An engraving showing victims of the 1665 plague being buried at Holywell Mount, Shoreditch

Date:: 1665

Location:: Holywell Mount Burial Ground, Shoreditch, Hackney, Greater London Authority

Reference:: 65J/HOL/1665B

Type:: Engraving

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Description

The engraving is entitled 'View of the manner of burying the dead bodies at Holy-well mount during the dreadful plague in 1665', by Grignion, after Wale

Content

This is part of the Series: OWS01/15 Mayson Beeton Print Collection; within the Collection: OWS01 Office of Works and Successors: Ancient Monuments and Historic Buildings

Rights

Source: Historic England Archive

People & Organisations

Artist: Grignion, Charles

Artist: Wale, Samuel

Keywords

Stuart Plague Pit