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Encyclopedia > Brookwood Memorial

Brookwood Cemetery (aka the London Necropolis) was set up by the London Necropolis Company in 1852 to house London's dead, since the capital was finding it difficult to locate the increasing population, both of living and dead. By 1854, it was the largest cemetery in the world (it is no longer).


It was situated close to Woking, Surrey, and was accessible only by rail from a special cemetery station — the London Necropolis railway station — next to Waterloo. This station was demolished after suffering bomb damage during World War II.


A military cemetery was added in 1917 and contains some of the dead from World War I and World War II. A military memorial was built in 1958. Memorialized here too is Edward the Martyr, King of England.


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Brookwood Memorial - Veterans Affairs Canada (57 words)
Brookwood is 30 miles from London (M3 to Bagshot and then A322).
The main entrance to Brookwood Military Cemetery is on the A324 from the village of Pirbright.
There is a direct train service from Waterloo to Brookwood Station from which there is an entrance to the cemetery.
House of Commons - Environment, Transport and Regional Affairs - Memoranda (2514 words)
Brookwood's importance in the Victorian celebration of death should be formally recognised by the Government and organisations such as English Heritage, and it should be acknowledged as a site of national importance.
Brookwood is a multicultural cemetery, and a walk through its different sections is a cultural education by itself.
Brookwood remains privately owned yet, despite sympathetic management, it is impossible for the current owners to undertake major restoration work of important memorials and monuments, and indeed the landscape in general, out of current receipts.
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