Crossbones Graveyard, Part 1: The Outcast Dead of London

Podcast: The Freakin’ Shack Podcast · fshack03

Opublikowano: 2026-10-22

Who lies beneath Crossbones Graveyard? In the first of two episodes, Trina and Steph travel into the history of Southwark’s Crossbones burial ground. They explore its use for pauper burials, its closure in 1853, and what archaeology has revealed about some of the people laid to rest there. They also examine the story of the Winchester Geese and John Stow’s account of the Single Women’s Churchyard, asking how much we can establish about its connection to Crossbones. Along the way, the conversation turns to the Liberty of the Clink, the rules imposed on women...