Life and death in London's East End: 2000 years at Spitalfields

Resource type
Book
Creator (person)
Thomas, Chris
Date published
2004
Abstract
This book chronicles the remarkable archaeological discoveries made on the site of Spitalfields Market in east London. Once the burial ground for some of the wealthiest members of Roman London, Spitalfields became the home of one of the country’s largest and most important hospitals in the Middle Ages, looking after the poor and the sick. More than 10,500 skeletons were found in the cemetery, making this the single largest archaeologically-recorded group in the world. Spitalfields is also famous for its multi-ethnic community – from the first immigrants, the Huguenots, to the Jewish communities and finally today’s Bengali community.
Publisher
MOLA
Place of publication
London, UK
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In Copyright