Hi Anne "The Churchyard at first contained four acres, but it is now three-quarters of its original size since the London and North Western Railway, by their Act of Parliament of 1883, took over an acre for their own use. The St. Pancras Vestry thereafter obtained the necessary powers to acquire the burial ground and to lay it out as a public garden. This was done at a cost of £2,907 7s. 1d. and the gardens were formally opened on 17th August, 1887, by Olive, wife of Harry Lawson, M.P." From: 'St. James Church, Hampstead Road', Survey of London: volume 21: The parish of St Pancras part 3: Tottenham Court Road & neighbourhood (1949), pp. 123-136. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=65195 Date accessed: 05 November 2010.> Hope this helps Caroline > Hi Listers, > One of my Great Aunts was buried here on 15 February 1835 at just > 18 days old. This later became St James Park, I believe, and any > Headstones, still readable were moved round the edge. > The Burying Ground was quite close to Munster Street, Pancras > (Regents Park) where the parents Swithin & Eliza Horne lived. Swithin > was a Master Butcher and operated several shops in the area. > Can anyone advise me when the Burying Ground was made a Park? > Cecil Rhodes owned a farm to the North of the Ground. > Hope you can help. Anne
That is great, thank you Caroline. Anne On 11/6/2010 9:43 AM, Caroline Bradford wrote: > Hi Anne > > "The Churchyard at first contained four acres, but it is now three-quarters > of its original size since the London and North Western Railway, by their > Act of Parliament of 1883, took over an acre for their own use. The St. > Pancras Vestry thereafter obtained the necessary powers to acquire the > burial ground and to lay it out as a public garden. This was done at a cost > of £2,907 7s. 1d. and the gardens were formally opened on 17th August, 1887, > by Olive, wife of Harry Lawson, M.P." > > From: 'St. James Church, Hampstead Road', Survey of London: volume 21: The > parish of St Pancras part 3: Tottenham Court Road& neighbourhood (1949), > pp. 123-136. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=65195 > Date accessed: 05 November 2010.> > > Hope this helps > > Caroline >