Comments on: In The Charnel House https://spitalfieldslife.com/2021/10/26/in-the-charnel-house-x/ In the midst of life I woke to find myself living in an old house beside Brick Lane in the East End of London Tue, 26 Nov 2024 09:55:30 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.1 By: Sarah Gull https://spitalfieldslife.com/2021/10/26/in-the-charnel-house-x/#comment-1653385 Tue, 26 Nov 2024 09:55:30 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=189335#comment-1653385 I wonder what the inside of a charnel house was called? I assume they were consecrated spaces.
A sanctuary?

]]> By: Dasvid Lawson https://spitalfieldslife.com/2021/10/26/in-the-charnel-house-x/#comment-1429704 Sun, 31 Oct 2021 23:28:01 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=189335#comment-1429704 As I think I have mentioned in the past I believe the house where my father was born at the outbreak of the First War was somewhere above these ruins in what was then Fort Street, which ran from Spital Square to Artillery Row. The area was packed with Jewish refugees like my grandparents, fleeing Eastern European pogroms to a new life. But a tough life, crowded several families to each house.

]]> By: Barbara Anglezarke https://spitalfieldslife.com/2021/10/26/in-the-charnel-house-x/#comment-1426769 Tue, 26 Oct 2021 19:00:33 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=189335#comment-1426769 Fascinating as ever Gentle Author – thank you so much – for this and all the other posts that bring me daily delight!

]]> By: Jill Wilson https://spitalfieldslife.com/2021/10/26/in-the-charnel-house-x/#comment-1426628 Tue, 26 Oct 2021 12:19:03 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=189335#comment-1426628 This was one of the stops on the Gentle Author’s tour of Spitalfields which gave me goosebumps… To imagine all that had gone on here in times gone by and all the human suffering that has occurred in the area – compounded by the dissolution of the monasteries by the monstrous Henry VIII (boo! hiss!)

Fascinating stuff, and a great reminder of all the layers of history under our feet.

]]> By: paul loften https://spitalfieldslife.com/2021/10/26/in-the-charnel-house-x/#comment-1426540 Tue, 26 Oct 2021 07:41:09 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=189335#comment-1426540 A thought for the terrible suffering endured by the unfortunate victims of this place situated in the heart of Spitalfields should serve us well . Thank you for reminding us of our humanity and frailty. We are indeed all very still much dependent on each other and even, what could be considered, a slight change in the weather .

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