IMAGES TAKEN NEAR TO
Union Street, LONDON, SE1 1SD

"Take Courage, Redcross Way, signed painted in 1955 upon Brewer’s House of Barclay, Perkins & Co previously known as the Anchor Brewery built in 1807, when it was taken over by Courage." - https://spitalfieldslife.com/2016/09/21/ghost-signs-of-bermondsey-southwark/

Early C19th with a later shopfront and a dentil cornice. Grade II listed.

This is one of the original series of road signs from soon after the national system was created in the early 1930s. There is another in white on black (for B roads until the early 1950s) further down the road.

The building was (according to the foundation stone) built in 1911. Given its name and that the Archdeacon of Southwark is named on the stone, it was presumably associated with Southwark Cathedral. It is now the offices of Day England Stevensen Marsh (Architects).

My first opportunity to view this reclaimed urban space since it opened to the public.

I presume the pond is quite shallow - there are still burials on the site if you dig a bit deeper!

Looking east-southeast.

Cross Bones is a disused post-medieval paupers' burial ground closed in 1853 due to overcrowding. 20th excavation has revealed a mass of human remains piled on top of one another and with many showing signs of disease. There were a large number infant remains (both pre- and immediately post-, natal) while the adults were mostly women. It is believed that that many of the people buried here were impoverished local prostitutes (barred from consecrated ground) and in recent years the site has become a place of pilgrimage with messages and tokens left in memory of these unfortunate women and as tributes to sex workers in general. The (closed) gates are festooned with a variety of items, many extremely personal. Events and ceremonies regularly take place in connection with the site's historical and religious significance. For further information see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cross_Bones and http://www.iusw.org/campaigns/cross-bones-graveyard/

Cross Bones is a disused post-medieval paupers' burial ground closed in 1853 due to overcrowding. 20th excavation has revealed a mass of human remains piled on top of one another and with many showing signs of disease. There were a large number infant remains (both pre- and immediately post-, natal) while the adults were mostly women. It is believed that that many of the people buried here were impoverished local prostitutes and in recent years the site has become a place of pilgrimage with messages and tokens left in memory of these unfortunate women and as tributes to sex workers in general. The (closed) gates are festooned with a variety of items, many extremely personal. Events and ceremonies regularly take place in connection with the site's historical and religious significance. For further information see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cross_Bones and http://www.iusw.org/campaigns/cross-bones-graveyard/

"Cross Bones Graveyard. In medieval times this was an unconsecrated graveyard for prostitutes or 'Winchester Geese'. By the eighteenth century it had become a paupers' burial ground which closed in 1853. Here, local people have created a memorial shrine. R.I.P. The Outcast Dead." See Image for explanation.