Morden Cemetery

Morden Cemetery
Main entrance to Morden Cemetery
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Established17 March 1891
Location
Lower Morden, Morden, London Borough of Merton, London
CountryUnited Kingdom
Coordinates51°23′27″N 0°13′50″W / 51.3907°N 0.2306°W / 51.3907; -0.2306
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Morden Cemetery, also known as Battersea New Cemetery, is a cemetery in the Lower Morden area of the town of Morden within the London Borough of Merton, London, England. It opened on 17 March 1891. A crematorium in Morden Cemetery, North East Surrey Crematorium, is located near an area of the cemetery called the Gardens of Remembrance.[1] The crematorium opened in 1958.

History

In February 1889,[2] the Battersea Burial Board made a proposal to the British government to allow them to purchase the 127-acre (51 ha) Hobald's Farm where Morden Cemetery would be built. In December, then-Home Secretary Henry Matthews, 1st Viscount Llandaff approved the purchase.[3] Morden Cemetery opened on 17 March 1891.[4] In 1958, a crematorium, North East Surrey Crematorium, opened in the cemetery.[5]

Notable burials

Notable burials at Morden Cemetery include:

In addition, the cemetery also contains the war graves of 287 Commonwealth service personnel from World War I and World War II.[7]

References

  1. ^ Morden Cemetery (PDF) (Map). Merton London Borough Council. Retrieved 25 August 2022.
  2. ^ "Miscellaneous". Surrey Independent and Wimbledon Mercury. 9 February 1889. p. 3. Retrieved 25 August 2022 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. ^ "The Morden Cemetery". Croydon Times. 4 December 1889. p. 3. Retrieved 25 August 2022 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. ^ "Battersea New Cemetery". South London Press. 21 March 1891. p. 2. Retrieved 25 August 2022 – via British Newspaper Archive. On Tuesday afternoon Mr. Thomas Shatter, chairman of the Battersea Burial Board, laid the foundation-stone of the chapel of the new Battersea Cemetery, at Morden.
  5. ^ "North East Surrey Crematorium Board Applications are in. Read for the following vacancies". South Western Star. 7 March 1958. p. 10.
  6. ^ "The Late Captain C. W. G. Crawford, C.B.E., B.A." The London Philatelist. 43 (514). Royal Philatelic Society London: 307. 1 October 1934. Retrieved 25 August 2022.
  7. ^ "Morden Cemetery". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 25 August 2022.