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