Place:West Norwood Cemetery, West Norwood, London, England

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NameWest Norwood Cemetery
Alt namesSouth Metropolitan Cemeterysource: Wikipedia
TypeCemetery
Coordinates51.433°N 0.098°W
Located inWest Norwood, London, England     (1889 - 1965)
Also located inSurrey, England     (1836 - 1889)
Greater London, England     (1965 - )
See alsoLambeth, London, Englandmetropolitan borough in which it was located 1900-1965
Lambeth (London Borough), Greater London, EnglandLondon borough covering the area since 1965
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West Norwood Cemetery is a 40-acre (16 ha) cemetery in West Norwood in London, England established in 1836. It was also known as the South Metropolitan Cemetery. One of the first private landscaped cemeteries in London, it is one of the Magnificent Seven cemeteries of London, and is a site of major historical, architectural and ecological interest.

Its grounds are a mixture of historic monumental cemetery and modern lawn cemetery, but it also has catacombs, cremation plots and a columbarium for cinerary ashes. The cemetery's crematorium still operates, and cremation plots are still available, but all the conventional burial plots have been allocated and hence it is closed to new burials pending further agreement under current burial legislation.

An Act of Parliament was passed in the 1830s which allowed joint-stock companies to purchase land and set up large cemeteries outside the boundaries of the City of London. The "Magnificent Seven" cemeteries were all laid out about the same time (1832–41). Highgate Cemetery, where many dignitaries are buried, is the most well known: the others are Nunhead, Tower Hamlets Cemetery, Kensal Green, Brompton, and Abney Park.

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