| London Necropolis Station! 22:46 - Apr 22 with 7524 views | MrSheen |
I had lunch at a pub called the Duke of Sussex near Waterloo Station today. The floor of the gents has a map of the area from about 100 years ago engraved on it, which was pretty amazing. Not only was there a leadworks, sawmill and brewery on the South Bank waterfront between Westminster and Waterloo Bridges, but there was a London Necropolis Station at the south end of Waterloo Station. Apparently a private company had a mortuary and chapel to receive dead bodies and send them on dedicated trains on the “London Necropolis Railway” straight to Brookwood cemetery and crematorium in Surrey, most famous passenger, Friedrich Engels. First, second and third class coffin tickets available.
I am 56 years old and hadn’t heard of it until I looked at the floor of a pub toilet!
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Necropolis_railway_station |  | | |  |
| London Necropolis Station! on 11:22 - Apr 28 with 1223 views | BklynRanger |
| London Necropolis Station! on 11:03 - Apr 28 by Metallica_Hoop |
It is.
I've been sitting by the church in the sun these past two weeks reading. Some of the gardens are private as they belong to the temples/Inns.
The Church has a sign saying use West door but I haven't tried it as I've been before. [Post edited 28 Apr 2021 11:04]
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Cheers mate - will look into that |  | | |
| London Necropolis Station! on 17:23 - Apr 28 with 1128 views | Ranger_Things |
| London Necropolis Station! on 10:43 - Apr 28 by BklynRanger |
Great article Metallica - do you know if that's still publicly accessible? |
As Talli said it's privately owned but you can still go in. They do close access nto Temple one day a year, as a legal thing to stop common law reverting it to the public. I think it's Ascension Day. |  | | |
| London Necropolis Station! on 15:33 - May 22 with 808 views | TGRRRSSS |
Thanks for the bump. |  | | |
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