Cross Bones Graveyard
In the back streets of south London, a short walk from Shakespeare's Globe, Southwark Cathedral and The Shard, is the site of an old burial ground with an extraordinary history. For centuries it was the outcasts' graveyard for the area formerly known as The Mint, one of London's poorest and most violent slums. According to local lore, it was once the final resting place for the Winchester Geese, medieval sex workers licensed by the Bishop of Winchester to work in the brothels of The Liberty of the Clink, which lay outside the law of the City of London.
