Bedlam burials

Sep 11, 2014 08:25

http://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/mission-launched-to-identify-thousands-of-bodies-buried-at-bedlam-burial-ground-9581126.html

A team of volunteers is calling on Londoners to help them identify thousands of people laid to rest at the Bedlam burial ground during the 16th and 17th centuries.

Fifteen “Buried at Bedlam” volunteers are searching historical records across the capital to build the first list of names of those buried at the cemetery, which was located near the site of the notorious Bethlem Hospital...

keeps death his court, early modern grab bag, london

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