Category Archives: London Cemeteries

Woodgrange Park Cemetery

Posted on April 11, 2011

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Photos taken in 2005 with my beloved Pentax MX. Woodgrange Park Cemetery had certainly seen better days: the chapel was close to derelict, and much of the cemetery itself was overgrown. A new Muslim burial section was being used, however; incense wafted rather beautifully through the grass. I wonder how Woodgrange fares these days.

Brompton Cemetery

Posted on April 9, 2011

To Brompton Cemetery, filled with supporters of Mr Abramovich's soccer team in their jolly blue shirts.

Mr Tesco's grocery emporium on Fulham Road failing to supply us with ice cream (for the day was unseasonably warm for early April), we repaired early to the Windsor Castle on Campden Hill Road for excellent cider.

Posted in 19th Century London Cemeteries Magnificent Seven Brompton Cemetery | Leave a comment

Crossbones and Bunhill Fields

Posted on April 1, 2011

Posted in 18th Century & earlier 19th Century London Cemeteries Bunhill Fields Crossbones Quaker Burial Ground | Leave a comment

Barkingside Cemeteries

Posted on March 22, 2011

What is there to say about this pair of cemeteries, divided by the road? Taking European war cemeteries as their model, they are tidy. But row upon row upon row of marble slabs, identical in size, stretching as far as the eye can see, makes one wonder just for whose benefit this site is being run.

Barkingside Cemeteries are now (2005) almost full, and Redbridge are to open a new cemetery elsewhere in the borough.

Edited to add: I've received some rather abusive email with regards to the above comments. I'm well aware that the local council impose restrictions on what memorials may be set in cemeteries such as Barkingside. I'm not in favour of such restrictions, as you'd know, if you'd read the site rather than running to write your cross little essay It's my personal opinion that councils setting down strict limits on the form of memorials also limits their use, as memorials: who are the council to say how I wish to remember my loved one? And as this is my personal site, I'll state my personal opinion as much as I like.