The burial ground of the monks of St John's Abbey appears to have been situated in the northern end of the precinct.

A charter of Bishop Gilbert of London (1165-71) confirms that St Giles's Church was 'founded' in the existing cemetery of the Abbey.<1><2> A lay cemetery appears to have existed around St John's Church in the NE corner of the precinct in the 12th century, this was superseded by a lay cemetery surrounding St Giles's to the East of this. The exact location and scale of the monks cemetery is unknown, however burials have been found south of St Giles's churchyard, under the Officers Club tennis courts.<3> and elsewhere.<4>