Images of Brompton Cemetery in London, taken in April 2012.
“Brompton Cemetery is located near Earl’s Court in South West London. Established by Act of Parliament, it opened in 1840 and was originally known as the West of London and Westminster Cemetery.
“Consecrated by the Bishop of London in June 1840, it is one of Britain’s oldest and most distinguished garden cemeteries. Some 35,000 monuments, from simple headstones to substantial mausolea, now mark the resting place of more than 205,000 burials. The site includes large plots for family mausolea, and common graves where coffins are piled deep into the earth, as well as a small columbarium. Brompton was closed to burials between 1952 and 1996, but is once again a working cemetery, with plots for interments and a ‘Garden of Remembrance’ for the deposit of cremated remains.”
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