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Bromley Hill Cemetery

Introduction

The cemetery has a simple path layout, and among the trees are cedar, firs and silver birch. The cemetery, now full, has a lawn section and a memorial garden.

Bromley Hill Cemetery opened in 1907. The chapel and mortuary chapel were designed by Evelyn Hellicar, a local architect. The lodge is now gone, and a modern house replaces it. The cemetery has a simple path layout, and among the trees are cedar, firs and silver birch. The monument to Edward Fuller (d.1935) is unusual, a besuited figure over whom an angel stands. Among those buried here were Sir Edward Campbell (d.1945), MP for Bromley; Soho gang leader 'Italian Albert' Dimes (d.1972), and Roy Marchand (d.1940), a Battle of Britain pilot whose photograph was used on RAF recruitment posters. The cemetery, now full, has a lawn section and a memorial garden.

Sources consulted:

Hugh Meller & Brian Parsons, 'London Cemeteries, An Illustrated Guide and Gazetteer', 4th edition (The History Press, 2008); LB Bromley website

For more information see http://www.londongardensonline.org.uk/gardens-online-record.asp?ID=LEW008

Visitor Access, Directions & Contacts

Website

https://www.bromley.gov.uk/directory-record/173/bromley-hill-cemetery

Access contact details

10am - 4pm (October-March); 10am-7pm (April-September)

Directions

Rail: Ravensbourne

Owners

London Borough of Bromley

Other Websites

History

Period

  • 20th Century (1901 to 2000)
  • Early 20th Century (1901 to 1932)
Associated People
Key Information

Type

Funerary Site

Purpose

Sacred / Ritual / Funerary

Principal Building

Religious Ritual And Funerary

Period

20th Century (1901 to 2000)

Survival

Extant

Hectares

2.54

Open to the public

Yes

References

Contributors

  • London Parks and Gardens Trust