Southgate Cemetery, sometimes known as Edmonton and Southgate Cemetery or Old Southgate Cemetery, is a cemetery in Waterfall Road, Southgate, London, run by the London Borough of Enfield. The cemetery was established by the Southgate Burial Board in 1880.[1] There is no chapel at the cemetery but Christ Church, Southgate, Church of England church is adjacent on the other side of Waterfall Road.[2] The cemetery contains the war graves of 92 Commonwealth service personnel, 20 from World War I and 72 from World War II.[3]
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Notable interments
- Mary Jane Clarke, suffragette
- William Samuel Glyn-Jones, politician and pharmacist
- Gerald Massey, author
- Thomas Melville, chairman of Southgate Urban District Council
- Charles Frederick Peploe, vicar of Christ Church, Southgate
- Herbie Roberts, professional footballer for Arsenal
- Lionel Keir Robinson, CBE, MC
- George Albert Watts, mayor of St Pancras 1938–39
- Herbert Francis Wauthier, mayor of Southgate 1936–37
- James Edwin Williams, first general secretary of the National Union of Railwaymen
- Frederick Porter Wensley, Chief Constable, CID, Metropolitan Police
- Shoghi Effendi, Guardian of the Bahá'í Faith 1921–57
References
- ^ Southgate Cemetery. London Gardens Online. Retrieved 6 August 2016.
- ^ Meller, Hugh, & Brian Parsons. (2011). London cemeteries: An illustrated guide & gazetteer (5th ed.). Stroud: History Press. p. 244. ISBN 978-0-7524-9690-0.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ "Southgate Cemetery, with list of casualties". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 29 April 2018.
External links
- Southgate Cemetery at Find a Grave
Media related to Southgate Cemetery at Wikimedia Commons
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