Chapter I: Introduction: 13

I. BRITISH AND ROMAN BURYING-PLACES 23

II. THE GRAVEYARDS OF PRIORIES AND 30
CONVENTS

III. THE CATHEDRAL, THE ABBEY, THE 53
TEMPLE, AND THE TOWER

IV. THE CITY CHURCHYARDS 74

V. LONDON CHURCHYARDS, OUTSIDE THE 90
CITY

VI. PEST-FIELDS AND PLAGUE-PITS 117

VII. THE DISSENTERS’ BURIAL-GROUNDS 133

VIII. BURIAL-PLACES OF FOREIGNERS IN 153
LONDON

IX. HOSPITAL, ALMSHOUSE, AND WORKHOUSE 171
GROUNDS

X. PRIVATE AND PROMISCUOUS CEMETERIES 187

XI. THE CLOSING OF THE BURIAL-GROUNDS 209
AND VAULTS

XII. GRAVEYARDS AS PUBLIC GARDENS 226

XIII. THE CEMETERIES STILL IN USE 250

XIV. A FORECAST OF THE FUTURE 263