General Cemetery Co
Other Business Names:
- Kensal Green Cemetery
- Cemetery of All Souls
- Carden, George J
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Kensal Green, Greater London, Greater London, Greater London, England
Sectors:
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Property activities
Cemetery development & management
Notes:
Promoted especially by George J Carden. Established by act of parliament in 1832 and acquired 54 acres of land near Harrow Rd, Kensington & Chelsea, London. 1831-32 held architectural competition. Consecrated 1833. Contains remains of 250,000 people in 65,000 graves. The company continues in 2021
Publications:
- 'Cemetery of All Souls, Kensal Green' in F H W Sheppard (ed), Survey of London. Volume 37. North Kensington by Sheppard, Francis H W (ed)
- Going 'to paradise by way of Kensal Green'. A most unfit subject for trading profit? by Arnold, A J, & J M Bidmead
- Kensal Green Cemetery. London's first great extramural necropolis by Coones, Paul
- Kensal Green Cemetery. The origins and development of the General Cemetery of All Souls, Kensal Green, London, 1824-2001 by Curl, James S (ed)
- Visit to the General Cemetery at Kensal Green by Blanchard, Laman
Groups:
Other Business Names:
- Kensal Green Cemetery
- Cemetery of All Souls
- Carden, George J
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Kensal Green, Greater London, Greater London, Greater London, England
Sectors:
- Property activities Cemetery development & management
Notes:
Promoted especially by George J Carden. Established by act of parliament in 1832 and acquired 54 acres of land near Harrow Rd, Kensington & Chelsea, London. 1831-32 held architectural competition. Consecrated 1833. Contains remains of 250,000 people in 65,000 graves. The company continues in 2021Publications:
- 'Cemetery of All Souls, Kensal Green' in F H W Sheppard (ed), Survey of London. Volume 37. North Kensington by Sheppard, Francis H W (ed)
- Going 'to paradise by way of Kensal Green'. A most unfit subject for trading profit? by Arnold, A J, & J M Bidmead
- Kensal Green Cemetery. London's first great extramural necropolis by Coones, Paul
- Kensal Green Cemetery. The origins and development of the General Cemetery of All Souls, Kensal Green, London, 1824-2001 by Curl, James S (ed)
- Visit to the General Cemetery at Kensal Green by Blanchard, Laman