Tower Hamlets Cemetery
Gravestones in Tower Hamlets Cemetery
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| Established | 1841 |
| Location | Mile End and Bow, Tower Hamlets, London |
| Country | England |
| Coordinates | 51°31′25″N 0°01′50″W / 51.52367°N 0.03042°W |
| Type | Public |
| Owned by | Tower Hamlets London Borough Council |
| Size | 10.93 hectares (27.0 acres) |
| No. of interments | 350,000 |
| Website | Official website |
Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park is a historic cemetery located in Mile End and Bow in the East End of London. The cemetery opened in 1841 and closed for burials in 1966. It is now a nature reserve, and other land has been added to the park, including "Scrapyard Meadow". It was originally named The City of London and Tower Hamlets Cemetery but was called Bow Cemetery by locals.
Tower Hamlets Cemetery was formally consecrated by the Bishop of London prior to being opened for the reception of bodies.
The Main Gate is on Southern Grove (on the crossing with Hamlets Way) which the cemetery park is situated in the Mile End area of London, E3 and is in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. There are also small gates on Hamlet Way and Cantrell Road. The nearest tube stations are Mile End and Bow Road.
Before the Victorian Era, all of London's dead were buried in small urban churchyards, which were so overcrowded and so close to where people lived, worked and worshipped that they were causing disease and ground water contamination.
An Act of Parliament was passed which allowed joint-stock companies to purchase land and set up large cemeteries outside the boundaries of the City of London. There were seven great cemeteries (the "Magnificent Seven") laid out about the same time (1832–41). Highgate Cemetery, where lots of famous dignitaries are buried, is the most well known: the others are Nunhead, West Norwood, Kensal Green, Brompton, Abney Park.
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