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Churchyard
·noun The ground adjoining a church, in which the dead are buried; a cemetery.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Churchyard
See St. Botolph Billingsgate, Churchyard.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Churchyard, Thomas
(1520?-1604)
Poet and miscellaneous writer, began life as a page to the Earl of Surrey, and subsequ...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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Aldermary Churchyard
East and south of St. Mary Aldermary Church, from Budge Row to Bow Lane (O. and M. 1677-L.C.C. List,...
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Aldgate Churchyard
This is the churchyard which is still in existence, adjoining to and surrounding the Church of St. B...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Alphage Churchyard
On the north side of London Wall, opposite the present church of St. Alphage. Enclosed by iron raili...
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(St.) Ann's Churchyard
On the north side of St. Ann's Lane, south and east of the church (O. and M. 1677-O.S. 1880).
It is...
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Bishopsgate Churchyard
West out of Bishopsgate at No.109 to New Broad Street south of St. Botolph's Church (P.O. Directory)...
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Bow Churchyard
South out of Cheapside at No. 55 on the west side of St. Mary le Bow (P.O. Directory). In Cordwainer...
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(St.) Bride's Churchyard
Surrounding the church (O.S. 1880). Another one shown on the west side of the new canal, south of St...
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Churchyard Alley
1) In Jewin Street.
Mentioned 1678 (H. MSS. Com. 11th Rep. II. 57).
No later mention.
2) East out...
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Churchyard Court
East out of Inner Temple Lane. On the north side of the Temple Church, in Farringdon Ward Without (L...
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Creed Churchyard
East of St. Katherine Creechurch and north of Leadenhall Street (O.S.).
First mention: O. and M. 16...
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Cripplegate Churchyard
See St. Giles' without Cripplegate Churchyard.
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(St.) Dunstan's Churchyard
On the west side of Fetter Lane, north of and detached from the church, in Farringdon Ward Without (...
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(St.) Helen Churchyard
On the west and south-west of the church (O.S.).
Strype describes it as planted with trees and very...
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Ludgate Churchyard
On the east side of Church Entry, Blackfriars (Rocque, 1746)
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(St.) Martin Churchyard
On the north side of Upper Thames Street, between New Queen Street and College Hill (Rocque, 1746, a...
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New Churchyard
See Spinning Wheel Alley.
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Pardon Churchyard
1) In the cloister on the north side of Old St. Paul's (S. 329).
First mention: " le Pardoncherchaw...
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(St.) Paul's Churchyard
A street extending west from Cheapside and Cannon Street to Ludgate Hill on the north south, west an...
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(St.) Swithin's Churchyard
North-west of the church, north of Oxford Court and west of Salters' Hall Court (O.S.).
Shown in O....
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(St.) Vedast Churchyard
On the east side of Foster Lane and north of the Church, in Aldersgate Ward (O. and M. 1677).
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churchyard cough
A cough that is likely to terminate in death.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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Aldgate Churchyard, New
There appears to have been a new churchyard or burial ground attached to the Church of St. Botolph, ...
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(St.) Andrew Holborn Churchyard
On the north, south, and west sides of the church (Horwood, 1799).
Shown also in O. and M. 1677 and...
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(St.) Andrew Undershaft Churchyard
North and east of the church, with a passage south to Leadenhall Street (O. and M. 1677-Horwood, 179...
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(St.) Anne Blackfriars' Churchyard
At the north-west end of Church Entry (O. and M. 1677-O.S. 1880).
Purchased by the inhabitants of t...
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(St.) Benet Sherehog Churchyard
On the north side of Pancras Lane, on the site formerly occupied by the church (O.S. 1880).
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(St.) Botolph Aldgate Churchyard
See Aldgate Churchyard.
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(St.) Botolph Billingsgate, Churchyard
East out of Botolph Lane, south of Botolph Alley. In Billingsgate Ward (Strype, 1720 and 1755, and R...
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(St.) Botolph Bishopsgate Churchyard
See Bishopsgate Churchyard.
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Churchyard Alley Hole
At the south end of Churchyard Alley adjoining the Water Works on the west side of Old London Bridge...
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(St.) Clement Eastcheap Churchyard
On the east side of the church, "Graveyard disused" (O.S. 1880).
It is shown in O. and M. 1677, the...
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(St.) Katherine Coleman Churchyard
On the north side of the church (O.S.).
It seems to have been more extensive in old days than now, ...
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(St.) Katherine Cree Churchyard
On the north and east sides of the church (O.S.). Shown in O. and M. 1677 north-east.
See Creed Chu...
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(St.) Lawrence Pountney Churchyard
On the south side of the Church, west of Lawrence Pountney Lane. In Candlewick Ward (O.S.).
Mention...
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(St.) Margaret Lothbury, Churchyard
Graveyard disused shown to the north of the church (O.S. 1880).
In Rocque, 1746, but not named.
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(St.) Margaret Pattens Churchyard
East of the Church (O. and M. 1677).
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(St.) Martin Orgar Churchyard
On the east side of St. Martin's Lane, south of the French Church (Rocque, 1746, and Strype, 1720 an...
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(St.) Martin Outwich, Churchyard
Piece of ground between St. Mary Street and Bishopsgate let by the Chamberlains of London to the par...
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(St.) Martin Pomary Churchyard
Shown in Rocque's map 1746 on the east side of Ironmonger Lane. The site is vacant and unnamed in O....
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(St.) Mary Aldermary Churchyard
See Aldermary Churchyard.
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(St.) Michael's Cornhill Churchyard
Graveyard (disused) on the south side of the Church (Leake, 1666-O.S. 1880).
Stow says there was a ...
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(St.) Nicholas Acon Churchyard
On the west side of Nicholas Lane at No.4 (O.S.). Site still open and unbuilt on.
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(St.) Nicholas Olave, Churchyard
On the west side of Bread Street Hill, with a passage to Five Foot Lane (Rocque, 1746 Strype; and Lo...
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Pardon Churchyard, Smithfield
Said to have been purchased and a chapel built there for the burial of those who died of the Black D...
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(St.) Peter Cornhill, Churchyard
Graveyard (disused) shown on the south side of the Church (O. and M. 1677-O.S.1880).
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(St.) Thomas Apostle Churchyard
On the north side of Great St. Thomas Apostle at its junction with Queen Street (O. and M. 1677-O.S....
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(Holy) Trinity Priory Churchyard
Burial Ground in Eastsmithfield procured by John Corey, 1348, in time of great pestilence on conditi...
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All Hallows Barking Churchyard
On the north and east sides of the Church of All Hallows Barking (O.S.). Churchyard mentioned in Wil...
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(St.) Bartholomew the Great, Churchyard
On the western side of the church.
Shown in O. and M. 1677.
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(St.) Bartholomew the Less, Churchyard
Little St. Bartholomew Churchyard is shown to the south of the Hospital in O. and M. 1677.
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(St.) Benet Paul's Wharf Churchyard
On the north side of the church (O. and M. 1677, and Horwood, 1799).
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(St.) Botolph without Aldersgate Churchyard
On the south side of St. Botolph's Church, between Aldersgate Street and King Edward Street (O.S.).
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Chapel In Pardon Churchyard
The chapell of Seint Thomas in Pardon chirchawe, 1500-1521 (Arnold's Chronicle, p. 254).
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Churchyard Alley, Clement's Lane
See Church Court.
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(St.) Giles' without Cripplegate Churchyard
On the south and west sides of the church. In Cripplegate Ward Without, bounded by the City Wall on ...
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Great St. Helen Churchyard
See St. Helen Churchyard.
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(St.) Katherine's Churchyard, East Smithfield
North and east of the church, the part south of the church is called "Green Churchyard" (Strype, 172...
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(St.) Michael Crooked Lane Churchyard
On the south and east sides of the church (O. and M. 1677-Rocque, 1746).
The churchyard was enlarge...
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(St.) Olave Silver Street Churchyard
On the south side of Silver Street at its junction with Monkwell Street (Rocque, 1746).
It still oc...
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All Hallows Lombard Street Churchyard
On the south side of the church (O. and M. 1677-O.S. 1880).
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All Hallows the Great Churchyard
On the south side of Upper Thames Street. Enclosed and left " in situ " after the removal of the chu...
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All Hallows the Less Churchyard
At the north-west corner of Cole Harbour, on the south side of Thames Street (O. and M. 1677-O.S.).
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Ball Alley, St. Paul's Churchyard
Out of St. Paul's Churchyard.
Named after the " Ball," a house with such a sign standing there 1594...
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(St.) Dunstan in the East, Churchyard
On the north and south sides of the Church (O.S.). Churchyard of the Church of St. Dunstan in East c...
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Pool by St. Giles' Churchyard
Mentioned by Stow, p. 16, as having been in existence in 1244, but in his time stopped up, and the s...
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Black Swan Court, St. Paul's Churchyard
See Black Swan Alley.
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(St.) Edmund the King and Martyr Churchyard
On the north side of the church (O. and M., 1677-O.S. 1880).
Mentioned 1557 (Lond. I. p.m. II. 31)....
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Flemish Churchyard, Flemish Courtyard, Flemish Street
See Flemings' Church Yard.
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Chapel in (St.) Dunstan in the East Churchyard
There was a chapel "upon the charnell in the chirch haue of Seint Dunstan in the Est," mentioned in ...
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(St.) Katherine in the Churchyard of Holy Trinity
See St. Katherine Cree.
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Chapel upon the Charnell in St. Paul's Churchyard
Newly built chapel in St. Paul's Churchyard beyond the charnel house mentioned in will of Roger Beyv...
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(St.) Mary's Chapel in the New Churchyard near Smethefeld
Bequest to work of new Chapel of St. Mary near Westsmythfeld, 1372 (Ct. H.W. II. 148).
See Charterh...
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