An
historical burial ground in central London has been discovered by archaeologists
during the Crossrail project. Thirteen skeletons believed to
be up to 660 years old have been uncovered lying in two carefully laid out rows
on the edge of Charterhouse Square at Farringdon.
Historical records suggest a
burial ground in the Farringdon area was opened during the Black Death Plague
in 1348. Despite development in the area
over the past centuries, the burial ground, described in historical records as
“no man’s land”, has never been located. Records suggest up to 50,000 people
may have been buried in less than three years in the emergency cemetery, which was
used up until the 1500s.
Archaeologists have previously
uncovered over 300 burials from the 1500s to 1700s at the New Cemetery near the
site of the Bedlam Hospital at Liverpool Street.
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