West Norwood Cemetery is a 40-acre (160,000 m) cemetery in West Norwood in the London Borough of Lambeth in London, England.
By 2000 there had been 164,000 burials in 42,000 plots, plus 34,000 cremations and several thousand interments in its catacombs (see also Catacombs of London).
The cemetery features 66 Grade II and Grade II* listed buildings and structures, including a dedicated Greek Orthodox section with 17 listed mausoleums and monuments...
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West Norwood Cemetery is a 40-acre (160,000 m) cemetery in West Norwood in the London Borough of Lambeth in London, England.
By 2000 there had been 164,000 burials in 42,000 plots, plus 34,000 cremations and several thousand interments in its catacombs (see also Catacombs of London).
The cemetery features 66 Grade II and Grade II* listed buildings and structures, including a dedicated Greek Orthodox section with 17 listed mausoleums and monuments. It is one of the Magnificent Seven metropolitan lawn cemeteries of the Victorian era, and its extensive Gothic Revival architecture qualifies it as one of the significant cemeteries in Europe.
Lambeth have recognised it as a site of nature conservation value within the Borough in addition to its outstanding value as a site of national historic and cultural interest. English Heritage have placed it on the National Register of Historic Parks and Gardens, describing it as the first all-Gothic cemetery.
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