Charlton cemetery

Charlton cemetery is a cemetery, opened in 1855, covering 15 acres of ground in Charlton, south-east London. Situated in Cemetery Lane to the east of Charlton Park, the cemetery has retained its Victorian layout, and features two 19th-century chapels and numerous military graves.[1]

Charlton cemetery, with grave to Admiral Sir Watkin Owen Pell in the foreground.

It was originally created as a "Gentleman's Cemetery" by Charlton Burial Board on eight acres of land that were formerly part of the estate of Sir Thomas Maryon Wilson. A further seven acres was added in the 20th century. The two chapels are both 19th-century: the Church of England chapel is Early English style and has a stained glass west window (showing the Entombment) presented in 1865 by the local vicar; the Roman Catholic Chapel is in Decorated style.[2]

Graves
Peter Barlow FRS – gravestone in Charlton cemetery, London SE7
Memorial to William Clark Cowie, in Charlton cemetery

The graves and memorials include:

The cemetery also contains the marked graves of 56 Commonwealth service personnel from the First World War (plus a memorial to two sailors and two soldiers in unmarked graves), and a further 55 from the Second World War. A War Cross faces the entrance to the cemetery.[4][5]

References
  1. "Royal Borough of Greenwich – London". Deceased Online. Retrieved 30 January 2014.
  2. "Charlton Cemetery". London Gardens Online. Retrieved 31 January 2014.
  3. F. M. L. Thompson (3 January 2008), "Wilson, Sir Thomas Maryon, eighth baronet (1800–1869)", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press
  4. "Charlton Cemetery, Greenwich". Find A Cemetery. Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 31 January 2014.
  5. "Charlton Cemetery". Find A Grave. Retrieved 31 January 2014.


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