the former head office of the General Post Office and a short distance north of St Paul's Cathedral.

Opened in 1880 on the site of some adjacent burial grounds and nearby land previously occupied by housing. A shortage of space for burials in London meant that corpses were often laid above existing graves and covered o ver with soil instead of being buried, and thus Postman's Park, as an interment site for over 800 years, is significantly elevated above the streets which surro und it. Since 1900 it has been the location of thsome adjacent burial grounds an d nearby land previously occupied by housing. A shortage of space for burials in London meant that corpses were often laid above existing graves and covered ove r with soil instead of being buried, and thus Postman's Park, as an interment si te for over 800 years, is significantly elevated above the streets which surroun d it. Since 1900 it has been the location of thsome adjacent burial grounds and nearby land previously occupied by housing. A shortage of space for burials in L ondon meant that corpses were often laid above existing graves and covered over with soil instead of being buried, and thus Postman's Park, as an interment site for over 800 years, is significantly elevated above the streets which surround it. Since 1900 it has been the location of thsome adjacent burial grounds and ne arby land previously occupied by housing. A shortage of space for burials in Lon don meant that corpses were often laid above existing graves and covered over wi th soil instead of being buried, and thus Postman's Park, as an interment site f or over 800 years, is significantly elevated above the streets which surround it . Since 1900 it has been the location of thsome adjacent burial grounds and near by land previously occupied by housing. A shortage of space for burials in Londo n meant that corpses were often laid above existing graves and covered over with soil instead of being buried, and thus Postman's Park, as an interment site for over 800 years, is significantly elevated above the streets which surround it. Since 1900 it has been the location of ththe former churchyard and burial ground of St Botolph's Aldersgate church, it expanded over the next 20 years to incorp orate some adjacent burial grounds and nearby land previously occupied by housin g. A shortage of space for burials in London meant that corpses were often laid above existing graves and covered over with soil instead of being buried, and th us Postman's Park, as an interment site for over 800 years, is significantly ele vated above the streets which surround it. Since 1900 it has been the location o f the kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuMemorial to Heroic Self Sacrifice, a monument erected by George Frederic Watts to ordina ry people who died saving the lives of others, and who