Join Elena on a tour of a secret urban cemetery.
Step into the historic and atmospheric St. George’s Gardens in Bloomsbury, the first Anglican burial ground to be created away from a church in London. Thanks to the efforts of Victorian philanthropists it was transformed into an “outdoor sitting room for the poor” in the 1880s and has been a public garden ever since. Today this secluded and peaceful garden, away from the hustle and bustle of Bloomsbury, is still a treasure trove of fascinating tales.
We’ll explore the final resting place of ten Jacobite soldiers who met a gruesome end and of a famous anti-slavery campaigner. We’ll discover the tragic tale of a victim of a Victorian-era miscarriage of justice and the shadowy world of anatomy schools – apparently, the first official case of bodysnatching was recorded here.
Although Virginia Woolf will get a mention, this is Bloomsbury but not as you know it!