(St.) Giles' without Cripplegate Churchyard

(St.) Giles' without Cripplegate Churchyard
   On the south and west sides of the church. In Cripplegate Ward Without, bounded by the City Wall on the south.
   Enlarged 1662, a piece of ground near Crowder's Well being taken for a burial ground (Malcolm, III. 272).
   Almshouses in the churchyard suppressed, time H. VIII. (S. 303).
   The remains of a bastion of the City Wall are preserved in the churchyard, the foundations being 18 ft. below the present level of the Churchyard. Lower portion to height of 4 ft. probably of Roman work. Height 31 ft., 18 ft. below and 13 ft. above ground level, 8 ft. thick below and 3 ft. at the top. An old drain was found at the base, probably built to take the water of the ditch (Trans. L. and M. Arch. Soc. N.S. I. (4) 356).

A Dictionary of London. . 1918.

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