St Anne's Churchyard
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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.{{cite web | url=https://www.stannes-soho.org.uk/history | title=HISTORY | St Anne's Church, Soho }}
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.{{Cite web|url=https://londongardenstrust.org/conservation/inventory/site-record/?ID=WST099&sitename=St+Anne%27s+Churchyard|title=London Gardens Trust: St Anne's Churchyard|access-date=19 January 2021}} It is managed by Westminster City Council and has received the Green Flag Award.{{Cite web |url=https://www.westminster.gov.uk/st-annes-churchyard |title=St Anne's Churchyard | Westminster City Council |archive-url=https://archive.today/20141103075125/https://www.westminster.gov.uk/st-annes-churchyard |archive-date=3 November 2014 |url-status=dead}}
War memorials to WWI and WWII are located in the churchyard on the wall of the church tower.{{Cite web|url=https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/145286|title=War Memorials Online: St Anne's, Soho|access-date=27 January 2021}} The WWII memorial was only installed in 2012.{{Cite web|url=https://www.counties.britishlegion.org.uk/counties/greater-london/remembrance/soho-war-memorial-unveiling-2012|title=Royal British Legion: Soho War Memorial Unveiling 2012|access-date=27 January 2021}} There are a small number of memorials remaining within the churchyard, including the essayist William Hazlitt, whose gravestone was restored in 2003.{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2003/apr/11/artsandhumanities.past|title=The Guardian: "William Hazlitt's near-derelict grave restored", 11 April 2003|website=TheGuardian.com|date=11 April 2003|access-date=27 January 2021}}
The gardens contain a memorial to the victims of the 1999 Admiral Duncan pub bombing.{{Cite web|url=https://www.londonremembers.com/memorials/admiral-duncan-memorial|title=London Remembers: Admiral Duncan Memorial|access-date=27 January 2021}} 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).{{Cite web|url=https://www.sohogreen.com|title=Soho Green|access-date=27 January 2021}}{{Cite web |url=https://www.westminster.gov.uk/st-annes-churchyard |title=St Anne's Churchyard | Westminster City Council |archive-url=https://archive.today/20141103075125/https://www.westminster.gov.uk/st-annes-churchyard |archive-date=3 November 2014 |url-status=dead}}