PLAGUE & SCANDAL AT THE CLERK'S WELL - A Guided tour or the Burial Grounds of Clerkenwell

  • 6 reviews
  • Farringdon Tube Station

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  • Something A Little Different, Walks & Tours and Theatre/Arts
  • Tickets from £12.00
  • Over 18
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  • Multiple start times (see ticket info)

Clerkenwell is one of London's oldest suburbs and over the centuries people of all kinds from the rich and the royal to the poorest and most vulnerable have lived and died here. Many of Clerkenwell's ancient burial grounds have disappeared altogether, while others hide in plain sight. The stories of these burial grounds help to tell us the story of Clerkenwell itself and of its people and how it has changed from its beginnings as farmland to its present-day status as a gentrified urban district.

Join Caroline Swan on a walk-through history that will bring to life the stories of plague, scandal, progress and much more from Clerkenwell's lost burial grounds.

Tickets £12 including a 20% donation to Abney Park Cemetery. 

Caroline Swan

Caroline Swan is a London-based historian and author of the Flickering Lamps blog. She writes about the histories behind often-familiar buildings, parks and - of course - graveyards: a single grave or an unusual street name can often reveal strange, moving, and sometimes even disturbing stories about the past. Caroline is also currently working towards a PhD in London History at Birkbeck, University of London.

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Plague and Scandal at the Clerk's Well

A guided tour of Clerkenwell

 11:00 - 12:30 £12.00
Plague and Scandal at the Clerk's Well

Afternoon ticket

 14:00 - 15:30 £12.00

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Farringdon Tube Station, Turnmill Street, London, EC1M 6BY

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Farringdon (Tube)

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A Curious Invitation
This year Antique Beat and A Curious Invitation will be hosting The London Month of the Dead, a series of 36 different events investigating the capital’s relationship with its deceased residents. Events will include a private view of the Museum of London’s bone archive, taxidermy workshops, macabre walking tours and private views and a programme of weekend death salons with talks on subjects ranging from public dissection and body snatching to reincarnation and funereal folklore. Each salon will feature a pair of speakers, authorities in fields such as osteology, forensic pathology and the paranormal, who will offer their own perspectives and insights on mortality in the city. Each year the London Month of the Dead donates 20% of all ticket revenue to one of London's magnificent seven cemeteries. In 2017 all of the death salons and concerts will be hosted at the Dissenters and Anglican chapels at Kensal Green. In previous years the month's programme has centered around Brompton Cemetery but the chapel is now undergoing important restoration work, a project the London Month of the Dead is proud to have supported. The London Month of the Dead has been curated by a Curious Invitation and Antique Beat to inform, entertain and provoke on the subject of death and London cemeteries.
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  • Written by BAD SCIENCE - The Quacks and Charlatans of Medicine customer

    Rating: 3

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    Visited 1 month ago
    Interesting topic, the speakers shared multiple examples; and the location was great. A bit disappointed with the organisation. The doors opened 15 min prior to the start, and the check in was very slow. Resulting in the event starting 15min late, and the speaker having to speak faster to finish on time. Considering the nb of people, opening 30 min prior the start would have been appropriate.
  • Written by Alix

    Rating: 4

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    Visited 1 month ago
    Stunning setting, fascinating talk, and the warming punch was a lovely touch! Two small pieces of feedback: the way this event was titled and described gave some members of my party much more of an impression that it would be about clothing - the historic fashion *worn* to funerals rather than the fashions in which they were conducted and the broader trends they followed. Some of my party also struggled to find the venue; the Kings College signs are confusing if you're from out of town and don't know Guy's Campus well. A sign on the courtyard gates or a map would have been so helpful for those unfamiliar with the area.
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