of the buildings of the
ground National Gallery.
53. Burial-ground for the Castle Street, Long Acre.
Friends of the Westminster
Division
54. Burial-ground of St. Mary Northumberland Avenue.
Rounceval Convent
ST. JAMES’S, WESTMINSTER.
55. Pest-field Golden Square and district
round.
THE STRAND.
56. Additional ground for St. French Chapel, Crown Street,
Martin’s in the Fields Soho, now Charing Cross
Road.
57. German Burial-ground, Medical Examination Hall and
Savoy Savoy Chambers.
58. Old Somerset House Somerset House.
Cemetery
59. Westminster Convent Part of Covent Garden Market.
Burial-Ground
60. Almshouse Ground, Clemens New Lane Courts.
Lane
61. Burial-ground by the Possibly the Floral Arcade.
Workhouse, St. Paul’s,
Covent Garden
62. Cemetery of old St. Mary Somerset House, &c.
le Strand
ST. GILES’ IN THE FIELDS.
63. The Workhouse Part of the Workhouse in
Burial-ground Shorts
HOLBORN.
64. St. Sepulchre’s Additional Great Northern Goods Depôt.
Ground, Durham Yard
65. St. Sepulchre’s Workhouse Ditto. This was the larger of
Ground, Durham Yard the two.
66. Pardon Churchyard, Wilderness Row, subsequently
Charterhouse, Clerkenwell Road.
67. Baptist Chapel-ground, Goswell Road, just to the
Glasshouse Yard south of St. Thomas’s,
Charterhouse.
CLERKENWELL.
68. Nun’s Burial-ground Houses west side of St. James’
Walk.
69. St. James’s Additional Farringdon Road and the
Ground, Ray Street 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, Offices, &c., north of
Golden Lane Brackley Street.
SHOREDITCH.
76. Gloucester Street Gas Light and Coke Company’s
Chapel-ground premises.
77. Shoreditch Burial-ground, Wing of the Workhouse built in
Hoxton 1884.
78. Burial-ground by the New block of Artisans’
Goldsmiths’ Almshouses Dwellings west side of
Goldsmith Row.
79. Worship Street Baptist London and North Western Goods
Chapel-ground Depôt.
STOKE NEWINGTON.
80. Abney Congregational School buildings.
Chapel, Church Street
BETHNAL GREEN.
81. Roman Catholic Ground, Cambridge Road.
Bethnal Green
82. Pest-field, belonging to South of Lisbon Street and
Stepney Collingwood Street.
WHITECHAPEL.
83. Roman Cemetery Goodman’s Fields.
84. Burial-ground, Whitechapel Whitechapel Workhouse.
Road
85. St. Katharine, near the St. Katharine’s Docks.
Tower
86. Additional Ground to St. St. Katharine’s Docks.
Katharine
87. Bone Yard, Gower’s Walk Houses.
88. Zoar Chapel, Great Alie Warehouses, shops, and a
St. forge.
89. Pest-field, Spital Square St. Mary’s Church, &c.
90. Pest-field, east of the The Royal Mint.
Mint, and Cemetery of the
Convent of St. Mary of Grace
91. Pest-field, Petticoat Lane Built over.
92. Tower Burial-ground Demolished for Tower Bridge.
(outside the wall)
93. St. Mary Spital Priory Spital Square and district.
94. Pest-field or Plague-Pit Messrs. Kinloch’s new
in Gower’s Walk buildings.
95. Mill Yard Sabbatarian Railway by Leman St. Station.
Chapel
96. German Church, Hooper Railway.
Square.
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, Wilmott’s Buildings.
Sheer’s Alley
102. Zion Chapel, Borough Artisans’ Dwellings, Chapel
Court.
ST. SAVIOR’S.
103. Friends’ Burial-ground, London Bridge and Charing
Worcester Street Cross Railway.
104. Chapel Burial-ground, London Bridge and Charing
Ewer Street Cross Railway.
105. Baptist Chapel-ground, Houses at corner of Pepper
Pepper Street (Duke Street Street.
Park)
106. St. Margaret, Southwark Borough High Street and Market
ST. OLAVE’S.
107. St. Olave, Additional St. Thomas Street.
Ground
108. Flemish Burial-ground, Approach to London Bridge
Carter Lane Station.
109. Mazepond Baptist Chapel Guy’s Hospital Medical School.
110. Baptist Chapel, Dipping Fair Street or Charles Street,
Alley 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, Club House.
Charles Street
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APPENDIX C.
CHURCHES AND CHAPELS WITH VAULTS UNDER THEM THAT HAVE BEEN USED FOR
INTERMENTS, BUT WITH NO GRAVEYARDS ATTACHED.
The Foundling Chapel, W.C.
Lincoln’s Inn Chapel and Cloisters, W.C.
Gray’s Inn Chapel, E.C.
Ely Place Chapel, E.C.
Lambeth Palace Chapel, S.E.
St. Pancras New Church, W.C.
Camden Chapel, St. Pancras, N.W.
Christ Church, Marylebone, N.W.
Holy Trinity, Marylebone, N.W.
Holy Trinity, Islington, N.
St. John’s, Upper Holloway, N.
St. John’s, Paddington, W.
St. Barnabas, Kensington, W.
All Saints, Islington, N.
Aske’s Hospital Chapel, Hoxton, N.
St. Barnabas, King Square, E.C.
St. Thomas’, Charterhouse, E.C.
St. Mark’s, Clerkenwell, E.C.
St. Mark’s, North Audley Street, W.
Grosvenor Chapel, South Audley Street.
Hanover Chapel, Regent Street, W. (About to be destroyed.)
St. Peter’s, Pimlico, S.W.
St. Stephen’s, Westminster, S.W.
St. James’s, Clapham, S.W.
St. Anne’s, Wandsworth, S.W.
Holy Trinity, Newington, S.E.
St. Mary Magdalene’s, Peckham, S.E.
Holy Trinity, Little Queen Street, W.C.
Wesleyan Chapel, Great Queen Street, W.C.
Mission Chapel, Little Wyld Street, W.C.
Elim Chapel, Fetter Lane, E.C.
Baptist Chapel, Blandford Street, N.W.
Roman Catholic Chapel, Grove Road, N.W.
Congregational Chapel, Kentish Town, N.W.
Brunswick Chapel, Mile End Road, E. (Now connected with
Charrington’s Assembly Hall.)
Baptist Chapel, Romney Street, S.W.
Surrey Chapel, Blackfriars Road, S.E. (Now a machine manufactory.)
Queen Street Chapel, Woolwich, S.E.
Some vaults, such as those under the Guildhall Chapel, the Rolls Chapel,
and the notorious Elton Chapel, Clements Lane, have disappeared with the
buildings; and it must be remembered that the City churches that have
lost their churchyards have vaults underneath them, and so have other
buildings, such as the Charterhouse Chapel and cloisters, the
burial-ground there being of much later date, and detached from the
chapel.
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APPENDIX D.
STEPS TO BE TAKEN FOR LAYING OUT AND THROWING OPEN TO THE PUBLIC A
DISUSED CHURCHYARD OR BURIAL-GROUND, AND FOR ITS MAINTENANCE BY THE
LONDON COUNTY COUNCIL, OR THE LOCAL AUTHORITY. (REPRINTED FROM THE
ANNUAL REPORT OF THE METROPOLITAN PUBLIC GARDENS ASSOCIATION, 83,
LANCASTER GATE, W.)
1. Decide how much assistance is to be sought from the London County
Council, or the Local Authority, that is the Vestry or District Board,
if in London, or the Urban or Rural Sanitary Authority, if in the
provinces, in the carrying out of the scheme. Thus, in approaching any
of these bodies, it should be considered—
(_a_) Whether they are to be asked to lay out the ground, or only to
take it over for maintenance after it has been laid out by others,
_e.g._, the Association.
(_b_) Whether they may require, or can have the freehold, or only a
limited interest, such as a lease of the ground.
2. The Incumbent or Owner will, when the consent of the Local Authority
or London County Council has been obtained, be required to execute a
Deed transferring the Ground to the Local Authority, or the Council,
upon the terms and conditions that have been mutually arranged.
3. [Sidenote: Consecrated Grounds require a Faculty.] In the case of a
Consecrated Ground, a Faculty must be obtained from the Bishop of the
Diocese by the Local Authority, or the London County Council, as the
case may be, permitting such body to exercise powers of management over
it; and should it be needful to move tombstones, such Faculty must also
contain a license to do so, otherwise they cannot be moved (_vide_ para.
5).
4. The Consistory Court of the Diocese usually requires the following
preliminary steps to have been taken, before it will hear an application
for a Faculty:—
(_a_) The preparation of a plan and detailed statement of what it is
proposed to do to the ground, and of an estimate of the expense
involved.
(_b_) The submission of plan, statement, and estimate, to a meeting
of the Vestry of the Parish, and the passing of a resolution (which
should be carefully prepared) by the Vestry approving the plan,
statement, estimate, and application for a Faculty.
(_c_) The approval of plan, statement, and estimate, by the Local
Authority or the London County Council, as the case may be.
(_d_) The presentation of a petition for a Faculty to the Bishop or
his Consistory Court, by the Local Authority or the Council, as the
case may be, setting out the scheme, accompanied by the plan,
statement, and resolutions.
(_e_) This petition should in the ordinary course have the
concurrence of the Incumbent, and he may be, and it is usually
desirable that he should be, a party to it.
5. [Sidenote: Removal of Tombstones in consecrated and unconsecrated
grounds.] In the case of any disused churchyard, cemetery, or
burial-ground, whether consecrated or not, if tombstones are to be
moved, at least three months before any tombstone or monument is
moved the following steps have to be taken:—
(_a_) A statement shall be prepared sufficiently describing by the
name and date appearing thereon the tombstones and monuments
standing or being in the ground, and such other particulars as may
be necessary;
(_b_) Such statements shall be deposited with the clerk of the
County Council or Local Authority, and shall be open to inspection
by all persons;
(_c_) An advertisement of the intention to remove or change the
position of such tombstones and monuments shall be inserted three
times at least in some newspaper circulating in the neighbourhood of
the burial-ground, and such advertisement shall give notice of the
deposit of such statement, as is hereinbefore described, and of the
hours within which the same may be inspected;
(_d_) A notice in terms similar to the advertisement shall be placed
on the door of the church (if any) to which such churchyard,
cemetery, or burial-ground is attached, and shall be delivered or
sent by post to any person known or believed by the County Council
or Local Authority to be a near relative of any person whose death
is recorded on any such tombstone or monument.
[Sidenote: Ditto in consecrated grounds only.] In the case of any
consecrated ground a Faculty is also required (_vide_ page 3), but no
application for a Faculty can be made until the expiration of one month
at least after the appearance of the last of such advertisements.
Provided that on any application for a Faculty nothing shall prevent the
Bishop from directing or sanctioning the removal of any tombstone or
monument, if he is of opinion that reasonable steps have been taken to
bring the intention to effect such removal to the notice of some person
having a family interest in such removal.
[Sidenote: Ditto in unconsecrated grounds only.] In the case of an
unconsecrated burial-ground, no Faculty is requisite either for
management or for moving tombstones.
N.B.—Faculties, which only emanate from the Courts of Diocesan Bishops,
cannot apply to burial-grounds, unless consecrated by Bishops of the
Established Church.
6. [Sidenote: Playing of Games.]The playing of any games or sports is
not allowed in any churchyard, cemetery, or burial-ground in or over
which any estate, interest, or control is acquired under section five of
the Metropolitan Open Spaces Act, 1881.
Provided that—
(_a_) In the case of consecrated ground, the Bishop, by any license
or Faculty granted under the Metropolitan Open Spaces Act, 1881, or
this Act (Open Spaces Act, 1887), and
(_b_) In the case of any churchyard, cemetery, or burial-ground,
which is not consecrated, the body from which any such estate,
interest, or control as aforesaid is acquired may expressly sanction
any such use of the ground, and may specify such conditions as to
the extent or manner of such use.
If an Incumbent or owner wishes to lay out a Disused Churchyard or
Burial-ground, and to maintain it himself directly or by his agents,
_e.g._, the Association, no application to the Local Authority, or
London County Council, is required, and if it is a consecrated
ground but no tombstones are moved, no Faculty or consent of any
other person is required. Any arrangement of this nature _an
Incumbent_ may make is not, however, binding on his successor. In
unconsecrated grounds no Faculties are needed.
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APPENDIX E.
THE DISUSED BURIAL-GROUNDS ACT, AND AMENDING CLAUSES IN
SUBSEQUENT OPEN SPACES ACTS.
[Sidenote: A.D. 1884.] 47 & 48 VICT. [Ch. 72.]
_Disused Burial grounds Act, 1884._
An Act for preventing the erection of Buildings on Disused Burial
grounds. [14th August, 1884.]
WHEREAS an Act was passed in the session of Parliament holden in the
fifteenth and sixteenth years of Her Majesty, chapter eighty-five,
to amend the laws concerning the burial of the dead in the
metropolis, and an Act was passed in the session holden in the
sixteenth and seventeenth years of Her Majesty, chapter one hundred
and thirty-four, “to amend the laws concerning the burial of the
dead in England, beyond the limits of the metropolis, and to amend
the Act concerning the burial of the dead in the metropolis”: And
whereas, in pursuance of the provisions of the above recited Acts,
numerous Orders in Council have been made for the discontinuance of
burials in certain burial-grounds within the metropolis and
elsewhere: And whereas it is expedient that no buildings should be
erected on any burial-ground affected by any of such Orders in
Council:
Be it therefore enacted by the Queen’s most Excellent Majesty, by
and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal,
and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the
authority of the same as follows:
[Sidenote: Short title.]1. This Act may be cited as the Disused
Burial-Grounds Act, 1884.
2. [Sidenote: Interpretation clause Amended by 50 & 51 Vict. c. 32.]
In this Act a “disused burial-ground” shall mean a burial-ground in
respect of which an Order in Council has been made for the
discontinuance of burials therein in pursuance of the provisions of
the said recited Acts.
3. [Sidenote: Amended by 50 & 51 Vict. c. 32.] After the passing of
this Act [Sidenote: No buildings to be erected upon disused
burial-grounds for enlargement, etc.] it shall not be lawful to
erect any buildings upon any disused burial-ground, except for the
purpose of enlarging a church, chapel, meeting-house, or other place
of worship.
4. [Sidenote: Saving for buildings already sanctioned.]Nothing in
this Act shall prevent the erection of any building on a disused
burial-ground, for which a Faculty has been obtained before the
passing of this Act.
5. [Sidenote: Saving of burial-grounds already sold by Act of
Parliament.]Nothing in this Act contained shall apply to any
burial-ground which has been sold or disposed of under the authority
of any Act of Parliament.
* * * * *
[48 & 49 VICT.] [Ch. 167.]
_Metropolitan Board of Works (Various Powers) Act, 1885._
And whereas it is expedient to confer further powers upon the Board
for enforcing the due observance in the metropolis of the provisions
of the Disused Burial Grounds Act, 1884:
PART IV.
Miscellaneous (Disused Burial-grounds).
56. [Sidenote: A.D. 1885.
Board to be the authority to enforce the Disused Burial-Grounds Act,
1884.]The Board shall be and they are hereby constituted the
authority for preventing the violation and for enforcing the due
observance of the provisions of the Disused Burial-grounds Act,
1884, within the metropolis, and they may from time to time
institute and prosecute all such legal proceedings and do all such
acts, manners, and things as may in the opinion of the Board be
necessary or expedient for preventing the violation by any person
and for enforcing the due observance by all persons of the
provisions of the said Act within the metropolis.
* * * * *
[Sidenote: A.D. 1887.] [50 & 51 VICT.] _Open Spaces Act, 1887._
CHAPTER 32
An Act for extending certain Provisions of the Metropolitan Open
Spaces Acts, 1877 and 1881, with Amendments, to Sanitary Districts
throughout England, Wales, and Ireland; and for other purposes.
[23rd August, 1887.]
[Sidenote: 40 & 41 Vict. c. 35. 44 & 45 Vict. c. 34.]WHEREAS by the
Metropolitan Open Spaces Acts, 1877 and 1881 (herein called the
principal Acts), certain facilities were provided for making
available the open spaces and burial-grounds in the metropolis for
the use of the inhabitants thereof for exercise and recreation, and
it is expedient to provide facilities for making available open
spaces and burial-grounds in all sanitary districts in England,
Wales, and Ireland, for the like use of the inhabitants thereof, and
to make other provisions for the [Sidenote: 47 & 48 Vict. c. 72.]
purpose aforesaid, and also to amend the Metropolitan Open Spaces
Act, 1881, and the Disused Burial-grounds Act, 1884:
Be it therefore enacted by the Queen’s most Excellent Majesty by and
with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and
Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority
of the same, as follows:
* * * * *
4. [Sidenote: Amendment of 47 & 48 Vict. c. 72.] In the Disused
Burial-grounds Act, 1884, and this Act, the expression
“burial-ground” shall have the same meaning as in the Metropolitan
Open Spaces Act, 1881, as amended by this Act, and the expression
“disused burial-ground” shall mean any burial-ground which is no
longer used for interments, whether or not such ground shall have
been partially or wholly closed for burials under the provisions of
any statute or Order in Council, and the expression “building” shall
include any temporary or movable building.
* * * * *
11. [Sidenote: Power over open spaces already vested in sanitary
authority.] The Metropolitan Board[10] or the sanitary authority may
exercise all the powers given to them by the Metropolitan Open
Spaces, 1881, or this Act respecting open spaces, churchyards,
cemeteries, and burial-grounds transferred to them in pursuance of
the said Act or of this Act in respect of any open spaces,
churchyards, cemeteries, and burial-grounds transferred to them in
pursuance of the said Act or of this Act in respect of any open
spaces, churchyards, cemeterie, and burial-grounds of a similar
nature which are or shall be vested in them in pursuance of any
other statute, or of which they are otherwise the owners.
Footnote 10:
Read London County Council.
N.B. Clauses 2 and 3 in this Act, which also refer to
burial-grounds, are incorporated in Appendix D.
* * * * *
SCHEDULE.
Portions of the Metropolitan Open Spaces Act, 1881, repealed.
In section one, the following words occurring in the definition of
an “open space,” viz., “but shall not include any enclosed land
which has not a public road or footpath completely round the same.”
In the same section, the following words occurring in the definition
of a “burial-ground,” viz., “and in which interments have taken
place since the year 1800.”
In the second paragraph of section five, the words, “but such
Metropolitan Board,[11] vestry, or district board shall not allow
the playing of any games or sports therein.”
Footnote 11:
Ibid.
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