Winchester Geese
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An item on another group, concerning the Southwark palace of the Bishops of Winchester, set me looking for more information. I knew where the palace was, of course, and who the “Winchester geese” were! You can read about them here. Almost all the links about the palace that turn up in an online search are…
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CROSSBONES – BURIAL PLACE OF WINCHESTER GEESE AND ‘THE OUTCAST DEAD’
Arthur de Mowbray, Bermondsey, Bishop of Winchester, Borough High Street, Caroline Wilkinson, Crossbones Cemetery, facial reconstruction, Henry II, infant mortality, John Stow, Jubilee Line, London, Lord Brabazon, Museum of London, pauper burials, prostitution, Ribbon Gates, River Thames, Southwark, St. Thomas’ Hospital, Winchester GeeseREBLOGGED FROM A MEDIEVAL POTPOURRI @ sparkpus.com Shrine of many ribbons at the entrance to Crossbones Cemetery. Photo Kay Nicols. It’s harder to find a more sadder place in South London than the site of Crossbones Burial Ground, Redcross Way, which is a side street tucked away off the busy Borough High Street,…
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