Address Enfield EN2 0TL, UK | Phone +44 20 8363 0608 | |
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Lavender Hill Cemetery is a cemetery in Cedar Road, Enfield, London, administered by the London Borough of Enfield. The cemetery opened in 1872 and has two facing chapels inside the entrance, one for Anglicans and another for non-conformists.
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Creation and design
The Lavender Hill Burial Board was created in 1871 and the cemetery was opened in 1872. The site includes a sandstone lodge and gateway and two facing gothic chapels designed by Thomas J. Hill, one for Anglicans and another for non-conformists, the later subsequently turned into a store. The grounds were laid out on a serpentine scheme with many trees near the entrance on the south side. Today the grounds total 28 acres plus a 12-acre extension known as the Strayfield Road Cemetery which opened in 1997.
Management
The cemetery is administered by the London Borough of Enfield. It has experienced difficulties due to poor ground conditions and in 2013, subsidence was blamed by Enfield borough on water saturation.
Notable interments at Lavender Hill Cemetery
The Commonwealth War Graves Commission record 92 men as buried at Lavender Hill, 33 from the First World War and 57 from the Second World War. A group of twelve exist in section Z with the rest located throughout the cemetery.