Breaking News ! Hidden in an ancient cemetery alongside London’s St. Pancras Old Church, in St Pancras Gardens is an unusual ash tree encircled by hundreds of overlapping gravestones. This unusual sight has a very interesting history, which involves the famous novelist, Thomas Hardy. The story goes that before Hardy was penning classics such as Far from the Madding Crowd and Tess of the d'Urbervilles, to when he was working as a junior architect. During this time in the mid 1860s, Britain's rail system was experiencing immense growth and was outgrowing its existing lines. To accommodate for this growth an expansion was undertaken, but it meant that the graveyard at St Pancras had to be moved.

. The MyLondon app gives you all the stories you need to help you keep on top of what's happening in the best city ever. You can download it on Android here and Apple here. In comes a young Thomas Hardy, as his architecture firm was brought in to exhume the bodies in the graveyard and transport them to the new site. For more news and features about London directly to your inbox sign up to our newsletter here . Read More Related Articles

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