This is a recording of a talk called A Look at London’s Victorian Cemeteries, by Brian Parsons recorded on Tuesday 21st June 2022.
Brian Parsons, co-author with Hugh Meller of London Cemeteries, an Illustrated Guide and Gazetteer will explore some familiar and lesser known aspects of the capital's Victorian cemetery heritage copiously illustrated with both archival and contemporary photos.
A large proportion of London's 150 plus cemeteries were established by private companies and burial boards between the 1830s and 1900. This has provided us with a unique array of sites differing in terms of landscape, buildings and memorials.
A new edition of the fascinating and useful book s due to be published. It 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 and illustrations.
Dr Brian Parsons has worked in the funeral industry in London since 1982. His other works include: An Illustrated Guide and Gazetteer, London Cemeteries in Old Photographs, Committed to the Cleansing Flame: The Development of Cremation in Nineteenth Century England and The Undertaker at Work: 1900-1950.
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This event helps raise funds for The Victorian Society - the only charity dedicated to fighting for our Victorian and Edwardian heritage. Join us today and safeguard our unique cultural heritage for future generations! For further information, click here.
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Image: Brompton Cemetery, one of the Magnificent Seven. Photo by Edwardx CC BY-SA 3.0
