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Crossrail workers discover 5,000 human remains in burial ground in central London
Fascinating...
http://now-here-this.timeout.com/2015/02/12/crossrail-workers-discover-5000-human-remains-in-burial-ground-in-liverpool-street/
New Crossrail research has identified the names and backgrounds of a whopping 5,000 remains discovered in the Bedlam burial ground in Liverpool Street. So far identified amongst the bones lie victims of the plague, a notorious criminal that was murdered by the mob, and even a Lord Mayor. Just recently they’ve found a plague tombstone dating back to 1665.
The next lot of digging, dusting and examining begins in March when the team will excavate the other 3,000 skeletons and expose more of London’s history. It’s a massive archaeology project and so far Crossrail and MOLA (Museum of London Archaeology) has recovered over 10,000 artefacts spanning 55 million years of history.
Last June, 16 volunteers created a hugely detailed list of the thousands of people buried at the Bedlam site during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. The research suggests that Dr John Lamb, an astrologer and advisor to the First Duke of Buckingham, is among the rubble. The story behind Lamb is that he was accused of rape and black magic, and is said to have been stoned to death by an angry mob outside a theatre way back in 1628. The most commonly recorded form of death at the time seems to be the plague, and the Bedlam burial ground was created to help the parishes of 1569 cope with the mass of bodies.
The next lot of digging, dusting and examining begins in March when the team will excavate the other 3,000 skeletons and expose more of London’s history. It’s a massive archaeology project and so far Crossrail and MOLA (Museum of London Archaeology) has recovered over 10,000 artefacts spanning 55 million years of history.
Last June, 16 volunteers created a hugely detailed list of the thousands of people buried at the Bedlam site during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. The research suggests that Dr John Lamb, an astrologer and advisor to the First Duke of Buckingham, is among the rubble. The story behind Lamb is that he was accused of rape and black magic, and is said to have been stoned to death by an angry mob outside a theatre way back in 1628. The most commonly recorded form of death at the time seems to be the plague, and the Bedlam burial ground was created to help the parishes of 1569 cope with the mass of bodies.
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