Register of Burials at the Temple Church

Bücher

Angebote / Angebote:

Excerpt from Register of Burials at the Temple Church: 1628-1853At an Inner Temple Bench Table held on May 14, 1813, it was ordered 'that in future no corpse be interred in the Body or Rounds of the Temple Church.' A similar order was made by the Middle Temple on February 6, 1818. On November 20, 1840, a further order is made: N o interments to take place in the Churchyard, ' and thenceforward burials were restricted to the vaults of the two Societies. Burials finally ceased in accordance with the terms of the Act, 15 and 16 Vic., c. 85, An Act to amend the Laws concerning the Burial of the Dead in the Metropolis.' Under Schedule A the Inner and Middle Temples were made, for the purposes of this Act, part of the Metropolis. The ground on the north side of the Church was excavated in 1861.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.