Search for the name, locality, period or a feature of a locality. You'll then be taken to a map showing results.

Tottenham Cemetery

Introduction

A large irregularly shaped plot to the north of Bruce Castle Park and All Hallows Church, Nikolaus Pevsner described Tottenham Cemetery as a 'rural oasis' and it remains picturesque. The old cemetery has many fine mature trees including 19th-century cedar, oak, conifers, yew and hollies. The south-west extension has 20th-century pollarded limes and acers along the grid of paths, with natural planting along the banks of the Moselle.

Tottenham Cemetery was opened by the Tottenham Burial Board in 1858 following the closure of the parish churchyard of All Hallows in 1857. Part of the 5-acre plot was consecrated, with the remainder designated for non Church of England burials, with a chapel for each. The land was drained, landscaped, paths were laid out and evergreens and shrubs planted. The cemetery was extended to the east and south-west between 1881 and 1887 and to the north of Moselle Brook after 1913 on land that included a large lake with two islands that forms the centrepiece of the Garden of Peace.

Sources consulted:

F Fisk 'History of the Ancient Parish of Tottenham' 1923 (Bruce Castle Archive) p145-6, 340; Hugh Meller & Brian Parsons, 'London Cemeteries, An Illustrated Guide and Gazetteer', 4th edition (The History Press, 2008); Gregg International, Godstone Surrey; Department of National Heritage listing entries; Pevsner.

Visitor Access, Directions & Contacts
History

Period

  • Post Medieval (1540 to 1901)
  • Victorian (1837-1901)
Associated People
Features & Designations

Designations

  • The National Heritage List for England: Listed Building

  • Reference: 2 chapels by G. Pritchett; tunnel under footpath, 1883; tomb of W. Butterfield; war memorial by R. Blomfield.
  • Grade: II
Key Information

Type

Funerary Site

Purpose

Sacred / Ritual / Funerary

Principal Building

Religious Ritual And Funerary

Period

Post Medieval (1540 to 1901)

Survival

Extant

Hectares

22.68

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