Sleeping with the Dead is an act of remembrance for those bodies reinterred from Bedlam Burial Ground, London (active 1569 to 1738) to Willow Cemetery, Canvey Island. commissioned by YoHa as part of Creative Estuary's Co-commissions.
NB: Sleeping With the Dead events take place in a field next to Willow Cemetery - access is via a separate entrance to the Cemetery
11:00–12:30: How Did the Poor Old Bones of Canvey Arrive on the Island?With John & Nicola Cribbs (T. Cribbs and Sons), Robert Hartle (archaeologist), and Graham Harwood (YoHa)
T. Cribbs and Sons was established in 1881 and has served the diversity of east end families and their diaspora ever since. John Cribbs and Graham Cribbs have been working to create a funerary museum and were instrumental in forming TCS Exhumations, with Nichola who was responsible for day-to-day operations in the exhumation.
Robert Hartle’s research focuses on the archaeology and history of bodysnatching in London, c. 1700–1832. He was a key archaeologist on The New Churchyard (Bedlam Cemetery) project.
