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St Anne's Churchyard
, also known as
St Anne's Gardens
, is a public park on
Wardour Street
in
Soho
, London. Formerly the churchyard of
St Anne's, Soho
, it was closed to burials in 1853 by
Act of Parliament
.
It is believed that up to 60,000 bodies remain buried there. This explains why the ground is so high above the entrance on
Wardour Street
.
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It was laid out as a garden by the landscape gardener
Fanny Wilkinson
on behalf of the
Metropolitan Public Gardens Association
in 1891. It was opened to the public by
Lady Hobhouse
on 27 June 1892. The
London plane trees
remain a notable feature of the garden.
[2]
It is managed by
Westminster City Council
and has received the
Green Flag Award
.
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War memorials to
WWI
and
WWII
are located in the churchyard on the wall of the church tower.
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The WWII memorial was only installed in 2012.
[5]
There are a small number of memorials remaining within the churchyard, including the essayist
William Hazlitt
, whose gravestone was restored in 2003.
[6]
The gardens contain a memorial to the victims of the
1999 Admiral Duncan pub bombing
.
[7]
There are three art installations, all of which serve practical purposes: "Wall of Light" (an illuminated security fence), "Art Loo" (a WC with art displays) and "Table" (a monumentally-sized picnic table).
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