Crossbones Graveyard has inspired many artworks, plays, poems and songs – including The Graveyard of the Outcast Dead by Frank Turner (2019)
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Books inspired by Crossbones include:
The Southwark Mysteries by John Constable
Spark In The Dark by John Constable;
A Goose In Southwark by Chris Roberts and Carl Gee
The Spirits of Crossbones Graveyard: Time, Ritual, and Sexual Commerce in London by Professor Sondra Hausner of Oxford University
The Outcast Dead: Cross Bones Graveyard by Paul Slade
Crossbones Graveyard photo-book by Max Reeves
Watling Street by John Higgs. Chapter 5 ‘Cross Bones: The blessing of the Winchester Geese’ (pp.99-131)
A Tomb With A View by Peter Ross. Chapter 7 UNMARKED: The Outcast Dead: Crossbones Graveyard; the last vigil of John Crow (pp. 133-142 and 155-160)
Crossbones Graveyard is referenced in many works of fiction, including:
Sunday At the Crossbones by John Walsh;
The Fatal Tree by Jake Arnott;
The Walworth Beauty by Michele Roberts
Dodger by Terry Pratchet
Crossbones was extensively referenced in papers presented at the 2016 Urban Sacred In Southwark conference.
The many academic books and articles on the subject include:
Honouring The Outcast Dead: The Cross Bones Graveyard by Dr Adrian Harris;
In Defense of the Dead: Materializing a Garden of Remembrance in South London by Steph Berns.
