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St Crux Churchyard

Memorials	:	84
Location	:	York, York Unitary Authority, England
Coordinate	:	53.9589890, -1.0795460
Description	:	Burial registers for the St Crux parish cover the period 1539 to 1851. These have been deposited with the Borthwick Institute for Archives, University of York, Heslington, York, YO10 5DD. Prior to 1770, burials of the St Crux parishioners would have taken place in the area surrounding the church building. However, the south side of St Crux Churchyard was sold to the York City Corporation in 1770 when it was leveled and flagged for the expansion of a roadway. This was long used as a poultry market and known by the name of Goose Flags. The churchyard on the north... Read More	Burial registers for the St Crux parish cover the period 1539 to 1851. These have been deposited with the Borthwick Institute for Archives, University of York, Heslington, York, YO10 5DD. Prior to 1770, burials of the St Crux parishioners would have taken place in the area surrounding the church building. However, the south side of St Crux Churchyard was sold to the York City Corporation in 1770 when it was leveled and flagged for the expansion of a roadway. This was long used as a poultry market and known by the name of Goose Flags. The churchyard on the north side of the church was sold to people with adjoining houses. Money raised from the sale of churchyard space was used to purchase a piece of ground on Hungate for use as a new place of interment for the St Crux parishioners. This new burial ground was consecrated 24th August 1770 and is immediately south east of the existing St Saviour Churchyard. St Crux Church, with its distinctive Italianate tower, no longer exists. The only remaining clue is the little church hall at the bottom of the Shambles. Inside, you can view the monuments from the original church. In 1736 Francis Drake described the tower as 'a handsome new steeple of brick coined with stone.' Opinion of St Crux's tower declined over the years and in the Victorian era it was considered "unsightly". It became unsafe, and despite some objections from the Society for the Preservation of Ancient Buildings, the church was finally demolished in 1887. The original St Crux Churchyard is now covered by paving stones or other urban development. However, some of the church's stonework was used to build the St Crux Parish Hall where many of the original funerary monuments from the demolished church building are on display. Other funerary monuments were placed in All Saints Pavement Church. Individuals memorialized on these monuments but who died after 1770 would have likely been buried in the Hungate burial ground.

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Latitude: 53.9589890
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