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 Kensal
Green Cemetery
This major study, to which several well-known scholars have contributed,
tells the fascinating story of the first great necropolis to be
laid out near London. It explains the growth of the movement to
found cemeteries (influenced by developments in France and by
considerations of urban hygiene), the establishment in 1832 of
the General Cemetery Company (which still owns and manages the
General Cemetery of All Souls at Kensal Green), and the endeavours
by architects and landscape designers to create an attractive
place of burial. An architectural competition was held in 1831-2,
quickly followed by the laying out of the grounds and erection
of the first of several distinguished buildings. The greater part
of the Cemetery was consecrated in 1833. Based on the archives
of the Company, and drawing on the expertise of its several authors,
this important book makes a considerable contribution to urban
history and coemeterial studies. Covering a vast range of topics,
written in accessible form, it is copiously illustrated: many
of the pictures (some of which are photographs specially taken
for the book) have never previously been published.
Kensal Green Cemetery. The Origins & Development of the
General Cemetery of All Souls, Kensal Green, London, 1824-2001
(Edited) (Chichester: Phillimore & Co. Ltd., 2001).
ISBN: 1 86077 194 7 (hbk.)
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Reviews
'The definitive account. An outstanding book'
Winter and Spring Newsletter of The Ancient Monuments Society
'Handsomely produced, lavishly illustrated, and full of interesting
material'
The Art Newspaper
'This magnificent book...must surely now be the most extensive
monograph ever devoted to a single cemetery anywhere in the world,
and will repay close study for years to come...a feast for the
eye...The scrupulous attention to detail....means that all of
the chapters maintain a very high standard...and quality'
Garden History
'attractive and well-written,...the information is fascinating'
Church Times
'Beautifully illustrated with faultless captions, scrupulously
indexed, foot-noted, and referenced,...it is a commentary on every
aspect of Victorian London'
London Society Journal
'...distinguished,....meticulous,....as gripping as a novel by
Dickens or Galsworthy.... There can be few, if any, cemeteries
in the world which have had such a superb book devoted to them,
and all those involved...should feel justifiably proud'
The Victorian. The Magazine of The Victorian Society
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