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About Brompton Cemetery
Brompton Cemetery is one of Britain's oldest and most distinguished garden cemeteries.
It combines historic monuments, trees and wildlife with the stories of the remarkabl e people buried here.
This beautiful landscape is the only Cemetery in the country owned by the Crown and managed by The Royal Parks on behalf of the nation.
Brompton Cemetery is still a working Cemetery.
As one of the Magnificent Seven cemeteries, it was opened in 1840 by the West London and Westminster Cemetery Company to respond to the demands of a rapidly growing city.
Designed by Benjamin Baud in the neo classical style, Brompton Cemetery was intended to be a garden for public recreation as well as providing burial space.
With over 700,000 visits a year, the Cemetery is a valuable open space in a densely populated area of central London.
Its 39 acres provide a rare haven of peace and tranquillity for wildlife and visitors.
It is designated Grade I on the English Heritage Regi ster of Parks and Gardens, has several Listed Buildings and is a Site of Nature Conservation Importance.
205,000 people from all walks of life are buried in Brompton Cemetery, from the suffragette Emmeline Pankhurst to military personnel and Chelsea Pensioners, artists, actors and founders of Chelsea Football Club.
There are some 35,000 monuments of which 28 are Listed.
Find out more about the history of the Cemetery and those buried here from the Friends of Brompton Cemetery. https://www.royalparks.org.uk/parks/brompton-cemetery/about-brompton-cemetery About Brompton Cemetery

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• Emma Elizabeth BRIDGE