The obvious solution was to stick their coffin in an enormous stone wedge, making it practically impossible to bury -- and also quite difficult to look at. Highgate Cemetery is one of the most famous of all London’s Victorian cemeteries. Celebrities are often buried in the highest caliber cemeteries, mausoleums and tombs, which is why we've created this list of celebrities buried in London. Nosy visitors can peer through a window in the roof at two dusty coffins surrounded by lanterns, camel bells and murals of the night sky. Yet in choosing her favorite gravestone, Catharine Arnold, author of "Necropolis -- London and its Dead," picks someone removed from the worlds of literature and the arts, with which Highgate is normally associated. Get the BillionGraves app now and help collect images for this cemetery! The time machine story supposedly dates to a mischievous 1998 press release. The City of London Cemetery and Crematorium is a cemetery and crematorium in the east of London. CNN Sans ™ & © 2016 Cable News Network. Tom Sayers' tomb, guarded by his "immortal dog ... faithful to the last [is] a great example of Victorian animal memorial art," she says. "It looks like Dr. Who's TARDIS as designed by the architects of the Death Star," says author and. Built in 1852 for unmarried Hannah Courtoy and her daughters, no plans for the tomb have been found and it's the only monument in Brompton Cemetery for which no key can be found. 20 July] 1877 – 19 February 1968) was an early... Sir Henry Maximilian "Max" Beerbohm (24 August 1872 – 20 May 1956) was an English essayist,... Mary Louisa Molesworth, née Stewart was an English writer of children's stories who wrote for... John William Godward (9 August 1861 – 13 December 1922) was an English painter from the end of... Captain William Gordon Rutherfurd RN, CB (1765 – 14 January 1818) was an officer in the Royal... Howard Carter (9 May 1874 – 2 March 1939) was a British archaeologist and Egyptologist who... Arthur Henry "Sarsfield" Ward (15 February 1883 – 1 June 1959), better known as Sax Rohmer,... John Snow (15 March 1813 – 16 June 1858) was an English physician and a leader in the ... Joseph Bonomi the Younger (9 October 1796 – 3 March 1878) was an English sculptor, artist,... Henry Spencer Moore (30 July 1898 – 31 August 1986) was an English artist. City of London Cemetery and Crematorium, London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom. London’s “Magnificent Seven” Cemeteries - BillionGraves Blog If you want a moment’s respite from living London’s rattle and hum it’s the perfect place to come. Beginning in 1854, thousands of east-enders were buried in Brookwood Cemetery in Surrey (also known as the London Necropolis). Very accurate written records tell Gary Burks, Superintendent & Registrar, and his colleagues where there is space above an original grave and within a day the ‘new’ resting place can be prepared. Spencer Perceval (1 November 1762 – 11 May 1812) was a British statesman who served as Prime... Satellite Images Of Locations Where Historical Assassinations Took Place. It ended in chaos, but won him an army of fans. The oldest of London’s ‘Magnificent Seven’ cemeteries, it’s also the city’s oldest commercial cemetery and its most luxurious – if you can say such a thing about a graveyard. Image right - Brompton Cemetery, located near Earl’s Court in S.W. Join us on a 12-month journey to see them all. Some of the best tombs belong to the largely forgotten, people who nonetheless seemed to have had big plans for the hereafter. You couldn't find a stronger or more stylish contrast to the dominant grandiose tendency in gravestone design than the plain monument to the bestselling comic sci-fi author Douglas Adams. Kensal Green cemetery (General Cemetery of All Souls) The first of the commercial cemeteries in London, General Cemetery of All Souls, Kensal Green is still owned by the original company that established it. There's a perfect beach for every week of the year. The ancient churchyard, once a haunt of grave robbers, is now one of the most peaceful places in busy St. Pancras. It is designated Grade I on the Historic England National Register of Historic Parks and Gardens. St Mary the Virgin; Find a Grave. The records may reveal your relative’s name, age, occupation, religious denomination and where they were buried. It is owned and operated by the City of London Corporation. Part of the cemetery will open to free-roaming visitors ©Alex Segre/500px The delightfully Gothic, Victorian-era Highgate Cemetery in north London is the final resting place for a long list of famous names, including Karl Marx, George Michael and Douglas Adams, and for the first time in decades, all parts of the burial grounds will be open to free-roaming visitors – no tour required. Nunhead Cemetery is one of London’s more unusual spaces – part cemetery, part wilderness and nature reserve with a curious past. Opened in 1841 and closed to burials in 1966, the correct title for the cemetery was The City of London and Tower Hamlets Cemetery (not to be confused with the City of London Cemetery in Newham) and it is locally known as ‘Bow Cemetery’.