London plague pits – the locations!
Wherever you go in central London there are plague pits under your feet – literally thousands of skeletons of those who died in a horrific way
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The hidden dog cemetery in Hyde Park
There are many hidden treasures in London that I’m still discovering after a lifetime in this city. One that I was completely unaware of until recently was the dog cemetery in Hyde Park. From 1880 till about 1915, about 300 dogs and some cats and birds were interred in a plot of ground near the…
The mysterious Mummy in the City of London
The church of St James’s Garlickhythe in the City of London has a little secret that’s not put on display anymore. It’s a mummy that used to be a key attraction. In a 1937 guide to London, there’s a photo of what’s claimed to be a medieval body. It was discovered in 1839 when the…
Taking a dead man’s head to the pub
Londoners do some very odd things but taking a dead man’s head to the pub is probably one of the more unusual. Read on! There’s a monument that many office workers pass under every day that they’d never realise has a ghoulish past. It’s an innocuous old gateway that leads from the front of St…