Brockley and Ladywell Cemetery, Lewisham, London
visited August 2010
http://www.foblc.org.uk/
Brockley (originally Deptford) and Ladywell (originally Lewisham) cemeteries were originally 2 separate, but adjacent, cemeteries which opened within a month of each other in 1858. Until 1948 they were separated by a wall, and managed individually. A raised strip of land running down the middle of the cemetery shows the old boundary.
There aren't any spectacular monuments here, but there are quite a few interesting gravestones (lots of seafarers seem to be buried here), it's got some wonderfully overgrown parts as well as manicured modern parts, and has very tasty blackberries in the late summer.
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| Old postcard showing Brockley Cemetery, 1907 |
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