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Old Mortlake Burial Ground

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Established
  
1854

Founded
  
1854

Country
  
England

Phone
  
+44 20 8876 4511

Old Mortlake Burial Ground

Location
  
Mortlake, London Borough of Richmond upon Thames

Owned by
  
Richmond upon Thames Borough Council

Find a Grave
  
Old Mortlake Burial Ground

Address
  
Avenue Gardens, London SW14 8BP, UK

Hours
  
Closed now Thursday9AM–5:15PMFriday9AM–5PMSaturdayClosedSundayClosedMonday9AM–5:15PMTuesday9AM–5:15PMWednesday9AM–5:15PMSuggest an edit

Owner
  
Richmond upon Thames London Borough Council

Similar
  
Putney Vale Cemetery, Brompton Cemetery, North Sheen Cemetery, Fulham Palace Road Ce, East Sheen Cemetery

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Old Mortlake Burial Ground is a cemetery in Mortlake in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, at Avenue Gardens, London SW14 8BP. Established in 1854, and enlarged in 1877, it is now managed by Richmond upon Thames Borough Council.

Contents

The cemetery contains Commonwealth war graves of 21 British service personnel, 19 from World War I and two from World War II.

Notable burials

Notable people buried in Old Mortlake Burial Ground include:

  • Sir Edwin Chadwick (1800–90), social reformer
  • Henry Clutton (1819–93), architect and designer
  • Rear Admiral Lord William FitzRoy (1782–1857), Royal Navy officer and Member of Parliament. His grave is marked by an obelisk
  • Charles Dickens, Jr. (1837–96), writer, editor, and eldest son of the famous novelist
  • Georgina Hogarth (1827–1917), sister-in-law, housekeeper, and adviser of novelist Charles Dickens and the editor of two volumes of his collected letters after his death
  • Admiral Sir Erasmus Ommanney KCB, FRS, FRGS, JP (1814–1904), Royal Navy officer and Arctic explorer
  • Thomas German Reed (1817–88), theatrical manager, composer, musical director, actor and singer who, with his wife Priscilla Horton (1818–95), created the German Reed Entertainments, family-friendly musical plays "of a refined nature"
  • References

    Old Mortlake Burial Ground Wikipedia