Burial at the site of the parish church of St. Benet Sherehog before and after the Great Fire
Subtitle: excavations at 1 Poultry, City of London
By: Adrian Miles and William White ; with Danae Tankard.
Contributors: White, William J.; Tankard, Danae.
Series: MoLAS monograph series -- 39; MoLAS monograph -- 39.
Publisher: Museum of London Archaeology Service
Published: 2008
Place of publication: [London]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 114
ISBN-13: 9781901992755
Subjects: Burial -- England -- London; Cemeteries -- England -- London; Church buildings -- England -- London -- History; Great Fire, London, England, 1666; Excavations (Archaeology) -- England -- London; London (England) -- Antiquities
Description: "The archaeological excavations at 1 Poultry included burials associated with the medieval church of St Benet Sherehog, and a post-Great Fire burial ground on the same location, which served the combined parishes of St Benet and St Stephen Walbrook until 1853. This volume presents the evidence for 280 burials found in the burial ground. The parish of St Benet Sherehog before and after the Great Fire is considered in terms of the documented population, their occupations, wealth, health, and mortality. Evidence for the medieval church of St Benet and the religious life of the parish follows. A detailed account of the human skeletal remains from the 17th to 19th century burials sample is included and compared with contemporary London cemetery populations."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 106-112) and index.