The Winchester Geese

As I’ve always been more interested in the “people” aspects of the past than conventional historical disciplines, it was with great delight that yesterday, I headed to the un-consecrated Cross Bones graveyard close to Borough Market.  The unremarkable site was used to bury paupers and  prostitutes known as “Winchester Geese” until the 1850s since when, it was largely forgotten.  But, it was rediscovered during the building of the Jubilee Line.  Now the local community have plans to turn it into a remembrance garden. Pleasingly, but somewhat inevitably, it was geocaching that led me to this poignant place from the past