Place    From 1714  To 1814

St John's Clerkenwell graveyard & garden

Place

In 1714 John Michele gave the ground to St John’s Church in St John’s Square for use as a graveyard. About 100 years later Rev. William Dawson arranged that the church donate the graveyard as a public garden. The north side of Benjamin Street used to be lined with buildings making the burial ground an enclosed square.

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St John's Clerkenwell graveyard & garden

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Graveyard

John Michele Esq., second son of Simon Michele Esq., of Saint John Clerkenwel...

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