Mercers Burial Ground (also known as Stepney Meeting House Burial Ground)⁸⁸²¹

Brief Description

The garden retains some chest tombs, head stones and ledger slabs, but formerly possessed fourteen large crypts.

History

Former burial ground opened by the Non-conformist Stepney Meeting in 1779, which also built almshouses, a Meeting House and school here. The burial ground closed in 1853. The almshouses, school and Meeting House were bombed in WWII, and the small oblong burial ground was made into a public garden in 1976.

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