St George's Gardens is a public park in the
King's Cross area of the former parish and borough of
St Pancras, in the
London Borough of Camden
The London Borough of Camden () is a London borough in Inner London. Camden Town Hall, on Euston Road, lies north of Charing Cross. The borough was established on 1 April 1965 from the area of the former boroughs of Hampstead, Holborn, and ...
.
History
Its land was originally bought in 1713 to provide a joint burial ground for
St George's Bloomsbury and
St George the Martyr, Holborn
St George the Martyr Holborn is an Anglican church located at the south end of Queen Square, Holborn, in the London Borough of Camden. It is dedicated to Saint George, and was originally so-called to distinguish it from the later nearby churc ...
; however the site chosen was in neither
Bloomsbury or
Holborn
Holborn ( or ) is a district in central London, which covers the south-eastern part of the London Borough of Camden and a part ( St Andrew Holborn Below the Bars) of the Ward of Farringdon Without in the City of London.
The area has its root ...
as there wasn't a suitable site available in either of those areas. Instead, the parishes sited their burial ground in the parish of
St Pancras. This was one of the first burial grounds in London to be sited away from the church or churches it served.
The burial ground was formerly known as ''Nelson's Burial Ground'' a "Pious and learned writer" who was the first to be buried there. The burial ground closed due to overcrowding in 1855, reopening as a public garden around 1885.
It was
Grade II*
In the United Kingdom, a listed building or listed structure is one that has been placed on one of the four statutory lists maintained by Historic England in England, Historic Environment Scotland in Scotland, in Wales, and the Northern Irel ...
listed on 1 October 1987.
References
Grade II* listed parks and gardens in London
Bloomsbury
Former cemeteries
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