
To read Historic UK's article about the "plague pits" and see the interactive map, click the link below.
![]() The Great Plague of London. 1665, 1666. Tenements. No running water. No sanitation. Poverty. Squalor. Rat fleas. Yersinia pestis bacterium. Some 100,000 dead in a two-year span. And what, pray tell, happened to all those corpses during the Great Plague, you ask? Well, after London's cemeteries reached maximum capacity, pits were dug around town for the remaining corpses. Now, my dear curious Anglophiles, you're in luck: Historic UK has put together an interactive map showing you where all those "plague pits" are located. The next time you're in London--perchance looking for a lovely spot to picnic?--you'll undoubtedly want to visit some of these sites! To read Historic UK's article about the "plague pits" and see the interactive map, click the link below.
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Warren Pease
11/9/2014 09:52:35 pm
I vaguely remember reading in a Penguin history of London, in the early 60s, that there was (probably?) a plague pit buried under Liverpool Street Station. This site isn't mentioned in the interactive map, (unless nearby Aldgate is the one), but this Evening Standard story confirms it:
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Warren - That's great that you know of another site that could be added to Historic UK's interactive map! In the article, they did ask readers to tell them about any plague pits they may have overlooked, so I do hope you will contact them with your information. To contact Historic UK about the map, click the link on this blog post, and then scroll down to the bottom of the Historic UK's article. You'll see a submission form. Good job!
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