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Today I Discovered The Gruesome Story Of London’s Underground Plague Pits
6Each time an epidemic of bubonic plague hit London between the 14th and 17th centuries, about 20% of the capital’s population was wiped out. This led to graveyards and cemeteries becoming overcrowded and the need to bury victims of the plague in mass graves. The London Underground has often been cited as being built over…