East Finchley Cemetery, London
Visited January 2017
East Finchley cemetery was originally known as St Marylebone Cemetery, changing its name in the 1990s when it was acquired by the City of Westminster. It was designed and opened in the 1850s, with the first burials taking place in 1855. Burials still take place today, and there's also a crematorium on the site.
There are a number of fantastic old memorials here, most of which feature sculpture of some sort such as angles, and there's even a tomb modelled on Napoleon Bonaparte's tomb. There are, however, very few of the large mausoleums seen in the larger cemeteries of the 19th century; the only one I saw was surrounded by fencing as it's unstable.
The cemetery is large, and well maintained - don't come here looking for wilderness, but on a damp Saturday afternoon in January it was pretty much deserted and well worth a visit.
There are a number of fantastic old memorials here, most of which feature sculpture of some sort such as angles, and there's even a tomb modelled on Napoleon Bonaparte's tomb. There are, however, very few of the large mausoleums seen in the larger cemeteries of the 19th century; the only one I saw was surrounded by fencing as it's unstable.
The cemetery is large, and well maintained - don't come here looking for wilderness, but on a damp Saturday afternoon in January it was pretty much deserted and well worth a visit.
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