Visit to Fulham Cemetery, 12th April.

A visit to Fulham Cemetery, back by popular demand and this time at the height of cherry blossom season on 12th April. Chairman of the Cemetery Friends group has written an article for us below. Book early by emailing barbaraskorupska@hotmail.com as spaces are limited.

Fulham Cemetery was opened in 1865, the oldest of the borough’s cemeteries. It was designed by J. G. Hall, including the lodge and two chapels in Gothic style. At least, that’s what all records of the cemetery since the 1950s say. Thanks to recent research by Rebecca Thomas of the Fulham Cemetery Friends, we now know the cemetery’s architect was actually the eminent Victorian architect, Sir Arthur Blomfield, born in Fulham Palace and son of the Bishop of London. (And father of Sir Reginald Blomfield, who designed the Cross of Sacrifice that commemorates the dead of both world wars, in Fulham Cemetery and thousands of other cemeteries across the country and in France.)