UK - London - St Pancras Old Churchyard - The Hardy Tree 01_DSC0079
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Another shot from last weekends London Flickr Group Photowalk. We explored the area around St Pancras and passed through the St Pancras Old Churchyard to see the famous Hardy Tree. It was disappointingly overgrown compared to photos you see on the internet but I suppose it gives the scene a suitably creepy, Halloween feel.
You can see other photos from the Photowalk here : www.flickr.com/groups/londonflickrgroup/discuss/721577198...
If you're interested in joining us for future Photowalks then I'd suggest joining the London Flickr Group and keeping an eye on the discussion threads.
From Wikipedia : "During the 18th and 19th centuries, St Pancras was famous for its cemeteries. In addition to the graveyard of Old St Pancras Church, it also contained the cemeteries of the neighbouring ecclesiastical parishes of St James's Church, Piccadilly, St Giles in the Fields, St Andrew, Holborn, St. George's Church, Bloomsbury, and St George the Martyr, Holborn. These were all closed under the Extramural Interment Act in 1854; the parish was required to purchase land some distance away, beyond its borders, and chose East Finchley for its new St Pancras Cemetery.
The disused graveyard at St Pancras Old Church was left alone for over thirty years until the building of the Midland Railway required the removal of many of the graves. Thomas Hardy, then a junior architect and later a novelist and poet, was involved in this work. He placed a number of gravestones around a tree, now known as "the Hardy Tree". The cemetery was disturbed again in 2002–03 by the construction of the Channel Tunnel Rail Link but much more care was given to the removal of remains than in the 19th century. Old St Pancras Church and its graveyard have links to Charles Dickens, Thomas Hardy, and the Wollstonecraft circle."
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UK - London - St Pancras Old Churchyard - The Hardy Tree 01_DSC0079
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Another shot from last weekends London Flickr Group Photowalk. We explored the area around St Pancras and passed through the St Pancras Old Churchyard to see the famous Hardy Tree. It was disappointingly overgrown compared to photos you see on the internet but I suppose it gives the scene a suitably creepy, Halloween feel.
You can see other photos from the Photowalk here : www.flickr.com/groups/londonflickrgroup/discuss/721577198...
If you're interested in joining us for future Photowalks then I'd suggest joining the London Flickr Group and keeping an eye on the discussion threads.
From Wikipedia : "During the 18th and 19th centuries, St Pancras was famous for its cemeteries. In addition to the graveyard of Old St Pancras Church, it also contained the cemeteries of the neighbouring ecclesiastical parishes of St James's Church, Piccadilly, St Giles in the Fields, St Andrew, Holborn, St. George's Church, Bloomsbury, and St George the Martyr, Holborn. These were all closed under the Extramural Interment Act in 1854; the parish was required to purchase land some distance away, beyond its borders, and chose East Finchley for its new St Pancras Cemetery.
The disused graveyard at St Pancras Old Church was left alone for over thirty years until the building of the Midland Railway required the removal of many of the graves. Thomas Hardy, then a junior architect and later a novelist and poet, was involved in this work. He placed a number of gravestones around a tree, now known as "the Hardy Tree". The cemetery was disturbed again in 2002–03 by the construction of the Channel Tunnel Rail Link but much more care was given to the removal of remains than in the 19th century. Old St Pancras Church and its graveyard have links to Charles Dickens, Thomas Hardy, and the Wollstonecraft circle."
© D.Godliman