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The site is approximately 1 hectare in area (1.25 ha in some sources). Loudon used plans for the Histon Road cemetery as illustrative of his views on cemetery design. Research has indicated that the actual work carried out on the cemetery, which opened in 1843 (the year of his death), does not
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Cemetery was one of the first British cemeteries open to all. The first was
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Stevens (1983). "John Claudius Loudon and the Garden Cemetery Movement".
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There have been over 8000 burials at the cemetery. A listing of
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Cooper, Charles Henry; Cooper, John
William (1 May 1846).
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Register of Parks and
Gardens of Special Historic Interest
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Paraense Emílio Goeldi. Ciências Humanas
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Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemeteries in England
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On the Laying Out, Planting and Managing of Cemeteries
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Original plan as published by Loudon in 1843 in the
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116:correspond closely with Loudon's announcements.
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763:10.1590/S1981-81222010000200008
226:(1848–1903), co-founder of the
1612:1842 establishments in England
1286:Royal Burial Ground (Frogmore)
692:"Dew, Albert George (DW868AG)"
27:Cemetery in Cambridge, England
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361:www.scottisharchitects.org.uk
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1025:Norwich (Gildencroft Quaker)
678:UK public library membership
284:Google Books partial posting
149:The Lodge and gates are now
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1374:Bournemouth (Wimborne Road)
1216:Brookwood American Cemetery
1201:Aldershot Military Cemetery
1086:Birkenhead (Flaybrick Hill)
970:Cambridge American Cemetery
696:A Cambridge Alumni Database
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1437:Birmingham (Brandwood End)
1354:Bideford (Higher Cemetery)
1311:Winchester (Magdalen Hill)
975:Cambridge Ascension Parish
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1349:Bideford (East-the-Water)
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1487:Yorkshire and the Humber
1131:Liverpool (Toxteth Park)
933:Leicester (Welford Road)
207:Those interred include:
163:Rosary Cemetery, Norwich
85:Southampton Old Cemetery
1607:Cemeteries in Cambridge
1447:Birmingham (Lodge Hill)
1271:Oxford (St Sepulchre's)
985:Cambridge (Histon Road)
723:10.1136/bmj.2.1983.1941
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224:Albert George Dew-Smith
198:monumental inscriptions
169:conditions on burials.
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1515:Leeds (Beckett Street)
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1467:Coventry (London Road)
1316:Winchester (West Hill)
1291:Southampton Hollybrook
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1221:Deal (Hamilton Road)
1163:Rochdale (Middleton)
1126:Liverpool (St James)
1111:Liverpool (Allerton)
1091:Blackpool (Carleton)
913:Boston (Marian Road)
860:Histon Road Cemetery
459:Bereavement Services
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1530:Sheffield (Crookes)
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