Battersea - Cemeteries

From Sherwood Ramsey, Historic Battersea, Published1913 by G. Rangecroft & Co, St John's Hill, Battersea S.W.:
In 1853 the parish churchyard [St Mary's] was closed for interments, and a Burial Board was formed consisting of nine members. One of the first works of the Board was to purchase about seven and a half acres of land on Battersea Rise, which they laid out as a cemetery. This served its purpose until 1885, when the Vestry and the Burial Board resolved to provide a much larger place of burial, and several sites were suggested, but the final selection was a piece of land of over one hundred and twenty-four acres in the parish of Morden, known as Hobalt's Farm. This cemetery, with the buildings, cost nearly £25,000.

St Mary's Parish Church Graveyard, Battersea Church Road, London, SW11 3NA Link to Streetmap
          Link to Famous Graves   Link to Church Website

St Mary's Cemetery, Battersea Rise/Bolingbroke Grove, SW11 1HE Link to Streetmap
          Link to Wandsworth Council Cemeteries and Crematorium Services

New Battersea Cemetery, Lower Morden Lane, Morden, Surrey, SM4 4NU Link to Streetmap
          Link to Famous Graves
          Link to Wandsworth Council Cemeteries and Crematorium Services


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