East Sheen Cemetery
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East Sheen Cemetery and chapel
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| Details | |
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| Established | 1906 |
| Location | East Sheen, London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, TW10 5BJ |
| Country | England |
| Coordinates | 51°27′29″N 0°17′04″W / 51.4580737°N 0.2843438°WCoordinates: 51°27′29″N 0°17′04″W / 51.4580737°N 0.2843438°W |
| Type | Active |
| Owned by | Richmond upon Thames London Borough Council |
| Size | 16 acres (6.5 hectares) |
| Website | www |
| East Sheen Cemetery Chapel | |
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Fulton Mackay's grave and the cemetery's chapel
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| History | |
| Founded | 1906 |
| Founder(s) | Barnes Urban District Council |
| Architecture | |
| Architect(s) | Reginald Rowell |
| Style | 14th century style |
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Listed Building – Grade II
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| Designated | 5 March 2015 |
| Reference no. | 1194022 |
East Sheen Cemetery, originally known as Barnes Cemetery, is a cemetery on Sheen Road in East Sheen in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, England. The cemetery opened in 1906 on what was previously woodland in a rural area of Surrey. Originally, only half the site was given over for burials while the other half was maintained as a nursery before it was converted in the 1930s and the whole site was renamed East Sheen Cemetery. It is today contiguous with Richmond Cemetery, though the original boundary is marked by a hedge. The cemetery's chapel is used for services by both sites, as Richmond Cemetery's chapel is no longer in use as such. The chapel was built in 1906 in the Gothic revival style by local architect Reginald Rowell, who was himself later buried in the cemetery.
Many prominent people are buried in the cemetery, which contains several significant memorials. The most important monument in the cemetery is the memorial to George William Lancaster and his wife by Sydney March—a bronze sculpture of an angel weeping over a stone sarcophagus dating from the 1920s, which is considered to be one of the most important sculptures of its type from the 20th century. Also significant are the memorial to Markham Buxton, a bronze relief on a stone stele by his son Alfred; a miniature walled garden commemorating Edouard Espinosa and his wife Eve Louise Kelland; and several other sculptures, both Christian-themed and secular. The cemetery also contains over 70 war graves, cared for by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
The cemetery, which is on a 16-acre (6.5-hectare) site, was first opened as Barnes Cemetery in 1905 or 1906, prior to which the area was woodland. The land in the area was historically owned by King George III. Only the northern half of the site was originally for burials, with the southern half used as a nursery. The southern area was converted into a cemetery in the 1930s and the whole site was renamed East Sheen Cemetery.
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