Crossbones Graveyard & Garden of Remembrance

One of London's oldest cemeteries contains more than 15,000 tombstones, more than half of which are children. Most of the burials are from the bottom of London society. The cemetery became the last resting place for the poor in London and was closed in 1853.

Cross Bones is a post-medieval disused burial ground where the bodies of at least 15,000 prostitutes and poor Londoners were once buried. In 1996, a local poet and playwright named John Constable invented the story of Cross Bones, and wrote a series of poems and plays about the spirits of the dead women - and now, monthly vigils are held here to commemorate the dead.