More than 300 000 people work in the Square Mile each day, but their numbers are dwarfed by the dead beneath their feet. London is a great city of the departed: its oldest districts – Holborn, Fleet Street, the ancient City itself – are built on 2000 years of bodies, bones and dust. 'Last Rites' tells the shockingly lively story of London’s nameless dead and their part in the making of the modern city. From Sweeney Todd to the 'She-Wolf of France', from murderers dancing the hempen jig at Newgate to plague victims dumped in mass graves at Charterhouse Square, we'll uncover tales of forgotten tombs and their (not so) quiet inmates. Prepare to join the great majority…

Guide
Richard Barnett, Wellcome Trust Public Engagement Fellow and author of 'Medical London'.

This walk is FREE.

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Starting point: Holborn Tube. Please only attend this walk if you have booked in advance.