Identifying those buried in London’s Bedlam cemetery

Volunteers have been examining parish records in an effort to help determine the names of the extimated 5,000 people buried in Bedlam cemetery in London.

Some of the names include Sir Ambrose Nicholas, who was Lord Mayor of London in 1575, and Dr John Lamb, an astrologer and advisor to the First Duke of Buckingham who was stoned to death by an angry mob outside a theatre in 1628 following allegations of rape and black magic.

Others identified in the research, carried out by volunteers, include victims of riots by ‘Fanatiques’ noted in the diaries of Samuel Pepys in January 1661.

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Story: Alain Tolhurst, London24 | Photo: Crossrail