London's Cemeteries
Author: Darren Beach
Publisher: MetroBooks
Published: 2019-06
Total Pages: 304
ISBN-13: 9781902910635
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The Magnificent Seven
Author: John Turpin
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
Published: 2011-01-15
Total Pages: 308
ISBN-13: 1445611317
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA fascinating history of seven Victorian London cemeteries - 'works of art', created as much for the living as they were for the dead.
Victorian Cemeteries and the Suburbs of London
Author: Gian Luca Amadei
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2021-12-19
Total Pages: 142
ISBN-13: 1000521516
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book explores how Victorian cemeteries were the direct result of the socio-cultural, economic and political context of the city, and were part of a unique transformation process that emerged in London at the time. The book shows how the re-ordering of the city’s burial spaces, along with the principles of health and hygiene, were directly associated with liberal capital investments, which had consequences in the spatial arrangement of London. Victorian cemeteries, in particular, were not only a solution for overcrowded graveyards, they also acted as urban generators in the formation London’s suburbs in the nineteenth century. Beginning with an analysis of the conditions that triggered the introduction of the early Victorian cemeteries in London, this book investigates their spatial arrangement, aesthetics and functions. These developments are illustrated through the study of three private Victorian burial sites: Kensal Green Cemetery, Highgate Cemetery and Brookwood Cemetery. The book is aimed at students and researchers of London history, planning and environment, and Victorian and death culture studies.
London Cemeteries
Author: Hugh Meller
Publisher: The History Press
Published: 2011-07-01
Total Pages: 600
ISBN-13: 0752496905
DOWNLOAD EBOOKLondon Cemeteries is a comprehensive guide to all 126 cemeteries within Greater London. Listed alphabetically and with a map to help locate them, for each cemetery it includes the address, the date of foundation, the owner, the size, a note on its history, development, and current state, and the names, dates, and major achievements of any noteworthy people buried there. There are also chapters on the origins of London's cemeteries and cemetery history, planning, archicecture, and epitaphs. Illustrated throughout with both modern photographs and a wide range of rarely seen archive images, it is an essential source of information for anyone interested in London's social and architectural history, as well as biographical and genealogical researchers.
London's Hidden Burial Grounds
Author: Robert Bard
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
Published: 2017-02-15
Total Pages: 168
ISBN-13: 1445661128
DOWNLOAD EBOOKUncovers the dark secrets of London's lost and forgotten burial places.
London
Author: Lewis Foreman
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 2005-01-01
Total Pages: 390
ISBN-13: 9780300104028
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The London Encyclopaedia (3rd Edition)
Author: Christopher Hibbert
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
Published: 2011-09-09
Total Pages: 1120
ISBN-13: 0230738788
DOWNLOAD EBOOK‘There is no one-volume book in print that carries so much valuable information on London and its history’ Illustrated London News The London Encyclopaedia is the most comprehensive book on London ever published. In its first new edition in over ten years, completely revised and updated, it comprises some 6,000 entries, organised alphabetically, cross-referenced and supported by two large indexes – one for the 10,000 people mentioned in the text and one general – and is illustrated with over 500 drawings, prints and photographs. Everything of relevance to the history, culture, commerce and government of the capital is documented in this phenomenal book. From the very first settlements through to the skyline of today, The London Encyclopaedia comprehends all that is London. ‘Written in very accessible prose with a range of memorable quotations and affectionate jokes...a monumental achievement written with real love’ Financial Times
Necropolis
Author: Catharine Arnold
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Published: 2008-10-15
Total Pages: 320
ISBN-13: 1847394930
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFrom Roman burial rites to the horrors of the plague, from the founding of the great Victorian cemeteries to the development of cremation and the current approach of metropolitan society towards death and bereavement -- including more recent trends to displays of collective grief and the cult of mourning, such as that surrounding the death of Diana, Princess of Wales -- NECROPOLIS: LONDON AND ITS DEAD offers a vivid historical narrative of this great city's attitude to going the way of all flesh. As layer upon layer of London soil reveals burials from pre-historic and medieval times, the city is revealed as one giant grave, filled with the remains of previous eras -- pagan, Roman, medieval, Victorian. This fascinating blend of archaeology, architecture and anecdote includes such phenomena as the rise of the undertaking trade and the pageantry of state funerals; public executions and bodysnatching. Ghoulishly entertaining and full of fascinating nuggets of information, Necropolis leaves no headstone unturned in its exploration of our changing attitudes to the deceased among us. Both anecdotal history and cultural commentary, Necropolis will take its place alongside classics of the city such as Peter Ackroyd's LONDON.
The London Burial Grounds
Author: Mrs. Basil Holmes
Publisher:
Published: 1896
Total Pages: 348
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKCemeteries and Graveyards
Author: Celia Heritage
Publisher: Pen and Sword Family History
Published: 2022-05-05
Total Pages: 294
ISBN-13: 1526702398
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis comprehensive and fascinating guide from genealogist and historian Celia Heritage will prove indispensable for both local and family historians. A wide-ranging examination of historical and archaeological findings means that the book will also appeal to anyone with an interest in death and burial. Celia throws light on changing social attitudes to death and burial from pre-historic times to the modern day, investigates the origins and evolution of cemeteries and graveyards, and discusses the many different types of graves and memorials as well as looking at how memorial designs have changed. One chapter takes an in-depth look at the origins of the parish churchyard, while another looks at graveyards associated with nonconformist churches and institutions, including workhouses, asylums, hospitals and gaols. Celia details a wide range of online and offline sources that will help locate burials and memorials, also offering vital advice regarding good research practice. There is plenty of detail about less well-known genealogy sources such as records relating to re-interment, undertakers’ and stonemasons’ records, together with better known sources such as burial registers and memorial inscriptions. Throughout, there is a wide range of hands-on case studies which bring the subject to life and put it right into the hands of the researcher. This is far more than just genealogy, and Celia portrays this fascinating subject from the view of both historian and archaeologist.
