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-<br>Only a fraction of London's monumental inscriptions survive today.<ref>Cliff Webb, ''My Ancestors were Londoners: A Guide to London Sources for Family Historians'' (London: Society of Genealogists, 2009), 22.</ref> It can be helpful to search surveys of church cemeteries made in the past, when more gravestones were intact, and before churches were demolished.
+== Online Resources ==
+[https://www.archive.org/details/churchyardinscri00rush ''The Churchyard Inscriptions of the City of London''] (1910) is available online.
-== History  ==
+*[http://www.deceasedonline.com/ Deceased Online]. Includes London Borough of Brent, London Borough of Camden, London Borough of Havering, London Borough of Islington, and London Borough of Merton monumental inscriptions.
+*[https://search.findmypast.com/search-world-Records/greater-london-burial-index Greater London Burial Index] at Findmypast ($), index
-Up to the mid-1800s, most London burials took place in churchyards. For further information on these burial grounds, see specific [[London Parishes|London parish]] pages. Due to overcrowding, municipal cemeteries, located outside of the historic City of London, such as New Bunhill Fields, became popular.<ref>''Cemetery Records,'' London Metropolitan Archives Information Leaflet Number 5, http://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/0EA11147-00CB-4F00-8DB6-EEBDA39E5F22/0/5CEMETERYRECORDS.pdf, accessed 17 January 2012.</ref>
+*[http://www.londonburials.co.uk/ The London Burial Grounds]. History, cemetery photographs. David Orme took an 1897 description of the city church cemeteries and updated it with additional sources and modern observations.<br>
+*[http://www.brookwoodcemetery.com Brookwood Cemetery]. History, cemetery chapel, cemetery map, grave search, famous graves.
-In addition to the city churches, other popular burial grounds in medieval and early modern London included:
+*'''1833-1853''' {{FSC|687863|title-id|disp=Burials, 1833-1853}}(*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
+*'''1785-1891''' {{FSC|1188781|title-id|disp=Foreign Registers, 1785-1891; Index, 1816-1865}}(*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
-*Austin Friars
+*'''1666''' {{FSC|41488|title-id|disp=Catalogue of the Tombs in the Churches of the City of London, A.D. 1666}}(*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
-*Crutched Friars
+*'''1538-1835''' {{FSC|285246|title-id|disp=Index to Burials in the London Area, 1538-1835}}(*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
-*Mercer's Chapel
+* {{FSC|274589|title-id|disp=A Transcript of All the Legible Monumental Inscriptions in 34 Parishes in the Counties of Berks, Bucks, Herts and Middlesex}}(*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
-*Rolls Chapel
+* {{FSC|73944|title-id|disp=An Obituary}}(*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
-*St Anthony's Hospital
+*'''1856-1998''' City of London Cemetery
-*St Mary Magdalen Guildhall
+**[https://www.thegenealogist.co.uk/search/advanced/parish/burial/?county=LND&area%5B%5D=&area%5B%5D=city+of+london+cemetery%2C+manor+park%2C+london&age=&age_range=0&abode=&kw= Transcript Burials] at The Genealogist ($), index
-*Whitefriars<ref name="tombs">Payne Fisher and G. Blacker Morgan, ''Catalogue of the Tombs in the Churches of the City of London, A.D. 1666'' (1668; reprint, London: Hasell, Watson, Viney, Ld., 1885).</ref>
+**[https://col-burialregisters.uk/ Burial registers, 1856-1992] at City of London Cemetery and Crematorium - images
+** {{FSC|286510|title-id|disp=Register of Monuments}}(*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
-Bunhill Fields burial ground, opened in 1665 to inter Londoners who died in the Great Plague, was in operation until 1854. Approximately 120,000 burials took place there. {{Find A Grave|658393|Bunhill Fields Burial Ground}} (175+ entries)
+* {{FSC|59705|title-id|disp=Epitaphs of London County, England}}(*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
+* {{FSC|450418|title-id|disp=Genealogical Collections Relating to the Lord Mayors of the City of London}}(*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
-{{Wikipedia|Magnificent_Seven,_London|Magnificent Seven}} The 'Magnificent Seven' Greater London cemeteries opened in the nineteenth century were (with years opened):
+* {{FSC|106214|title-id|disp=London County Burial Grounds Being about 362 in Number}}(*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
+* {{FSC|450087|title-id|disp=Monumental Drawings of Celebrated Persons}}(*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
-#(1832) {{Find A Grave|658427|Kensal Green Cemetery}} (1,500+ entries)
+* {{FSC|290838|title-id|disp=Monumental Inscriptions From Various Churches in London, England}}(*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
-#(1837) {{Find A Grave|658403|West Norwood Cemetery}} (1,900+ entries); official [http://www.fownc.org/contact/index.shtml website]
+* {{FSC|626123|title-id|disp=Register of Memorials Removed, City of London Cemetery, Manor Park}}(*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
-#(1839) {{Find A Grave|638895|Highgate Cemetery (East)}} (175+ entries); {{Find A Grave|638894|Highgate Cemetery (West)}} (665+ entries)
+* {{FSC|626155|title-id|disp=Removal of Human Remains, City of London and Tower Hamlets Cemetery}}(*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
-#(1840) {{Find A Grave|658404|Abney Park Cemetery}} (4,500+ entries)
+* {{FSC|103562|title-id|disp=Return of Burial Grounds in the County of London}}(*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
-#(1840) {{Find A Grave||Nunhead Cemetery}}
+* {{FSC|395305|title-id|disp=The Churchyard Inscriptions of the City of London}}(*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
-#(1840) {{Find A Grave|658429|Brompton Cemetery (aka West London Cemetery, Westminster Cemetery)}} (950+ entries)
+* {{FSC|41534|title-id|disp=The London Burial Grounds}}(*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
-#(1841) {{Find A Grave||Tower Hamlets Cemetery}}
+* {{FSC|358215|title-id|disp=The Monumental Inscriptions and Armorial Bearing in the Churches within the City of London}}(*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
+* {{FSC|453079|title-id|disp=An Index of Names From the Monumental Inscriptions in Seymour's Survey of London}}(*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
-Beginning in the nineteenth century, many East Enders were buried in Brookwood Cemetery in Surrey. Until World War II, funeral trains ran from Waterloo station directly to the Cemetery.<ref>Email, Dr. Brian Swann to Nathan W. Murphy, 20 April 2012.</ref> {{Find A Grave|2098485|Brookwood Cemetery}} (614+ entries)
-Large Victorian cemeteries include:
-*New Bunhill Fields
-*{{Find A Grave|2162468|East London Cemetery}} (240+ entries)
-Major modern cemeteries include:
-*[http://www.billiongraves.com/pages/cemetery/cemetery.php?cemetery_id=158526 Wandsworth Cemetery, London] BillionGraves
-*{{Find A Grave|658426|City of London Cemetery and Crematorium}} (1,850+ entries)
-=== Church Interiors  ===
-For early monuments inside London churches, see:
-*Weever, John. ''Ancient Funeral Monuments in Great Britain &amp;c.'' 1631; reprint, London: W. Tooke, 1767. Digitized by [http://books.google.com/books?id=Um0DAAAAYAAJ Internet Archive]. City of London begins on page 413.
-*Fisher, Payne and G. Blacker Morgan. ''Catalogue of the Tombs in the Churches of the City of London, A.D. 1666''. 1668; reprint, London: Hasell, Watson, Viney, Ld., 1885. Digitized by [http://www.archive.org/details/cataloguetombsi00morggoog Internet Archive].
-*Oliver, Andrew. ''A List of Monumental Brasses in the City of London Churches''. 1891. Digitized by [http://www.archive.org/details/listofmonumental00oliv Internet Archive]. (41 brasses)<br>
-=== Churchyards  ===
+=== List of Cemeteries  ===
-[http://www.archive.org/details/churchyardinscri00rush ''The Churchyard Inscriptions of the City of London''] (1910) is available online.
-=== Guides  ===
-A very useful guide to published monumental inscriptions appeared in the ''Genealogists' Magazine'' in the late 1920s and early 1930s:
-*"A Bibliography of Monumental Inscriptions in the City and County of London," ''Genealogists' Magazine,'' Vol. 5 (1929-1931):406-408; Vol. 6 (1932-1934):22-23, 68-69, 107-109, 285, 439-441, 503 and 561.
-Raymond has compiled an extensive list of publications of City of London monumental inscriptions.<ref>Stuart A. Raymond, ''London and Middlesex: A Genealogical Bibliography'' (Birmingham, UK: Federation of Family History Societies, c1997). Vol. 1:39-42. FHL 942.1 D27r 1997 v. 1.</ref>
-For a modern guide to London's burial grounds, see:
-*Wolfson, Patricia S. and Cliff Webb. ''Greater London Cemeteries and Crematoria.'' London: Society of Genealogists Enterprises Ltd., c2005, 2007. {{FHL|1521438|item|disp=FHL Book 942.1/L1 V34w 2005}}.<br>
-== Websites  ==
-*[http://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/0EA11147-00CB-4F00-8DB6-EEBDA39E5F22/0/5CEMETERYRECORDS.pdf Cemetery Records] (London Metropolitan Archives Information Leaflet)
-*[http://www.deceasedonline.com/ Deceased Online]. Includes London Borough of Brent, London Borough of Camden, London Borough of Havering, London Borough of Islington, and London Borough of Merton monumental inscriptions.
-*[http://www.londonburials.co.uk/ The London Burial Grounds]. History, cemetery photographs. David Orme took an 1897 description of the city church cemeteries and updated it with additional sources and modern observations.<br>
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