Asylum's ancient graveyard is unearthed beneath London as Crossrail dig reveals patients' bones Rea
A 500-year-old graveyard containing the bones of mental patients from the original 'Bedlam' asylum has been discovered under the City of London during excavations for the new Crossrail train line.
Thousands of Londoners were laid to rest at the burial ground but modern-day residents passing in and out of Liverpool Street station have had no idea of the history lying beneath their feet - until now.
The 16th-century Bedlam burial ground was the first graveyard in London not attached to a parish church and was intended to relieve the pressure on the original cemeteries.
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Other major discoveries to arise from the Crossrail tunnels include jewellery, Roman coins and 2,000-year-old horseshoes.
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Before the railways there was no practical means of moving rubbish from London. As such the City of London is built on at least 1800 years of waste. When they redeveloped the old Billingsgate fish market on Lower Thames Street , round the corner from the Tower of London , fifty feet down they got to the remains of Roman markets there.
The Temple of Mithras when discovered in the '50s wasn't so far beneath the surface as you can see here :
For details see here ; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Mithraeum
