Founded in 1852, Brookwood, or the London Necropolis, had its own railway connection to London. Once the world's largest cemetery, it contains some 240,000 graves, among them were [link] 続きを読む
A burial ground for London's Nonconformists from 1665 onwards, Bunhill Fields is the last resting place of Quakers founder George Fox (d. 1691) & poet & painter William Blake (d.1827). 続きを読む
The simple tomb of Sir Winston Churchill can be found in the grounds of St Martin. He was buried here in 1965 after the last non-royal state funeral in Britain. 続きを読む
Guests incl Dracula author Bram S (d.1912), writer Rudyard Kipling (d.1936), Carry On star Sid J (d.1976), T. Rex singer Marc B (d.1977), Who drummer Keith M (d.1978) and actor Peter Sellers (d.1980). 続きを読む
Famous residents incl. Bailey bridge inventor, Sir Ronald Bailey (d.1985), Women's rights pioneer M Wollstonecraft (d.1797) and her daughter, M Shelley (d.1851), the author of Frankenstein. 続きを読む
Marc Bolan's Rock Shrine is the memorial to Marc Bolan where he died when the car in which he was a passenger hit a sycamore tree on Queen's Ride in Barnes, London on 16 September 1977. 続きを読む
Serge Gainsbourg est enterré avec ses parents Olga et Joseph Ginsburg. Les fans ont l'habitude de déposer des cigarettes, des tickets de métro ou des petits mots, faites de même ! 続きを読む
A Summerhouse stands today, dedicated to the memory of Diana, Princess of Wales. Diana was buried on the island in the Round Oval in 1997 - it is a peculiarly appropriate spot. 続きを読む
This resting ground for such 19th-century titans as jeweler Charles Tiffany and pianist Louis Gottschalk, is running out of burial plots, so the cemetery is turning to alternative revenue streams. 続きを読む
The final resting place of Beethoven, Boltzmann, Brahms, Schoenberg, Strauss and Schubert amongst other musical geniuses. It is one of the largest cemeteries in the world, and the largest in Europe. 続きを読む
Samuel Ryder – Patron of the Ryder Cup is buried here. By age 51, he boasted a six handicap and joined the Verulam Golf Club in St Albans in 1910. Within a year he was elected Captain of the club ☠ 続きを読む