Cholera Burial Ground – York, UK - Worldwide Cemeteries on Waymarking.com

An outbreak of Cholera had started in England in 1831. It was not until June 1832 that it reached York.
The special burial ground for the victims holds 185 graves and there are 20 remaining sandstone gravestones.

Cholera was a much feared disease, and there was much public concern about how to dispose of the dead. In one incident a coffin was knocked off a cart during a heated argument about the movement of the coffin. It was as a result of this that the special burial ground was opened.

It lies close to York railway station on Station Road. It stands between the inner ring road, and the Medieval city walls, in a grassy area with trees.

At this time it was still thought that Cholera was caused by bad air. One of the Doctors who realised that the disease was transmitted by water was actually born not far from here in York. He had in fact already left York 5 years before the outbreak, but may have heard about it from his family. Many of the early deaths were in poor districts near to the River Ouse that were susceptible to flooding.

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