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Bedlam plague pit: Skeletons excavated at Liverpool Street Crossrail station

The Telegraph 10 March 2015 UK London

Archaeologists have begun excavating around 3,000 skeletons from a burial ground used during the period of the Great Plague in 1665. The Bedlam burial ground is at the site of the new Liverpool Street station that will serve the cross-London Crossrail line. Used from 1569 to at least 1738, the burial site was also known as Bethlehem and the New Churchyard. Tests on excavated plague victims will further understanding of the evolution of the plague bacteria strain.