Morden Cemetery

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Morden Cemetery
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Established17 March 1891
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CountryUnited Kingdom
Coordinates 51°23′27″N0°13′50″W / 51.3907°N 0.2306°W / 51.3907; -0.2306 Coordinates: 51°23′27″N0°13′50″W / 51.3907°N 0.2306°W / 51.3907; -0.2306
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Morden Cemetery, also known as Battersea New Cemetery, is a cemetery in the Lower Morden area of the town of Morden within the London Borough of Merton, London, England. It opened on 17 March 1891. A crematorium in Morden Cemetery, North East Surrey Crematorium, is located near an area of the cemetery called the Gardens of Remembrance. [1] The crematorium opened in 1958.

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History

In February 1889, [2] the Battersea Burial Board made a proposal to the British government to allow them to purchase the 127-acre (51 ha) Hobald's Farm where Morden Cemetery would be built. In December, then-Home Secretary Henry Matthews, 1st Viscount Llandaff approved the purchase. [3] Morden Cemetery opened on 17 March 1891. [4] In 1958, a crematorium, North East Surrey Crematorium, opened in the cemetery. [5]

Notable burials

Notable burials at Morden Cemetery include:

In addition, the cemetery also contains the war graves of 287 Commonwealth service personnel from World War I and World War II. [7]

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References

  1. Morden Cemetery (PDF) (Map). Merton London Borough Council . Retrieved 25 August 2022.
  2. "Miscellaneous" . Surrey Independent and Wimbledon Mercury. 9 February 1889. p. 3. Retrieved 25 August 2022 via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. "The Morden Cemetery" . Croydon Times. 4 December 1889. p. 3. Retrieved 25 August 2022 via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. "Battersea New Cemetery" . South London Press . 21 March 1891. p. 2. Retrieved 25 August 2022 via British Newspaper Archive. On Tuesday afternoon Mr. Thomas Shatter, chairman of the Battersea Burial Board, laid the foundation-stone of the chapel of the new Battersea Cemetery, at Morden.
  5. "North East Surrey Crematorium Board Applications are in. Read for the following vacancies". South Western Star. 7 March 1958. p. 10.
  6. "The Late Captain C. W. G. Crawford, C.B.E., B.A." The London Philatelist . Royal Philatelic Society London. 43 (514): 307. 1 October 1934. Retrieved 25 August 2022.
  7. "Morden Cemetery". Commonwealth War Graves Commission . Retrieved 25 August 2022.