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The London Dead

Stories from our cemeteries, crypts and churchyards.

  • By David Bingham
  • Based in United Kingdom
  • Roughly two posts per month
  • First post on

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Posts per month
Month starting Posts
Feb 2022 2
Mar 2022 2
Apr 2022 1
May 2022 2
Jun 2022 4
Jul 2022 4
Aug 2022 1
Sep 2022 4
Oct 2022 2
Nov 2022 4
Dec 2022 1
Jan 2023 4
Feb 2023 2
Mar 2023 3
Apr 2023 3
May 2023 4
Jun 2023 4
Jul 2023 1
Aug 2023 0
Sep 2023 4
Oct 2023 4
Nov 2023 3
Dec 2023 1
Jan 2024 0
Feb 2024 4
Mar 2024 2
Apr 2024 1

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Most recent posts

'Who hath no wife, he is no cuckold'; George Hill (1802-1864) Kensal Green Cemetery
Was George Hill as dull as his epitaph suggests? It is not unusual for memorial inscriptions to mention the grave occupant’s occupation but very few are as exclusively focused on career achievements as George’s. “For …
On , by David Bingham, 1,903 words
Death at the Zoo; murder, suicide and drunken accidents in the first 75 years of London's Zoological Gardens
Children of all ages will be Interested in the chatty and pleasant account of "Half Holidays at the Zoo," issued from the Westminster Gazette office. It is illustrated by a large number of capital photographs …
On , by David Bingham, 3,218 words
The Mysterious Barclay Grave; Elizabeth Anne Barclay (1834-1895) Kensal Green Cemetery
This memorial in Kensal Green cemetery first caught my attention back in 2013. The unusual design is unlike anything else in the cemetery; a trefoil cross carrying a crude depiction of Christ carved out of …
On , by David Bingham, 2,159 words