Wednesday, September 19, 2012

May 2012: Where the prostitutes were buried

This is the crossbones graveyard in London. Where prostitutes were buried way back in the 15th to 17th centuries. Up to 15,000 people are buried here. It closed in 1853. A significant proportion of the burials, almost 1/3rd, are of prenatal or young children.

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Its concreted over. You cannot see any gravestones or anything.

Its one of the few places where you can feel a hush as soon as you walk close to it and you can feel the dead. An extraordinary feeling.

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The gate to the ground has become a shrine to them. You cannot enter the place, but I took some photographs of the gate.

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What an impressive memorial to those prostitutes who died and their children.

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And you can see the Shard rising above it all.

A salute to those who died.

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