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Christchurch Cemetery

Memorials	:	115
Location	:	Spitalfields, London Borough of Tower Hamlets, England
Description	:	Nicholas Hawksmoor's Christ Church Spitalfields was built 1714-1729 following the 1711 Fifty New Churches Act with money raised by tax on coal; it was the first of his three churches in the East End, the others being St Anne Limehouse and St George-in-the-East. His original design for Christ Church was estimated at £9,129 16s but actually cost over £39,000. The foundations were laid in 1714 and the church was finally consecrated on 5 July 1714. Income for the upkeep of the church came from various sources including leasing box pews to wealthy local families, burials in the crypt paid for... Read More	Nicholas Hawksmoor's Christ Church Spitalfields was built 1714-1729 following the 1711 Fifty New Churches Act with money raised by tax on coal; it was the first of his three churches in the East End, the others being St Anne Limehouse and St George-in-the-East. His original design for Christ Church was estimated at £9,129 16s but actually cost over £39,000. The foundations were laid in 1714 and the church was finally consecrated on 5 July 1714. Income for the upkeep of the church came from various sources including leasing box pews to wealthy local families, burials in the crypt paid for by those fearful of body-snatchers, which was designed to cater for 1,000 bodies, and in the mid 19th century church elders decided to charge double fees for burials of non-parishioners. The congregation included Huguenot refugees who had fled to this country, many settling in Spitalfields; over half of the 18th century gravestones showed French names as a result. The present garden is a fragment of the original burial ground for Christ Church, which altogether saw 68,000 burials, 67,000 of which were outside the church. Until the latter part of the 19th century the churchyard extended east to Brick Lane; it had been enlarged in 1791 and in 1859 it was extended to Commercial Street to the west. It was closed for burials and was converted into a public garden by the MPGA in 1892, the layout the work of Fanny Wilkinson, landscape gardener to the MPGA. It was later largely built over, partly by a children's school/playgroup, and most of the monuments were removed in 1950. http://www.londongardensonline.org.uk/

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