London's Necropolis

London's Necropolis Synopsis

This is a long-awaited new and much revised edition of this in-depth reference work originally published by The History Press. This is a massive tome and is the "last word" on this subject with ten chapters dealing with the cemetery's origins, indeed many developments in town were enabled by trainloads of remains being reburied at Brookwood which is at Woking. One of the two stations was literally the end of the line - for special trains of mourners travelling from London, and the deceased. Nine chapters deal with specific areas or sections of the cemetery plus there are appendices on missing persons, the principal cemetery staff and burial statistics. The author brings the text to life with hundreds and hundreds of potted histories of the occupants.