Discover the hidden history of Southwark's Crossbones Graveyard, an unconsecrated burial site in London. Unearthed in 1989, this graveyard holds 15,000 bodies, including paupers, prostitutes, and the forgotten outcasts of Victorian society. We explore its dark past, the myths of the 'Winchester Geese,' and the harsh realities of life, disease, and death in 17th-19th century London.

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References

Berg, A. L. (2019). From religious to secular place-making: How does the secular matter for religious place construction in the local?. Social Compass, 66(1), 35-48.

Crossbones.org.uk. History of Cross Bones Graveyard. Retrieved from https://crossbones.org.uk/history/

Find a Grave. Elizabeth Mitchell Memorial. Retrieved from https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/88438448/elizabeth-mitchell

Museum of London. Cross Bones Post-Medieval Cemetery. Retrieved from https://www.museumoflondon.org.uk/collections/other-collection-databases-and-libraries/centre-human-bioarchaeology/osteological-database/post-medieval-cemeteries/cross-bones-post-medieval

Museum of London. Cross Bones Photographs. Retrieved from https://www.museumoflondon.org.uk/collections/other-collection-databases-and-libraries/centre-human-bioarchaeology/osteological-database/post-medieval-cemeteries/cross-bones-photographs

Nally, C. (2018). Cross Bones Graveyard: Excavating the Prostitute in Neo-Victorian Popular Culture. Journal of Victorian Culture, 23(2), 247-261. doi:10.1093/jvc/vcx006

Planetslade. Cross Bones 17. Retrieved from http://www.planetslade.com/cross-bones-17.html

Szreter, S., & Siena, K. (2021). The pox in Boswell's London: an estimate of the extent of syphilis infection in the metropolis in the 1770s. The Economic History Review, 74, 372-399. https://doi.org/10.1111/ehr.13000

Winchester Heritage Open Days. The Buried History of the Winchester Geese - Part One. Retrieved from https://www.winchesterheritageopendays.org/hampshire-histbites-episodes/2020/11/20/the-buried-history-of-the-winchester-geese-part-one

Winchester Heritage Open Days. The Buried History of the Winchester Geese - Part Two. Retrieved from https://www.winchesterheritageopendays.org/hampshire-histbites-episodes/2020/11/26/the-buried-history-of-the-winchester-geese-part-two

Music

Danse Macabre by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?collection=005
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