Kensal Green Cemetery

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Kensal Green Cemetery is one of London's oldest and most notable Victorian garden cemeteries, known for its grand monuments and the graves of many prominent historical figures.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Victorian cemetery
cemetery
garden cemetery
country United Kingdom
founded 1832
founder London Cemetery Company
surface form: General Cemetery Company
governedBy London Cemetery Company
surface form: General Cemetery Company
hasArchitecturalStyle Gothic Revival
surface form: Gothic Revival architecture

Neoclassical architecture
hasArea approximately 72 acres
hasDesignation conservation area
hasFeature Anglican chapel
Dissenters’ chapel
catacombs
mausoleums
ornamental lake
hasMonument Brunel family vault
Trollope family grave
hasOrganization Friends of Kensal Green Cemetery
hasSection Anglican section
Dissenters’ section
Roman Catholic section
hasView Grand Union Canal
heritageStatus Grade I registered historic park and garden
inspiredBy Père Lachaise Cemetery
knownFor Victorian funerary monuments
grand mausoleums
graves of prominent historical figures
landUse active burial ground
locatedIn Kensal Green Cemetery self-linksurface differs
surface form: Kensal Green

London, England
surface form: London

London Borough of Brent
Kensington and Chelsea
surface form: Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
locatedOn Harrow Road
near Kensal Green station
Ladbroke Grove
notableBurial Anthony Trollope
Augustus Frederick, Duke of Sussex
Charles Babbage
Harold Pinter
Isambard Kingdom Brunel
Prince George, Duke of Cambridge
Princess Sophia of Gloucester
Wilkie Collins
William Makepeace Thackeray
offers guided tours
opened 1833
partOf Magnificent Seven cemeteries
usedFor burials
cremations

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Michael William Balfe burialPlace Kensal Green Cemetery
Samuel Cunard burialPlace Kensal Green Cemetery