Introduction
The cemetery is now within the new Eastbrookend Country Park. It has a garden of rest and, most unusually, an Apiary. There is little planting apart from cherry trees.
The cemetery was laid out in c1914 by a private company, with the first burial recorded in 1916. There is a brick chapel, but the cemetery lodge has since been demolished. It was purchased in 1958/60 by Dagenham Borough Council and renamed Eastbrook End Cemetery. It is now within the new Eastbrookend Country Park. It is unusual in having an apiary in the grounds.
Sources consulted:
James Howson 'A Brief History of Barking & Dagenham' (LBBD Libraries Dept, 6th ed 1990); Hugh Meller & Brian Parsons, 'London Cemeteries, An Illustrated Guide and Gazetteer', 4th edition (The History Press, 2008), p146-7. See The Undertakers' Journal, September 1914, pp259-60, and September 1917, p247
For more information see http://www.londongardensonline.org.uk/gardens-online-record.asp?ID=BAD007
- Visitor Access, Directions & Contacts
Access contact details
Mon-Fri 10-4.30 (Oct-Mar) / 7 (Apr-Sept). Sat, Sun, BH: 10-4 Oct-Mar) / 6 (Apr-Sept)
Directions
Tube: Dagenham East (District) then bus. Bus 174
Owners
London Borough of Barking & Dagenham
- History
Period
Early 20th Century (1901-1932)
- Key Information
Type
Funerary Site
Purpose
Recreational/sport
Principal Building
Religious Ritual And Funerary
Period
Early 20th Century (1901-1932)
Survival
Extant
Hectares
4.45
Open to the public
Yes
- References
Contributors
London Parks and Gardens Trust