Brookwood Cemetery

Not to be confused with Rookwood Cemetery.

Brookwood Cemetery
The Grade II* listed monument to Lord Edward Clinton at Brookwood Cemetery[1][2]
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Details
Established1852
Location
Brookwood, Surrey within Woking ancient parish and post town
CountryUnited Kingdom
Coordinates51°17′48″N 00°38′00″W / 51.29667°N 0.63333°W / 51.29667; -0.63333
Owned byWoking Necropolis and Mausoleum Limited, subsidiary of Woking Borough Council (2014–present)[3]

Diane Holliday (2012–2014)[4]
Erkin Güney (2006–2012)[5]
Ramadan Güney (1985–2006)[6]
Mr D. J. T. Dally (?–1985)[7]

was previously London Necropolis Company
Size220 acres (89.0 ha)[8]
No. of interments235,000
WebsiteOfficial website
Find a GraveBrookwood Cemetery

Brookwood Cemetery, also known as the London Necropolis, is a burial ground in Brookwood, Surrey, England. It is the largest cemetery in the United Kingdom and one of the largest in Europe. The cemetery is listed a Grade I site in the Register of Historic Parks and Gardens.[9]

  1. ^ "Monument to Lord Edward Pelham-Clinton – Brookwood Cemetery website". Archived from the original on 6 September 2019. Retrieved 23 October 2016.
  2. ^ Historic England. "Tomb of Lord Edward Pelham-Clinton (1836–1907), Brookwood Cemetery (1391044)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 23 October 2016.
  3. ^ David Stubbings, Woking Borough Council takes ownership of Brookwood Cemetery Archived 1 January 2015 at the Wayback Machine, GetSurrey, 12 December 2014
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference DecisionUpheld was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
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  6. ^ Brookwood Cemetery. "Ramadan H. Guney: 1932–2006". Archived from the original on 2 March 2014. Retrieved 2 March 2014.
  7. ^ Clarke 2006, pp. 35.
  8. ^ "Brookwood Cemetery". 2 November 2018.
  9. ^ Historic England. "Brookwood Cemetery (1001265)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 10 February 2016.