St Mary of Woolnoth Church on Lombard Street in London. The City and South London Railway wanted to destroy the church in 1897 for a subway line. They were forced to settle with only tunneling under the church causing all the bodies in the crypt underneath to be moved elsewhere.

City of London Cemetery Gates
There are no bodies around ST. MARY'S WOOLNOTH now. Between 1897 and 1900 the City and South London railway built Bank tube station beneath the church. They had originally been given permission to demolish the church but a public outcry caused a rethink. The company has to restrict itself to using only the subsoil on the site. They were forced to purchase the crypt and to remove the bones for reburial at the City of London Cemetery in manor Park. The remains of over 30 London Church yards have been placed on the site.

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Attribution: Brian Gotts