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Bedlam Burial Ground

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The burial ground took its name from the nearby Bethlehem Hospital for the mentally ill whose name was commonly shortened to Bedlam. The burial ground was established in 1569 to help parishes cope with overcrowding during outbreaks of plague and other epidemics. It is considered to be the first cemetery not associated with the Church.

The burial ground is under Liverpool Street Station and has more the 3,000 people interred there.

The majority of those were buried between 1570 and 1729, a period which included the English Civil War of 1642-51, the Great Plague of 1665, and the Great Fire of London of 1666.

Please DO NOT request photos of gravestones because this cemetery was discovered when the workers were excavating . many remains were removed but many more remain. They recovered artifacts including shards of a few gravestones and then continued with the work to build a new underground rail system.
Over 5000 remains were found and the speculation is that there could have been as many as 30,000 more burials.
Information can be found at the online "Crossrail " site.







The burial ground took its name from the nearby Bethlehem Hospital for the mentally ill whose name was commonly shortened to Bedlam. The burial ground was established in 1569 to help parishes cope with overcrowding during outbreaks of plague and other epidemics. It is considered to be the first cemetery not associated with the Church.

The burial ground is under Liverpool Street Station and has more the 3,000 people interred there.

The majority of those were buried between 1570 and 1729, a period which included the English Civil War of 1642-51, the Great Plague of 1665, and the Great Fire of London of 1666.

Please DO NOT request photos of gravestones because this cemetery was discovered when the workers were excavating . many remains were removed but many more remain. They recovered artifacts including shards of a few gravestones and then continued with the work to build a new underground rail system.
Over 5000 remains were found and the speculation is that there could have been as many as 30,000 more burials.
Information can be found at the online "Crossrail " site.







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  • Added: 9 Feb 2015
  • Find a Grave Cemetery ID: 2568706