Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea Cemetery, Hanwell
London Borough of Ealing, United Kingdom · built 1855
Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea Cemetery, Hanwell (aka Hanwell Cemetery) is located on the north side of the Uxbridge Road in Hanwell, London, England. The cemetery was opened in 1855 to take the pressure off the burial grounds in St Mary Abbots parish in North Kensington. The Burial Act 1857 also mandated that new interments were to be carried out beyond the densely populated areas of London. The cemetery is designed in the Victorian style for parks, intricately landscaped with many curving paths. The cemetery is owned and operated today by the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea.
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