St. Pancras Old Churchyard
Also known as St Pancras Gardens
St Pancras, London Borough of Camden, Greater London, England
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St Pancras, London Borough of Camden, Greater London NW1 1UL EnglandCoordinates: 51.53490, -0.13026 - Cemetery ID:
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St Pancras Old Church is situated on Pancras Road just N.W. of St Pancras railway station beside the tracks. It is thought to date from the 12th century but was largely rebuilt in the 19th century. The earliest burial registers date from 1668.
St Pancras old churchyard was enlarged in 1727 and again in 1792. St Giles-in-the Fields (whose own burial ground was congested), acquired land for a new burial ground to the north in 1802. The eastern end of the churchyard was popular with Roman Catholics, including refugees from the French Revolution.
The churchyard & burial ground closed to burials in 1854 when the St Pancras & Islington Cemetery opened in East Finchley. Then in 1866, the development of the Midland Railway necessitated the disinterment of thousands of bodies; 7000 to a mass grave nearby (now under St Pancras Coroner's Court) and others to the new cemetery in Finchley. Tombs were dismantled and gravestones were stacked or used to support the eastern boundary.
The churchyard and burial ground reopened in June 1877 as St Pancras Gardens. In 2002 the construction of St Pancras International led to the exhumation of a further 1383 bodies, relocated to Finchley following scientific study.
St Pancras Old Church is situated on Pancras Road just N.W. of St Pancras railway station beside the tracks. It is thought to date from the 12th century but was largely rebuilt in the 19th century. The earliest burial registers date from 1668.
St Pancras old churchyard was enlarged in 1727 and again in 1792. St Giles-in-the Fields (whose own burial ground was congested), acquired land for a new burial ground to the north in 1802. The eastern end of the churchyard was popular with Roman Catholics, including refugees from the French Revolution.
The churchyard & burial ground closed to burials in 1854 when the St Pancras & Islington Cemetery opened in East Finchley. Then in 1866, the development of the Midland Railway necessitated the disinterment of thousands of bodies; 7000 to a mass grave nearby (now under St Pancras Coroner's Court) and others to the new cemetery in Finchley. Tombs were dismantled and gravestones were stacked or used to support the eastern boundary.
The churchyard and burial ground reopened in June 1877 as St Pancras Gardens. In 2002 the construction of St Pancras International led to the exhumation of a further 1383 bodies, relocated to Finchley following scientific study.
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- Added: 30 Jul 2001
- Find a Grave Cemetery ID: 658411
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