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London Cemeteries: An Illustrated Guide & Gazetteer 2nd Edition
Author(s): Hugh Meller (Author), Brian Parsons (Contributor)
- Publisher: The History Press
- Publication Date: 1 July 2011
- Edition: 2nd
- Language: English
- Print length: 448 pages
- ISBN-10: 0752461834
- ISBN-13: 9780752461830
Book Description
London Cemeteries is a comprehensive guide to all 126 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, as well as biographical and genealogical researchers.
Editorial Reviews
Review
‘Very readable.’
― The Journal of the London Society
‘A valuable guide.’
― The Sunday Telegraph
‘Excellently done, erudite and methodical.’
— John Summerson
‘Invaluable … excellent.’
― The Sunday Times
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(The History Press) and editor of the Funeral Service Journal. He lives in London.
