Chingford Mount Cemetery
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| Details | |
| Established | May 1884 |
| Country | England |
| Coordinates | 51°37′20″N 0°00′41″W / 51.62222°N 0.01139°W |
| Type | non-denominational |
| Size | 41+1⁄2 acres (16.8 hectares) |
| Find a Grave | Chingford Mount Cemetery |
Chingford Mount Cemetery is a non-denominational cemetery in Chingford Mount, in the London Borough of Waltham Forest.
The main entrance is opposite Chingford Old Church. Opened in May 1884, 41+1⁄2 acres (16.8 hectares) in size, it was laid out on the site of the house and grounds of Caroline Mount. Chingford Mount Cemetery was opened as a sister-site to the already established Abney Park Cemetery, which had opened in 1840 as part of the Magnificent Seven Cemeteries which circled London.[1] The cemetery includes a crematorium.[2][3]
Abney Park opened in response to the burial conditions of cemeteries in the inner city. Originally a joint-stock company and inheriting the mantle of Bunhill Fields, the company was made over in 1884 and run as a commercial venture. Chingford Mount was the first new site to open under this regime, followed by Hendon Park and Greenford. Following the collapse of the managing company in the 1970s, plans were submitted to turn over unused parts of the burial ground for redevelopment as housing.[4] Objections from local residents halted this plan and the cemetery is now under the care of the London Borough of Waltham Forest.[5]
Among those buried in the cemetery are sculptor John Bacon, the Kray twins and other members of their crime family,[6][7] [8] the meteorologist John William Tripe, Benjamin Pollock, founder of Pollock's Toy Museum and Benjamin Pollock's Toy Shop, and the stage and film actor Leslie Phillips.[9] The cemetery contains the war graves of 139 Commonwealth service personnel of World War I and 182 of World War II, with the names of those whose graves have no headstones being listed on a low screen wall surrounding the War Graves Plot in Section F13.[10]
The cemetery is home to a variety of trees and wildlife.[11]
References
- ↑ "Chingford Mount Cemetery - London". Parks & Gardens. Retrieved 8 April 2026.
- ↑ "New £10.9m crematorium approved". East London and West Essex Guardian Series. 22 January 2025. Retrieved 8 April 2026.
- ↑ "Chingford Crematorium | London Borough of Waltham Forest". www.walthamforest.gov.uk. Retrieved 8 April 2026.
- ↑ "Geograph:: Chingford Mount Cemetery © Marathon cc-by-sa/2.0". www.geograph.org.uk. Retrieved 8 April 2026.
- ↑ "Chingford Mount Cemetery Brochure: Fees and Charges from the 1st of February 2024" (PDF). London Borough of Waltham Forest. 24 May 2024.
- ↑ "Then & Now: The burial place of the Kray twins". Epping Forest Guardian. 23 January 2021. Retrieved 8 April 2026.
- ↑ "Gangsters, a sculptor and a toy shop owner - Chingford Mount Cemetery uncovered". East London and West Essex Guardian Series. 21 February 2015. Retrieved 8 April 2026.
- ↑ "Chingford Mount Cemetery". The Krays Tour. Retrieved 8 April 2026.
- ↑ Sauleda, Narcis. "Chingford Mount Cemetery in London". Atlas Obscura. Retrieved 8 April 2026.
- ↑ "CWGC Cemetery Details". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2017.
- ↑ "Chingford Mount Cemetery". Greenspace Information for Greater London CIC (GiGL). Retrieved 8 April 2026.
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