Crossbones Graveyard is a somewhat eery, but also very interesting place, steeped in history. Many of the Winchester Geese, which we mentioned in our Winchester Palace episode, were buried at this site - in unnamed graves, because nobody had any connection to them.

Thanks to the work of the Friends of the Crossbones, the graveyard and its memories were preserved, and it is open for visitors almost every day. This is the story of this place.

Hosted by Samantha Inman.
Filmed, edited and animated by Sten Ritterfeld - stenslens.com.
Directed by Samantha Inman / Sten Ritterfeld.

Produced By Sten Ritterfeld / Samantha Inman / Daniel Eric Matthews.


Image Attribution

Image of drawing The dissection of a young, beautiful woman directed by J Ch. G Lucae (1814–1885)
Look and Learn, by Wellcome Collection BY SA 4.0
https://www.lookandlearn.com/history-...

Image of drawing of Guy's Hospital, Southwark
Look and Learn, by Wellcome Collection BY SA 4.0
https://www.lookandlearn.com/history-...

Image of John Constable
Spitalfields Life
https://spitalfieldslife.com/2009/12/...

Image of The Southwark Mysteries in Shakespeare's Globe, 23rd April 2000.
Photo by Juliet Singer
https://crossbones.org.uk/southwark-m...

Image of Friends of the Crossbones vigil
Toby Porter, London News Online
https://londonnewsonline.co.uk/news/f...

Image of Dean giving Blessing
https://crossbones.org.uk/history/