Brookwood Cemetery
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Brookwood Cemetery is one of the largest cemeteries in the United Kingdom, a vast Victorian-era burial ground in Surrey known for its historic graves and landscaped grounds.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Brookwood Cemetery canonical | 27 |
| Brookwood Cemetery Company | 1 |
| Brookwood Necropolis | 1 |
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Victorian cemetery
ⓘ
burial ground ⓘ cemetery ⓘ |
| containsGraveOf |
Charles Bradlaugh
ⓘ
Dame Rebecca West ⓘ John Singer Sargent ⓘ Sultan of Zanzibar Khalid bin Barghash ⓘ civilian victims of World War II ⓘ numerous Commonwealth war dead ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| designedAs | landscaped cemetery ⓘ |
| formerlyOwnedBy |
London Necropolis
ⓘ
surface form:
London Necropolis Company
|
| governedBy |
Brookwood Cemetery, Surrey, England
ⓘ
surface form:
Brookwood Cemetery Act 1975
|
| hasArea |
about 200 hectares
ⓘ
about 500 acres ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Brookwood American Cemetery
ⓘ
surface form:
American Military Cemetery at Brookwood
Anglican burial sections ⓘ Brookwood Military Cemetery ⓘ Catholic burial sections ⓘ Commonwealth War Graves sections ⓘ
surface form:
Commonwealth War Graves plots
Muslim burial areas ⓘ Nonconformist burial sections ⓘ Zoroastrian burial area ⓘ |
| hasStructure |
North Cemetery
ⓘ
South Cemetery ⓘ mausoleums ⓘ memorials ⓘ various chapels ⓘ |
| hasWebsite | https://www.brookwoodcemetery.com/ ⓘ |
| heritageRegister | Register of Historic Parks and Gardens ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | Grade I registered park and garden ⓘ |
| historicallyServedBy | London Necropolis Railway ⓘ |
| inception | 1852 ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Woking
ⓘ
surface form:
Borough of Woking
England ⓘ Surrey ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
Brookwood
ⓘ
Woking ⓘ |
| notableFor |
Victorian funerary architecture
ⓘ
being one of the largest cemeteries in the United Kingdom ⓘ historic graves ⓘ woodland and landscaped grounds ⓘ |
| opened | 1854 ⓘ |
| originalPurpose | to provide burial space for London ⓘ |
| ownedBy | Woking Borough Council ⓘ |
| servedBy | Brookwood railway station ⓘ |
| tourismType | heritage tourism site ⓘ |
| usedFor |
burials
ⓘ
cremation memorials ⓘ remembrance services ⓘ |
Referenced by (29)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Trafford Leigh-Mallory
subject surface form:
John Singer Sargent
subject surface form:
Brookwood Cemetery
this entity surface form:
Brookwood Necropolis
this entity surface form:
Brookwood Cemetery Company
subject surface form:
Italian Military Cemetery (Brookwood)
subject surface form:
Woking