From Sunday Times article on the CTRL at St Pancras: ' Just as the
Midland had ploughed up corpses to build its tracks, so the new work
unearthed further remains. In fact, no fewer than 7,000 bodies came
out of the ground just north of the station.'

Were there really so many bodies found? When I asked a CTRL lecturer
last year whether any bodies had been unearthed the answer was ' yes,
a few'. I wonder which report is accurate.
--
Peter Lawrence

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From Sunday Times article on the CTRL at St Pancras: ' Just as the
Midland had ploughed up corpses to build its tracks, so the new work
unearthed further remains. In fact, no fewer than 7,000 bodies came
out of the ground just north of the station.'

Were there really so many bodies found? When I asked a CTRL lecturer
last year whether any bodies had been unearthed the answer was ' yes,
a few'. I wonder which report is accurate.

"The graveyard posed the initial problems, the main line was to pass
over
on a girder bridge and the branch to the Metropolitan under in a tunnel.
The disturbance of the remains was expected but was, initially,
carelessly handled. The tunnelling was especially delayed by the
presence of decomposing matter, the many coffins encountered, and a
London-wide outbreak of cholera leading to the requirement to enclose
the Fleet River entirely in iron. Despite this the connection was
completed in January 1867".

http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclop...ailway-station

I'd believe 7,000.




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Troy Steadman wrote:
"Peter Lawrence" wrote in message



From Sunday Times article on the CTRL at St Pancras: ' Just as the
Midland had ploughed up corpses to build its tracks, so the new work
unearthed further remains. In fact, no fewer than 7,000 bodies came
out of the ground just north of the station.'

Were there really so many bodies found? When I asked a CTRL lecturer
last year whether any bodies had been unearthed the answer was ' yes,
a few'. I wonder which report is accurate.


"The graveyard posed the initial problems, the main line was to pass
over
on a girder bridge and the branch to the Metropolitan under in a tunnel.
The disturbance of the remains was expected but was, initially,
carelessly handled. The tunnelling was especially delayed by the
presence of decomposing matter, the many coffins encountered, and a
London-wide outbreak of cholera leading to the requirement to enclose
the Fleet River entirely in iron. Despite this the connection was
completed in January 1867".

http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclop...ailway-station

I'd believe 7,000.

For the Midland, yes, but was the OP not asking about the CTRL?

Robin

R.C. Payne wrote:
Troy Steadman wrote:
"Peter Lawrence" wrote in message



From Sunday Times article on the CTRL at St Pancras: ' Just as the
Midland had ploughed up corpses to build its tracks, so the new work
unearthed further remains. In fact, no fewer than 7,000 bodies came
out of the ground just north of the station.'

Were there really so many bodies found? When I asked a CTRL
lecturer last year whether any bodies had been unearthed the answer
was ' yes,
a few'. I wonder which report is accurate.


"The graveyard posed the initial problems, the main line was to pass
over
on a girder bridge and the branch to the Metropolitan under in a
tunnel. The disturbance of the remains was expected but was,
initially, carelessly handled. The tunnelling was especially delayed
by the presence of decomposing matter, the many coffins encountered,
and a London-wide outbreak of cholera leading to the requirement to
enclose the Fleet River entirely in iron. Despite this the
connection was completed in January 1867".

http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclop...ailway-station

I'd believe 7,000.

For the Midland, yes, but was the OP not asking about the CTRL?


Can you remind us where the north London terminus of the CTRL is?

Brimstone wrote:
R.C. Payne wrote:

Troy Steadman wrote:

"Peter Lawrence" wrote in message




From Sunday Times article on the CTRL at St Pancras: ' Just as the
Midland had ploughed up corpses to build its tracks, so the new work
unearthed further remains. In fact, no fewer than 7,000 bodies came
out of the ground just north of the station.'

Were there really so many bodies found? When I asked a CTRL
lecturer last year whether any bodies had been unearthed the answer
was ' yes,
a few'. I wonder which report is accurate.


"The graveyard posed the initial problems, the main line was to pass
over
on a girder bridge and the branch to the Metropolitan under in a
tunnel. The disturbance of the remains was expected but was,
initially, carelessly handled. The tunnelling was especially delayed
by the presence of decomposing matter, the many coffins encountered,
and a London-wide outbreak of cholera leading to the requirement to
enclose the Fleet River entirely in iron. Despite this the
connection was completed in January 1867".

http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclop...ailway-station

I'd believe 7,000.

For the Midland, yes, but was the OP not asking about the CTRL?

Can you remind us where the north London terminus of the CTRL is?

The OP was talking about more bodies being exhumed during the CTRL works
recently, in addition to those originally exhumed for the construction
of the Midland.

--
Dave Arquati
Imperial College, SW7
www.alwaystouchout.com - Transport projects in London

Dave Arquati wrote:
Brimstone wrote:
R.C. Payne wrote:

Troy Steadman wrote:

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From Sunday Times article on the CTRL at St Pancras: ' Just as the
Midland had ploughed up corpses to build its tracks, so the new
work unearthed further remains. In fact, no fewer than 7,000
bodies came out of the ground just north of the station.'

Were there really so many bodies found? When I asked a CTRL
lecturer last year whether any bodies had been unearthed the
answer was ' yes,
a few'. I wonder which report is accurate.


"The graveyard posed the initial problems, the main line was to
pass over
on a girder bridge and the branch to the Metropolitan under in a
tunnel. The disturbance of the remains was expected but was,
initially, carelessly handled. The tunnelling was especially
delayed by the presence of decomposing matter, the many coffins
encountered, and a London-wide outbreak of cholera leading to the
requirement to enclose the Fleet River entirely in iron. Despite
this the connection was completed in January 1867".

http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclop...ailway-station

I'd believe 7,000.

For the Midland, yes, but was the OP not asking about the CTRL?

Can you remind us where the north London terminus of the CTRL is?

The OP was talking about more bodies being exhumed during the CTRL
works recently, in addition to those originally exhumed for the
construction of the Midland.

Quite.

"Peter Lawrence" wrote in message
...
From Sunday Times article on the CTRL at St Pancras: ' Just as the
Midland had ploughed up corpses to build its tracks, so the new work
unearthed further remains. In fact, no fewer than 7,000 bodies came
out of the ground just north of the station.'

Were there really so many bodies found? When I asked a CTRL lecturer
last year whether any bodies had been unearthed the answer was ' yes,
a few'. I wonder which report is accurate.

The Sunday Times article is ambiguous - I think the 7000 is meant to refer
to the original construcion of the Midland Railway, but it could be read to
refer to the CTRL.

Another 19th century railway where a graveyard was disturbed was the Charing
Cross extension of the SER, where at least 7950 bodies were removed from the
College Burial Ground of the parish of St Mary's, Lambeth, and reburied in
Woking (presumably Brookwood) cemetery.

Peter

Peter Masson wrote:
The Sunday Times article is ambiguous - I think the 7000 is meant to refer
to the original construcion of the Midland Railway, but it could be read to
refer to the CTRL.

It must refer to building the Midland route and the Metropolitan (now
Thameslink) connection. If 7,000 bodies had been exhumed during the
CTRL work then we'd have heard about it beforehand. The Guardian G2
article on Friday (27/05/05) has no such mention of this.

It sounds like the CTRL lecturer the OP spoke to is correct - a 'few'
bodies were exhumed. 7,000 is not a 'few'!

When on Thameslink it's certainly an odd to think that you're
travelling through a burial ground.

On Tue, 31 May 2005 11:40:18 UTC, "Mizter T"
wrote:

When on Thameslink it's certainly an odd to think that you're
travelling through a burial ground.

Could have been worse ... "the old Indian burial ground" ... wooooooo
.....


Ian


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Ian Johnston wrote:
On Tue, 31 May 2005 11:40:18 UTC, "Mizter T"
wrote:
When on Thameslink it's certainly an odd to think that you're
travelling through a burial ground.

Could have been worse ... "the old Indian burial ground" ... wooooooo
....


Ian


Perhaps that's why they're too scared to fit out the station...