Brookwood Cemetery, Surrey, England

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Brookwood Cemetery in Surrey, England is one of the largest Victorian cemeteries in the United Kingdom, known for its expansive landscaped grounds and notable burials.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Victorian cemetery
cemetery
architect William Tite
area about 500 acres
country United Kingdom
distanceFromLondon approximately 25 miles southwest of central London
hasPart Brookwood American Cemetery
surface form: "American Military Cemetery (historical)"

Anglican chapel
Anglican section
Brookwood American Cemetery
surface form: "Brookwood Military Cemetery"

Catholic chapel
Chapel of Remembrance
Columbarium
Commonwealth War Graves sections
Crematorium
Czech and Slovak Military Cemetery
Italian Military Cemetery
Muslim Burial Ground, Woking (relocated burials)
Muslim burial ground
Nonconformist chapel
Nonconformist section
Czech and Slovak Military Cemetery
surface form: "Polish Military Cemetery"

Roman Catholic section
hasUse burial ground
cremation site
heritageDesignation Grade I registered park and garden
heritageStatus registered historic landscape
inception 1854
locatedIn Brookwood, Surrey
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory England
Surrey
locatedNear Woking
maintainedBy Imperial War Graves Commission
surface form: "Commonwealth War Graves Commission (military sections)"
notableBurial Charles Bradlaugh
Commonwealth war dead of World War I
Commonwealth war dead of World War II
Dame Rebecca West
John Singer Sargent
Members of the Czech government-in-exile
Sultan of Johor
surface form: "Sultan Abu Bakar of Johor"

William Pirrie, 1st Viscount Pirrie
Zarah Leander (cenotaph, remains elsewhere)
notableFeature Victorian funerary monuments
extensive landscaped grounds
separate denominational sections
operator London Necropolis
surface form: "London Necropolis Company"
originallyServedBy London Necropolis Railway
ownedBy Woking Borough Council
partOf London Necropolis
purpose to relieve overcrowded London burial grounds
transportServedBy Brookwood railway station

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John Singer Sargent burialPlace Brookwood Cemetery, Surrey, England

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