page_title: St Luke Old Street
section_title: Burials
hierarchical_section_title: St Luke Old Street / Burials
caption_attribution_description: English: William Caslon's family grave at St Luke's, Old Street, London.
context_page_description: St Luke's is a historic Anglican church building in the EC1 postcode district of central London, and in the London Borough of Islington. It served as a parish church from 1733 to 1959. It was designed by John James and Nicholas Hawksmoor, and is a Grade I listed building.
  Following closure in 1959, the church stood derelict and roofless for some 40 years, but since 2003 has been a music centre operated by the London Symphony Orchestra and known as LSO St Luke's. It is the home of the LSO's community and music education programme, LSO Discovery. The main body of the building seats up to 372 and is used by the LSO for rehearsals, and by a wide variety of musicians for performances and recording. Additional rooms in the crypt provide practice facilities for professional musicians, students and community groups.
context_section_description: Burials in the small churchyard included:
  Mark Catesby (1683–1749), naturalist. His grave is lost.
  William Caslon the elder (1692/1693–1766), type founder, his son William Caslon the younger (1720–1778), and other members of the family. They are commemorated by a surviving chest tomb.
  George Dance the Elder (1695–1768), architect, and at one time a member of the vestry. His grave is lost.
  In preparation for the conversion of the church into a music centre, the crypt was cleared of burials in the year 2000. A total of 1053 burials were archaeologically recorded, removed, and reburied at Brookwood Cemetery, Surrey. A television documentary, "Changing Tombs" (2001), recorded the process.
caption: The Caslon family grave
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