St. Alfege Church is a magnificent sight central to Greenwich and boasting an impressive history. Home to the mortal remains of Thomas Tallis and the site of Henry VIII’s christening it even gets a mention in a Dickens book. It’s graveyard is a different story though.
Gravestones have been moved to form boundaries and I’m guessing the pollution from the one way traffic system hasn’t helped their looks. But wander down St. Alfege Passage and you’ll find even more horrors in St. Alfege Park.
Here broken stones litter the flower beds whilst others are stacked like a funereal Jenga. A rack stands abandoned full of headstones waiting to be claimed by someone with a care .... and the strength to move them. Gravestones line the basketball court and children’s play area and others hide behind bushes and along walls. Some headstones stand against others obscuring the details and condition - this truly is a graveyard for gravestones.
