Home > England > Greater London > London Borough of Tower Hamlets > Whitechapel > Mass Grave Of Plague Victims Aldgate Tube Station

Mass Grave Of Plague Victims Aldgate Tube Station

Memorials	:	0
Location	:	Whitechapel, London Borough of Tower Hamlets, England
Description	:	Aldgate Underground Station As described by Daniel Defoe in his book, A Journal of the Plague Year. 'A terrible pit it was, and I could not resist my curiosity to go and see it. As near as I may judge, it was about forty feet in length, and about fifteen or sixteen feet broad, and at the time I first looked at it, about nine feet deep; but it was said they dug it near twenty feet deep afterwards in one part of it, till they could go no deeper for the water; for they had, it seems, dug several large pits... Read More	Aldgate Underground Station As described by Daniel Defoe in his book, A Journal of the Plague Year. 'A terrible pit it was, and I could not resist my curiosity to go and see it. As near as I may judge, it was about forty feet in length, and about fifteen or sixteen feet broad, and at the time I first looked at it, about nine feet deep; but it was said they dug it near twenty feet deep afterwards in one part of it, till they could go no deeper for the water; for they had, it seems, dug several large pits before this. For though the plague was long a-coming to our parish, yet, when it did come, there was no parish in or about London where it raged with such violence as in the two parishes of Aldgate and Whitechappel.'

frequently asked questions (FAQ):

Where is Mass Grave Of Plague Victims Aldgate Tube Station?
Mass Grave Of Plague Victims Aldgate Tube Station is located at Whitechapel, London Borough of Tower Hamlets, England.
Mass Grave Of Plague Victims Aldgate Tube Station cemetery's updated grave count on graveviews.com?
0 memorials

1. Stratford-le-Bow
Bow, London Borough of Tower Hamlets, England
Coordinate: 51.5232120, -0.0448120

2. Rose Lane Chapel Chapelyard
Limehouse, London Borough of Tower Hamlets, England

3. St Anne's Limehouse Churchyard
Limehouse, London Borough of Tower Hamlets, England
Coordinate: 51.5279430, -0.0446320

4. St. Katharine’s by the Tower Churchyard
London Borough of Tower Hamlets, England

5. Bancroft Almshouses Cemetery
Stepney, London Borough of Tower Hamlets, England

6. Globe Fields Burial Ground Wesleyan
Stepney, London Borough of Tower Hamlets, England

7. Mile End New Town Burial Ground (Defunct)
Stepney, London Borough of Tower Hamlets, England
Coordinate: 51.5251190, -0.0672250

8. Ratcliffe Quaker Burial Ground
Stepney, London Borough of Tower Hamlets, England

9. St Dunstan and All Saints Churchyard
Stepney, London Borough of Tower Hamlets, England

10. St. George-in-the-East Churchyard
Stepney, London Borough of Tower Hamlets, England
Coordinate: 51.5035600, -0.0564090

11. Stepney Meeting House Burial Ground
Stepney, London Borough of Tower Hamlets, England

12. Abbey of St Mary Graces
London Borough of Tower Hamlets, England
Coordinate: 51.5038390, -0.0616820

13. Alderney Road Jewish Cemetery
Bethnal Green, London Borough of Tower Hamlets, England
Coordinate: 51.5232120, -0.0448120

14. Gibraltar Row Burial Ground
Bethnal Green, London Borough of Tower Hamlets, England

15. Meath Gardens
Bethnal Green, London Borough of Tower Hamlets, England
Coordinate: 51.5279430, -0.0446320

16. Peel Grove Burial Ground
Bethnal Green, London Borough of Tower Hamlets, England

17. St Bartholomew Churchyard
Bethnal Green, London Borough of Tower Hamlets, England

18. St. James the Less
Bethnal Green, London Borough of Tower Hamlets, England

19. St. Matthew's Churchyard
Bethnal Green, London Borough of Tower Hamlets, England
Coordinate: 51.5251190, -0.0672250

20. St. Peter's Churchyard
Bethnal Green, London Borough of Tower Hamlets, England

21. Christ & St. John's
Isle of Dogs, London Borough of Tower Hamlets, England

22. Execution Dock
Wapping, London Borough of Tower Hamlets, England
Coordinate: 51.5035600, -0.0564090

23. Quaker Burial Ground
Wapping, London Borough of Tower Hamlets, England

24. St. Johns Church
Wapping, London Borough of Tower Hamlets, England
Coordinate: 51.5038390, -0.0616820