The London Burial Grounds: Notes on Their History from the Earliest Times to the Present DayHolmes, Isabella M.
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The London Burial Grounds: Notes on Their History from the Earliest Times to the Present Day
Holmes, Isabella M.
Cemeteries -- England -- London -- History
186. _Battersea Cemetery_, Bolingbroke Grove.—8½ acres. First used in
1860. Open daily.
LAMBETH.
187. _St. Mary’s Churchyard._—½ acre. A very old ground, enlarged in
1623 and 1820. It is very neatly laid out and the gates are left open,
though there are no seats in it.
188. _Additional ground in High Street_ (also called Paradise Row
burial-ground).—1½ acres. Given to the parish by Archbishop Tenison, and
consecrated in 1705. It was laid out in 1884 by the Lambeth Vestry, who
maintain it efficiently.
189. _St. John’s Churchyard_, Waterloo Bridge Road.—An acre in size.
This was laid out as a garden and playground in 1877, and is well kept
up by the Lambeth Vestry.
190. _St. Mark’s Churchyard_, Kennington.—1¾ acres. This is closed and
full of tombstones, but neatly kept.
191. _Regent Street Baptist Chapel-ground_, Kennington Road.—A little
ground at the back of the chapel, with a few tombstones and one great
vault in it.
192. _Esher Street Congregational Chapel-ground_, Upper Kennington
Lane.—About 480 square yards, closed, and very untidy.
193. _St. Matthew’s Churchyard_, Brixton.—2 acres. This dates from 1824.
It is closed, but neatly kept.
194. _Denmark Row Chapel-ground_, Coldharbour Lane.—This has been partly
built upon, and there is now only a small yard behind the chapel.
195. _Stockwell Green Congregational Chapel-ground._—¼ acre, or rather
more. This is behind the chapel, and is a particularly neglected and
untidy graveyard.
196. _St. Luke’s Churchyard_, Norwood.—1 acre. This dates from 1825. It
is tidily kept, except the part near the station. The gate is generally
open. The gravestones are in situ.
197. _Congregational Chapel-ground_, Chapel Road, Lower Norwood.—About ⅓
acre behind the chapel. It is closed, and has grass and a few tombstones
in it.
198. _Norwood Cemetery_, 40 acres.—First used in 1838. Open daily, and
fairly well kept. It is crowded with tombstones, and it includes a Greek
cemetery and a burial-ground belonging to the parish of St. Mary at
Hill, each about 550 square yards in size.
CAMBERWELL.
199. _St. Giles’s Churchyard._—3¼ acres. Enlarged in 1717, 1803, and
1825. Closed, full of tombstones, and not well kept.
200. _St. George’s Churchyard_, Well Street, Camberwell.—The church was
consecrated in 1824, the ground being given by Mr. John Rolls. The
churchyard measures about an acre, and was laid out in 1886 by the
Metropolitan Public Gardens Association. It is maintained by the vestry.
A mortuary has been built on it.
201. _Dulwich Burial-ground_, Court Lane, the graveyard of God’s Gift
College.—Size, 1½ roods. This ground dates from about 1700. It is closed
and very neatly kept. There are several large altar tombs in it, and it
is a most rural and picturesque spot.
202. _Wesleyan Chapel-ground._ Stafford Street, Peckham.—336 square
yards. The chapel in now a school, the burial-ground being the
playground, a paved yard.
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