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Brockley and Ladywell Cemeteries
Heritage Open Day: Rare opportunity to visit the Non-Conformist Chapel in Ladywell Cemetery with exhibitions highlighting many of the 'Illustrious Deceased' and the War Dead of both cemeteries. A general tour of the cemeteries will take place at 2pm An introduction to the two adjacent cemeteries established under the 1850s Burial Acts. Both cemeteries followed the principles on the laying out of Victorian garden cemeteries. The dividing wall between the two was removed after local authority amalgamation giving the impression of a single large cemetery which is now designated as a local nature reserve. The lodges and remaining chapel, in Gothic Revival style, were constructed with Kentish rag stone and faced with Bath stone.
Sunday 20 September
Ladywell Cemetery, Ladywell Road, London SE13 7HY
Sun 20 Sep:1:30pm - 4:30pm non-conformist chapel & exhibition; 2pm start of tour from Ladywell gates; Free Entry.
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