Written by Lauren
Rating: 5
VERIFIED
As a London Month of the Dead regular, I was chuffed to have an event around Christmas. The performance was fantastic and the atmosphere was perfect!
UNCOVERING HALLOWED GROUND: A Journey through Crossrail's Burial Grounds
-
1 review - Dissenters Chapel
-
Something A Little Different, Theatre/Arts and Walks & Tours
-
Tickets from £12.00
-
n/a
-
Sat, 14th Oct 2023 @ 15:30 - 17:00
-
15:30 - 17:00
During the Crossrail development in London, a remarkable discovery came to light as excavations progressed beneath the bustling city streets. The construction crews, tasked with expanding the city's transportation network, stumbled upon an archaeological treasure trove: a series of burial grounds and plague pits that had remained hidden for centuries.
Archaeologists and historians worked diligently to piece together the puzzle of these forgotten souls. Each bone fragment, each artefact unearthed, provided vital clues to their identities, lifestyles, and the societal norms of their time. As the Curator of Human Osteology at the Museum of London Archaeology MOLA, Jelena Bekvalac brought her wealth of knowledge and experience to the forefront of the Crossrail endeavour. With her specialised focus on human skeletal remains, she was uniquely positioned to study and interpret the discoveries made during the construction process.
In this talk, Jelena will take us on a journey through her discoveries in the Crossrail development, intertwining them with the other skeletal remains she has curated in her career.
Tickets £12 including a 20% donation toward a host of restoration projects at Kensal Green Cemetery
JELENA BEKVALAC
Jelena Bekvalac is the Curator of Human Osteology at the Museum of London and was an original member of the research osteologist team at the Wellcome funded Centre for Human Bioarchaeology. Her recent research project with Gaynor Western investigating the impact of industrialisation on London health, enabled the opportunity for the analysis of the skeletal remains of over 2,000 adults from the pre-Industrial and Industrial period from London and locations outside London.
Address
Dissenters Chapel, Kensal Green Cemetery, 391 Ladbroke Grove, London, W10 5AB
Nearest Station
Ladbroke Grove (Tube)
Getting there
A Curious Invitation and Antique Beat
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.
1. The ticket holder voluntarily assumes all risks and danger incidental to the event for which the ticket is issued, whether occurring prior, during or after the event. The ticket holder voluntarily agrees that the management, venue, event participants, DesignMyNight WFL Media Ltd and all of their respective agents, officers, directors, owners and employers are expressly released by the ticket holder from any claims arising from such causes.
2. Tickets are issued subject to the rules and regulations of the venue.
3. Please check your tickets, as mistakes cannot always be rectified.
4. Occasionally, events are cancelled or postponed by the promoter, team, performer or venue for a variety of reasons. If the event is cancelled, please contact us for information on receiving a refund from the responsible party. If the event was moved or rescheduled, the venue or promoter may set refund limitations. It is your responsibility to ascertain the date and time of any rearranged event.
5. The venue reserves the right to refuse admission and may on occasion have to conduct security searches to ensure the safety of the patrons.
6. Every effort to admit latecomers will be made at a suitable break in the event, but admission cannot always be guaranteed.
7. We regret that tickets cannot be exchanged or refunded after purchase.
8. Tickets are sold subject to the venue or promoter's right to alter or vary the programme due to events or circumstances beyond its control without being obliged to refund monies or exchange tickets.
9. If this ticket is re-sold or transferred for profit or commercial gain by anyone other than the promoter, venue management, DesignMyNight or one of their authorised sub-agents, it will become voidable and the holder may be
refused entry to or ejected from the venue.
10. The venue may operate a No Smoking Policy.
11. The promoter, venue management and DesignMyNight accept no responsibility for any personal property.
12. The event listed on the purchased ticket is strictly for ticket holders who are over 18 years of age. Identification may be required.
| Ticket | Event time | Cost |
|---|---|---|
|
Uncovering Hallowed Ground
includes a delightful gin Cocktail
|
15:30 - 17:00 | £12.00 |
-
• Visited 3 months ago -
Written by Cherry
Rating: 4
• Visited 3 months agoVERIFIED
We were a little disappointed that we were unable to hear Casting the Runes. The other stories were fun though, especially the Judge’s House. How could it go wrong with Bram Stocker in charge!
X
×