Old and new London : a narrative of its history, its people, and its places . ther, for hereI buried two wives without shedding a tear. In 1803 a large portion of the ground adjoiningthe old churchyard was appropriated as a cemeteryfor the parish of St. Giless-in-the-Fields; and init was buried, among other celebrities, the eminentarchitect. Sir John Soane, and also his wife andson, whose death, in all probability, caused SirJohn to make the country his heir, and to found, 35^ OLD AND NEW LONDON. [St. Pancras. as a public institution, the museum which bears hisname in Lincolns Inn Fields, and
Old and new London : a narrative of its history, its people, and its places . ther, for hereI buried two wives without shedding a tear. In 1803 a large portion of the ground adjoiningthe old churchyard was appropriated as a cemeteryfor the parish of St. Giless-in-the-Fields; and init was buried, among other celebrities, the eminentarchitect. Sir John Soane, and also his wife andson, whose death, in all probability, caused SirJohn to make the country his heir, and to found, 35^ OLD AND NEW LONDON. [St. Pancras. as a public institution, the museum which bears hisname in Lincolns Inn Fields, and which we havealready described. In 1862 the Midland Railway Company, wish-ing to connect their line of railway in Bedfordshirewith the metropolis, obtained an Act of Parliament, and liabilities in all respects as if it were a church-yard ; and make the necessary repair of the wallsand other fences of the disused burial-ground ;and he or they respectively shall be the person orpersons from time to time legally chargeable forthe costs and expenses of and incident to any such. t^r^?-^^mi^^
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