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This is one of three Grade II listed wrought iron entrances dating from c.1885, when the burial grounds were laid out as gardens by St Pancras Borough Council
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St Andrew's, Holborn.
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Plaque commemorating the opening of the public garden by Lady Manners on 29 July 1885
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Some of the many headstones resited along the northern boundary of the gardens
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More headstones resited along the northern boundary in the late 19th century
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Grade II listed wrought iron entrance in Wren Street, dating from c.1885.
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View from the Wren Street entrance showing the main diagonal path connecting Wren Street with Gray's Inn Road.
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NE view towards late 19th century Frances Gardner House, formerly the Royal Free Hospital nurses' home, now a UCL student hostel.
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Plaque indicating the eastern boundary of the gardens.
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St Andrew's Gardens Landscape proposal 2011
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South bank two years after the introduction of the 'wild flower meadow' and trail - 21.4.2014
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NW view of the gardens overlooked by Trinity Court, a striking modernist block of c.1930, built on the exact footprint of Holy Trinity Church, which was built as a chapel-of-ease to St Andrew's Holborn in 1837-39 by James Pennethorne.
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View east showing 18th century tombs
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View towards the Wren Street entrance, with 18th century tombs.
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One of the last internments to take place before the St Andrew's Holborn Burial Ground was closed for burials in 1850.
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Ornate 18th century tomb with no visible markings
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Granite drinking fountain presented by Miss Emily Bessie Orbell in July 1885.
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One of two Grade II listed wrought iron entrances on Gray's Inn Road, dating from c.1885.
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View east towards Wren Street.
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18th century tombs squeezed into the space behind the wall of a 19th century building on Gray's Inn Road.
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London Plane tree hugging the wall of the former 19th century nurses' home.
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Trinity Court
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Tamarix Tetrandra (commonly known as the Tamarisk or Salt Cedar) - one of fourteen such trees on the site, which will should produce magnificent, feathery plumes of pink flowers in April and May
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Large branch damaged by a fitness enthusiast putting excessive strees on it whilst exercising - August 2020
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No prizes for guessing who ate all the Peach blossom
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Ceanothus 'dinosaur', May 2021
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View north following the UCL project demolition works (12.5.2021) - enjoy it while you can
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Rare autumn colours
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Spring blossom on Pyrus salicifolia 'pendula' - Weeping Silver Pear tree
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Reaching for the sky, April 2022