HS2 archaeology exhibition opens in central London

The clearance of the burial site for Euston’s new HS2 railway station is the topic of a new exhibition that’s opened in Piccadilly.The St James’s Burial Ground was an overflow site for St James’s Church on Piccadilly after it ran out of space, and when it finally closed, there were an estimated 50,000 burials, which had to be carefully excavated and moved.
A project of that sort is not just a sensitive removal of human remains, but also an opportunity to learn about the p