Paddington Old Cemetery
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Paddington Old Cemetery

Also known as Paddington Cemetery , Willesden Lane Cemetery

London Borough of Brent, Greater London, England

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    London Borough of Brent, Greater London NW6 7SD England
    Coordinates: 51.54060, -0.20439
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In 1855 Paddington Burial Board built a public cemetery on about 10 hectares of land in what was then rural Willesden. Thomas Little, who had designed the chapel for Nunhead Cemetery in Southwark, laid out a series of paths in the shape of a horseshoe. Trees were planted along the paths, lodges built on either side of the entrance, and two Gothic-style chapels erected in the centre of the cemetery grounds. When the cemetery was laid out in 1855 it stood in a rural landscape; it is now a green open space in the midst of urban development.

 

A war memorial is sited by the western entrance. Paddington Old Cemetery contains 213 war graves for casualties of the two world wars.

 

In 1986 the City of Westminster sold the cemetery to the London Borough of Brent in whose management it continues (2000).

In 1855 Paddington Burial Board built a public cemetery on about 10 hectares of land in what was then rural Willesden. Thomas Little, who had designed the chapel for Nunhead Cemetery in Southwark, laid out a series of paths in the shape of a horseshoe. Trees were planted along the paths, lodges built on either side of the entrance, and two Gothic-style chapels erected in the centre of the cemetery grounds. When the cemetery was laid out in 1855 it stood in a rural landscape; it is now a green open space in the midst of urban development.

 

A war memorial is sited by the western entrance. Paddington Old Cemetery contains 213 war graves for casualties of the two world wars.

 

In 1986 the City of Westminster sold the cemetery to the London Borough of Brent in whose management it continues (2000).

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  • Added: 19 Jan 2007
  • Find a Grave Cemetery ID: 2203765