Southgate Cemetery

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This is the inscription on Mary Jane Clarke's grave; also buried here is her brother Herbert Goulden Mary J Clarke suffragette Inscription Headstone Aug 2022.jpg
This is the inscription on Mary Jane Clarke's grave; also buried here is her brother Herbert Goulden

General view of Southgate Cemetery Southgate Cemetery Aug 2016 04.jpg
General view of Southgate Cemetery

Southgate Cemetery, sometimes known as Edmonton and Southgate Cemetery or Old Southgate Cemetery, is a cemetery in Waterfall Road, Southgate, London, run by the London Borough of Enfield. The cemetery was established by the Southgate Burial Board in 1880. [1] There is no chapel at the cemetery but Christ Church, Southgate, Church of England church is adjacent on the other side of Waterfall Road. [2] The cemetery contains the war graves of 92 Commonwealth service personnel, 20 from World War I and 72 from World War II. [3]

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References

  1. Southgate Cemetery. London Gardens Online. Retrieved 6 August 2016.
  2. Meller, Hugh, & Brian Parsons. (2011). London cemeteries: An illustrated guide & gazetteer (5th ed.). Stroud: History Press. p. 244. ISBN   978-0-7524-9690-0.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  3. "Southgate Cemetery, with list of casualties". Commonwealth War Graves Commission . Retrieved 29 April 2018.

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  1. Cemeteries are listed by location; some are owned/managed by other London borough councils.