Previously St. Bartholomew’s Hospital Ground, the derelict playground on the south side of the street is the probable site of a 1665 plague pit.
Described in 1897 as "what remains of the Tothill Fields pest-field". The 17th century plague pits are thought to be underneath nearby government buildings.
Built more or less on the site of a 17th century common cemetery between Poland Street and Marshall Street, where thousands of bodies were buried during the great plague.
The car park here is on the site of a 17th century plague pit. "The ground is very old, and was much used at the time of plagues, and many actors are buried there."
"At the time of the Great Plague about 150 bodies were interred here daily, and several extra grounds were provided for the parish." A plague pit is beneath the area now dedicated to dog walking.
SIte of a 17th century plague pit. "The Brewers' Garden and the space by St. Philip's Church are, according to some authorities, part of the site originally called Stepney Mount." (Holmes, 1897)
Site of a 17th century plague pit described by Defoe: "they dug the great pit in the churchyard of our parish of Aldgate. A terrible pit it was, and I could not resist my curiosity to go and see it." Read more.
Site of the old Bethlem Hospital burying ground, heavily used during times of plague.
Site of a 17th century plague pit. Lord Macaulay in 1685: "It was popularly believed that the earth was deeply tainted with infection, and could not be disturbed without imminent risk to human life." Read more.
A Carthusian priory was founded here in 1371 on the site of London’s biggest plague pit. After the dissolution of the monasteries it became a private estate, and then a school.
"Dean Stanley records that beneath this stone are interred twenty-six monks of Westminster who died of the Black Death in 1348."
Site of 14th and 17th century plague pits. Vinegar Alley to the south supposedly got its name from the vinegar-filled ditches which were dug to stop the plague spreading from the churchyard.
Burial place of Samuel Pepys. A plague pit on the site contains the body of Mary Ramsey, thought to have brought the plague to London from France in the 1660s.
A stone inscription near to a yew tree marks the position of "the plague pit in which 149 persons who died during the Great Plague of 1665 were buried".
