South Metropolitan Cemetery

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Victorian cemetery burial ground cemetery garden cemetery historic cemetery

South Metropolitan Cemetery, now known as West Norwood Cemetery, is a historic 19th-century London burial ground noted for its grand monuments and status as one of the "Magnificent Seven" cemeteries.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
South Metropolitan Cemetery Company	1
West Norwood Cemetery	0

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Victorian cemetery ⓘ burial ground ⓘ cemetery ⓘ garden cemetery ⓘ historic cemetery ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	South Metropolitan Cemetery ⓘ
architecturalStyle	Classical ⓘ Gothic Revival ⓘ Victorian ⓘ
cemeteryType	private cemetery ⓘ
city	London, England ⓘ surface form: London
containsGravesOf	artists ⓘ clergy ⓘ industrialists ⓘ notable Victorians ⓘ politicians ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
era	19th century ⓘ
establishedIn	1837 ⓘ
formerNameOf	West Norwood Cemetery, London ⓘ surface form: West Norwood Cemetery
hasCategory	Magnificent Seven cemeteries ⓘ surface form: Magnificent Seven cemeteries in London
hasDesignation	conservation area ⓘ heritage site of local importance ⓘ
hasFeature	catacombs ⓘ chapel ⓘ columbarium ⓘ crematorium ⓘ mausoleums ⓘ ornamental planting ⓘ terraced landscape ⓘ war graves ⓘ
heritageStatus	historic 19th-century London burial ground ⓘ
landUse	cemetery and memorial park ⓘ
locatedIn	England ⓘ London, England ⓘ surface form: London London Borough of Lambeth NERFINISHED ⓘ West Norwood NERFINISHED ⓘ
notedFor	Victorian memorials ⓘ elaborate funerary architecture ⓘ grand monuments ⓘ
openingDate	1837 ⓘ
operator	South Metropolitan Cemetery self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: South Metropolitan Cemetery Company
partOf	Magnificent Seven cemeteries ⓘ
purpose	burial of the dead ⓘ commemoration of the dead ⓘ
region	Greater London ⓘ
significance	major example of early commercial garden cemetery in London ⓘ part of 19th-century reform of urban burial practices in London ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

South Metropolitan Cemetery → alsoKnownAs → South Metropolitan Cemetery ⓘ

subject surface form: West Norwood Cemetery

South Metropolitan Cemetery → operator → South Metropolitan Cemetery self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: South Metropolitan Cemetery Company

West Norwood Cemetery, London → originalName → South Metropolitan Cemetery ⓘ

subject surface form: West Norwood Cemetery