Engineer and architect, surveyor to the City of London Commisisoners of Sewers. A pioneer of cemetery reform, he was with Jospeh Bazalgete responsible for the enormous undertaking of improving London's sewerage system which enable the growth of the city. The City of London Cemetery at Ilford was conceived by him as a way of relieving the appalling overcrowding of London's church burial grounds (described e.g. in Dickens's 'Bleak House'). 200 acres of ground near Epping Forest were purchased by the City to carry out Haywood's idea, and the resulting cemetery is still one of the finest in the country, beautifully maintained with extensive gardens and still very much in use. The first burial in the new cemetery took place in 1856, and as the City was redeveloped the remains from many of its churchyards were reinterred there.
Engineer and architect, surveyor to the City of London Commisisoners of Sewers. A pioneer of cemetery reform, he was with Jospeh Bazalgete responsible for the enormous undertaking of improving London's sewerage system which enable the growth of the city. The City of London Cemetery at Ilford was conceived by him as a way of relieving the appalling overcrowding of London's church burial grounds (described e.g. in Dickens's 'Bleak House'). 200 acres of ground near Epping Forest were purchased by the City to carry out Haywood's idea, and the resulting cemetery is still one of the finest in the country, beautifully maintained with extensive gardens and still very much in use. The first burial in the new cemetery took place in 1856, and as the City was redeveloped the remains from many of its churchyards were reinterred there.
Bio by: David Conway
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