Zoom Talk: “Brookwood Cemetery and The London Necropolis Railway”
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Talk by Nick Richmond.
The largest cemetery in the UK, Brookwood Cemetery, near Woking is literally monumental. It was built at the height of Victorian cemetery design in 1854. With tombs dating back to the 11th Century (a king of England was reburied here,) it was so large that it had its own railway line and station, “The London Necropolis Line”, to carry thousands of coffins on a journey that never needed a return fare. Come along and learn more.
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