Monument record 1160/11/8 - Greyfriars cemetery, Princes Street

The site of the cemetery is said to have been discovered in Princes Street in the late 19th century

{1}Burial ground of Grey Friars on site of Temperance Hall in angle of Newland & Princes St; discovered 1887 but no details of features or finds; location plan given;

{2}Two of Salisburys buried in Grey Friars; John Bungey also buried here;

{5}Traces of internments found in Princes Street showing that cemetery lay between Newland & south side of Princes Street & on site of present Temperance Hall & Masonic Hall;

{6}Site of cemetery discovered; Prince's Street; suggests that two establishments may have used area where parishes of All Saints & St Giles & St Sepulchre meet;

{7} In 1540 the site was let to Thomas Thorne including rent of 10s.0d for the cemetery; land bought by Richard Taverner in 1544 included the cemetery; trench cut between Albert Street & Wood Street revealing series of graves; coffins not identified but 1 possible cist; area somewhat removed from friary church & cemetery remains may relate to St Michaels church which was probably situated on Wood Street; description of human skeletal remains in finds report;

{8}Skeletons found in yard of Litherland factory 31st January 1951; reported as C16th or earlier; remains destroyed by workman; finds reported to museum by coroner;

{9} Drawings of stone coffins, lids, effigies and map, sketches, also pamphlet;

<1> Dryden H.E.L., 1887, The Burial Ground of The Grey Friars, Northampton, p.121-23 (unchecked) (Series). SNN1194.

<2> Serjeantson R.M.; Ryland W. (Editors), 1906, The Victoria History of the Counties of England: Northamptonshire, p.146 (checked) (Series). SNN100369.

<3> Dugdale, 1817, Monasticon Anglicanum, p.97 (unchecked) (Uncertain). SNN9460.

<4> Hearne T., 1710, Collectanea (Leland J.), p.10 (unchecked) (Series). SNN974.

<5> Ordnance Survey, 1950s/1960s, Ordnance Survey Record Cards, SP76SE29 (part checked) (Index). SNN443.

<6> Wetton, 1849, Guidebook to Northampton and its Vicinity, p.49 (checked) (Book). SNN1032.

<7> Williams J., 1978, Excavations at Greyfriars, Northampton 1972, p.102 (checked) (Article). SNN459.

<8> 1951, The Chronicle and Echo, 19 (Article). SNN2980.

<9> Dryden H.E.L., 1842-1895, Dryden Collection, DR/25/198/1-9,10,16-18,109 (Archive). SNN115.

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