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Tottenham Park Cemetery

Introduction

The cemetery has a dense layout of graves on earth without grass. A central drive lined with lime trees leads to the small brick Gothic chapel, which is now disused and derelict. The Friends of Tottenham Park Cemetery was set up in the early 1990s and now undertake maintenance work, which has included a series of stepped wooden trellises with associated planting and seats to the right of the path leading towards the chapel. It has since been designated a Conservation Area.

Tottenham Park Cemetery is a small private burial ground dating from 1912, which was originally established as a paupers' cemetery. A central drive lined with trees leads to the original brick Gothic chapel, since disused. It remains privately owned and is now particularly used for Muslim burials.The Friends of Tottenham Park Cemetery was set up in the early 1990s and has undertaken conservation works including a series of stepped wooden trellises with associated planting and seats.

Sources consulted:

Webb C, revised ed. of Wolfston, P, Greater London Cemeteries and Crematoria, Society of Genealogists, 3rd ed. 1994; Hugh Meller & Brian Parsons, 'London Cemeteries, An Illustrated Guide and Gazetteer', 4th edition (The History Press, 2008); The Paul Drury Partnership for LB Enfield, 'Montagu Road Cemeteries Conservation Area Character Appraisal', 2006

For more information see http://www.londongardensonline.org.uk/gardens-online-record.asp?ID=ENF045

Visitor Access, Directions & Contacts

Website

https://www.tottenhamparkcemetery.co.uk/

Access contact details

The site is open to the public, but opening times are not known.

Directions

Rail: Edmonton Green. Bus: 192, 363

Owners

Badgehurst Environmental Holdings

Other Websites

History

Period

Early 20th Century (1901-1932)

Features & Designations

Designations

  • Conservation Area

Key Information

Type

Funerary Site

Purpose

Sacred / Ritual / Funerary

Principal Building

Religious Ritual And Funerary

Period

Early 20th Century (1901-1932)

Survival

Extant

Hectares

2.4

Open to the public

Yes

References

Contributors

  • London Parks and Gardens Trust

Related Documents
  • CLS 1/489

    Landscape History Study - Hard copy

    Camilla Beresford - 1998