Parishes

Parishes with plots in Brookwood Cemetery

Links with London parishes were developed through contracts with the Poor Law Guardians for the burial of the parish poor usually, but not necessarily exclusively, those who died in the workhouses. Although the promoters of Brookwood Cemetery anticipated that most metropolitan parishes would select Brookwood for their burial grounds, very few did so.

The entrance to the burial ground of St Alban the Martyr, Holborn

The lists which follow are not necessarily comprehensive. The parishes listed are distinguished further by identifying those which maintained separate burial grounds at Brookwood for their dead, and those without (as far as is known) identifiable plots within the Cemetery.

The Brookwood Cemetery Society organises guided walks during the course of the year, some of which feature these parish plots.

Some London Parishes which used Brookwood Cemetery

Parish	Dates using Brookwood
Bermondsey	December 1854 - ?
Chiswick	January 1855 - ?
St George's, Bloomsbury	November 1854 - c1900?
St Giles'-in-the-Fields	November 1854 - c1900?
St Luke, Chelsea	November 1854 - c1900?
St Nicholas, Deptford	February 1855 - c1900?
St Paul's, Deptford	February 1855 - c1900?

Some London Parishes with Designated Burial Plots at Brookwood Cemetery

Parish	Dates using Brookwood
St Alban's, Holborn	1863 - present
St Anne's, Soho (Westminster)	April 1855 - c1900?
St John, Westminster	April 1855 - c1910?
St Margaret, Westminster	April 1855 - c1910?
St Saviour's, Southwark	November 1854 - c1900
St Stephen's, Kensington	c1910 - present
Swedish Church in London	1857 - present