A Guide to Brookwood
Cemetery
 Published to coincide with the 150th anniversary of Brookwood
Cemetery, London's Necropolis: A Guide to Brookwood
Cemetery
is the first major history and guide to Brookwood Cemetery.
Brookwood was the largest burial ground in the world when it was
opened in 1854 by the London Necropolis & National Mausoleum Company. The
cemetery contains nearly 235,000 burials and is still privately owned and
administered. A recent
Home Office Report suggests it has the potential to
become a World Heritage Site.
London's Necropolis provides a history of the London
Necropolis Company, a guide to the art and architecture of
Brookwood Cemetery, and also includes brief biographies of over 800 individuals
of interest who have been buried there, reflecting all levels of a lost
society.
Each chapter is supported by maps, and there are nearly 140 black
and white photographs to illustrate some of the most interesting memorials and
cemetery buildings.
Some Reviews of London's Necropolis
"John Clarke has been investigating Brookwood
Cemetery since 1976 (almost too late) and ... has done a splendid job (as far as
is possible) in giving us a history of the London Necropolis & National
Mausoleum Company and its Surrey cemetery. ... Clarke's book is a comprehensive
guide with much information about who is buried there, the monuments and much
else."
Professor James Stevens Curl writing in Garden
History vol 31 no 2
"John Clarke's guide to Brookwood is a functional journey
through those avenues of sequoia and rows of graves ... and any researchers
with middle class ancestry in Victorian London may find this book of
considerable interest"
Reviewed in Your Family Tree
"This is a well written, well researched book that I
cannot praise highly enough."
Gillian Rayment writing in the Family Tree Magazine
"Suggestive of the infinite and compelling
variety of both death and life, this marvellous book is an essential addition to
the literature of London's cemeteries."
Lizzie Wells writing in the
London Society
Journal
"John Clarke has ... an encyclopaedic
knowledge of Brookwood. The extent of his research is admirable. ... The
book is well illustrated with maps which are immensely useful given the huge
size of the site ... This book is an invaluable companion for anyone
visiting Brookwood." Chris Willis writing in the
Mausolea & Monuments Trust NewsAvailable now!
Author: John M. Clarke
Price: £30.00
Format: Hardback (300 pages of text, 48 pages of photographs)
ISBN: 0-7509-3513-8
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