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Old Burial Ground, Royal Hospital Chelsea

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The ground was consecrated for burials in August 1691. 10,000 interments were made at the Old Burial Ground until 1854. The last burial was made in 1854. The ground re-opened for the burials of cremated remains in 2004. Following the closure of the Old Burial Ground pensioners were buried at
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A variety of funerary monuments are present at the Old Burial Ground including headstones, table tombs and slabs.
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in Surrey since 1962; the Old Plot at Brookwood having closed that year.
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Buildings and structures in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
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between 1855 and 1893 and have since been buried at the New Plot at
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Thomas Ogle, (died 1702) first Governor of the Royal Hospital
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Royal Hospital Chelsea

Grade II listed
Register of Historic Parks and Gardens
Brompton Cemetery
Brookwood Cemetery
William Cheselden
Charles Burney
Christiana Davis
David Dundas
William Hiseland
Hannah Snell
Historic England
"Royal Hospital, Chelsea and Ranelagh Gardens (1000353)"
National Heritage List for England




31 London Cemeteries to Visit Before You Die
ISBN
978-1-908779-29-8
"London Gardens online: Royal Hospital Old Burial Ground"



"Survey of London: Volume 11, Chelsea, Part IV: the Royal Hospital Appendix: The burial ground of the Royal Hospital"
Survey of London
Victoria County History
LondonGardensOnline Profile

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