City of Westminster Cemetery, Hanwell

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City of Westminster (Hanwell) Cemetery
City of Westminster (Hanwell) Cemetery in December 2010
Details
Established	1853
Location	31 Uxbridge Road, Hanwell, Ealing, west London
Country	England
Coordinates	51°30′28″N 0°19′54″W / 51.50778°N 0.33167°W / 51.50778; -0.33167
Type	Public
Owned by	City of Westminster
Size	23 acres (9.3 ha)
No. of graves	16,000 graves 100,000 interments
Website	Hanwell Cemetery
Find a Grave	City of Westminster (Hanwell) Cemetery

City of Westminster (Hanwell) Cemetery is a cemetery located in Hanwell, Ealing, West London. It is owned and managed by the City of Westminster's Parks Service.

History

By the 1840s, the cemeteries of London were full and almost overflowing. The Bayswater Road Cemetery and

were under the control of the St. George's Hanover Square Burial Board, who were unable to find a solution until the Metropolitan Interment Act of 1850 became law.

In 1853, the board purchased 12 acres (4.9 ha) in Hanwell for their exclusive use. Robert Jerrard was appointed as

, the total cost of cemetery and buildings was £14,741 17s 11d. The first interment took place on 2 August 1854.

In 1883, and additional 11 acres (4.5 ha) were purchased, making a total size of today of 23 acres (9.3 ha). In 1889, the cemetery was transferred to the Metropolitan Borough of the City of Westminster. The cemetery suffered extensive damage during

World War Two

, and at the end of the war in Europe a gift was given to the cemetery in the form of the renewal of the chapel's south side stained glass window, depicting a miscellany of some 30 biblical emblems.

In 1965, the cemetery came under new management in light of local government reorganisation. In 1987, the cemetery was one of three that

Disability Discrimination Act

.

War graves

There are 84 graves administered by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission – 55 from World War I and 29 from World War II – located throughout the cemetery.^[2] There is also a Royal British Legion memorial cross in the centre of the cemetery.

A number of people killed during World War II in air raids were buried temporarily during the conflict, and then reburied afterwards. 200 residents of the City of Westminster are remembered on the civilian memorial, located near the centre of the grounds. Unveiled in 1950, it houses the grave of popular singer Al Bowlly, who was killed at his flat in Jermyn Street during an air raid on 17 April 1941.

Transport links

The cemetery is well connected to London's transport network, with buses

.

Notable interments

• Violet Bland (1863–1940), English Suffragette
• Al Bowlly, singer. Killed in The Blitz, buried in the mass grave in the centre of the grounds^[3]
• Marta Cunningham CBE, American soprano singer and philanthropist, founder of the Not Forgotten Association.
• Freddie Frinton, comedian^[3]
• Sir John Ackerman K.C.M.G
  , Mayor of Pietermaritzsburg
• Dr Robert Mortimer Glover, chloroform pioneer (unmarked grave)^[4]
• Ian Nairn, architectural critic and broadcaster
• Richard Bullen Newton, Paleontologist at the British Museum
• Col. Sir David Semple, First Director of Research India. Founder of the Pasteur Institute at Kasauli India.
• Sir John Hunt O.B.E, First Town Clerk of the City of Westminster
• The Rev Andrew Charles Albert McLaglen, son Fred Charles McLaglen and wife Lillian Marian McLaglen all relatives of 1935 Oscar winner Victor McLaglen.

See also

• Westminster cemeteries scandal

References

External links

• Hanwell Cemetery at the City of Westminster