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Parks and Open Spaces in Kensington and Chelsea: Kensal Green Cemetery, Chelsea Flower Show, Brompton Cemetery, Holland Park

Parks and Open Spaces in Kensington and Chelsea: Kensal Green Cemetery, Chelsea Flower Show, Brompton Cemetery, Holland Park


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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Kensal Green Cemetery, Chelsea Flower Show, Brompton Cemetery, Holland Park, Kensington Gardens, Kensington Roof Gardens, Opera Holland Park, Chelsea Physic Garden, Kensington and Chelsea Parks and Open Spaces, Elfin Oak, Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea Parks Police, Round Pond, Gwendwr Garden. Excerpt: Coordinates: 5129 0 N 011 21 W / 51.483333N 0.18917W / 51.483333; -0.18917 Brompton Cemetery is located near Earl's Court in West Brompton, a part of the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea in South West London, England (postal district SW5). It is managed by The Royal Parks and is one of the Magnificent Seven . Established by Act of Parliament, it opened in 1840 and was originally known as the West of London and Westminster Cemetery. While the cemetery is still open for occasional new burials, today more people use it as a public park than as a place for mourning the dead. History The cemetery was opened as part of an initiative in the mid-19th century to provide seven large, modern cemeteries (sometimes called the 'Magnificent Seven ') in a ring around the edge of London of which Highgate Cemetery was another example. The inner city cemeteries, mostly the graveyards attached to individual churches, had long been unable to cope with the number of burials and were seen as a hazard to health and an undignified way to treat the dead. Brompton Cemetery was designed by Benjamin Baud and has at its centre a modest domed chapel (in the style of the basilica of St. Peter's in Rome) at it southern end, reached by long colonnades, and flanked by catacombs. The chapel is dated 1839. The site, previously market gardens, was bought from Lord Kensington and is 39 acres (160,000 m ) in area. The cemetery is designed to give the feel of a large open air cathedral. It is recta...


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781155473468
  • Publisher: Books LLC
  • Publisher Imprint: Books LLC
  • Height: 152 mm
  • Sub Title: Kensal Green Cemetery, Chelsea Flower Show, Brompton Cemetery, Holland Park
  • Width: 229 mm
  • ISBN-10: 1155473469
  • Publisher Date: 04 May 2010
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Spine Width: 4 mm
  • Weight: 104 gr


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