London Cemeteries: An Illustrated Guide and Gazetteer

London Cemeteries: An Illustrated Guide and Gazetteer

London Cemeteries: An Illustrated Guide and Gazetteer

London Cemeteries: An Illustrated Guide and Gazetteer

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Overview

London Cemeteries is a comprehensive guide to all cemeteries within Greater London. Listed alphabetically and with a map to help locate them, for each cemetery it includes the address, the date of foundation, the owner, the size, a note on its history, development and current state, and the names, dates and major achievements of any noteworthy people buried there. There are also chapters on the origins of London’s cemeteries and cemetery history, planning, architecture and epitaphs. Illustrated throughout with both modern photographs and a wide range of rarely seen archive images, it is an essential source of information for anyone interested in London’s social and architectural history. Alongside a refreshed design, this 6th edition has been extensively revised and updated with the use of new digitised plans and maps, updated biographies, revised details of buildings, new visitor facilities, new research on flora and fauna and 12 additional cemeteries in the Greater London area.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780750996532
Publisher: The History Press
Publication date: 07/27/2023
Edition description: Third Edition,New edition
Pages: 480
Product dimensions: 6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 1.18(d)

About the Author

Hugh Meller is a former architectural advisor to the Victorian Society and a curator for the National Trust. Brian Parsons is the author of The London Way of Death (THP) and editor of the Funeral Service Journal. He lives in London.

Table of Contents

The Cemeteries vii

Map of the Cemeteries x

Illustrations xiii

Authors' Note xxi

Introduction xxiii

1 History 1

2 Planning 13

3 Monuments and Buildings 21

4 Epitaphs 57

5 Flora and Fauna 63

Gazetteer 71

Notes 367

Bibliography 379

Index of the Deceased 385

Index of Architects, Landscapers and Sculptors 413

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