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
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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
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cremation site → |
| heritageDesignation | Grade I registered park and garden → |
| heritageStatus | registered historic landscape → |
| inception | 1854 → |
| locatedIn | Brookwood, Surrey → |
| locatedInAdministrativeTerritory |
England
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Surrey → |
| locatedNear | Woking → |
| maintainedBy |
Imperial War Graves Commission
→
surface form: "Commonwealth War Graves Commission (military sections)"
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| 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
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extensive landscaped grounds → separate denominational sections → |
| operator |
London Necropolis
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surface form: "London Necropolis Company"
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| 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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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.