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== History == | == History == | ||
Up to the mid-1800s, most London burials took place in churchyards. 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> | 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> | ||
In addition to the city churches, other popular burial grounds in medieval and early modern London included: | In addition to the city churches, other popular burial grounds in medieval and early modern London included: | ||
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*St Anthony's Hospital | *St Anthony's Hospital | ||
*St Mary Magdalen Guildhall | *St Mary Magdalen Guildhall | ||
*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> | *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> | ||
{{Wikipedia|Magnificent_Seven,_London|Magnificent Seven}} The 'Magnificent Seven' Greater London cemeteries opened in the nineteenth century were (with years opened): | {{Wikipedia|Magnificent_Seven,_London|Magnificent Seven}} The 'Magnificent Seven' Greater London cemeteries opened in the nineteenth century were (with years opened): | ||
#(1832) {{Find A Grave|658427|Kensal Green Cemetery}} (1,500+ entries) | #(1832) {{Find A Grave|658427|Kensal Green Cemetery}} (1,500+ entries) | ||
#(1837) {{Find A Grave||West Norwood Cemetery}}; official [http://www.fownc.org/contact/index.shtml website] | #(1837) {{Find A Grave|658403|West Norwood Cemetery}} (1,900+ entries); official [http://www.fownc.org/contact/index.shtml website] | ||
#(1839) {{Find A Grave|638895|Highgate Cemetery (East)}} (175+ entries); {{Find A Grave|638894|Highgate Cemetery (West)}} (665+ entries) | #(1839) {{Find A Grave|638895|Highgate Cemetery (East)}} (175+ entries); {{Find A Grave|638894|Highgate Cemetery (West)}} (665+ entries) | ||
#(1840) {{Find A Grave|658404|Abney Park Cemetery}} (4,500+ entries) | #(1840) {{Find A Grave|658404|Abney Park Cemetery}} (4,500+ entries) | ||