NECROPOLIS RAILWAY

The London Necropolis Company was incorporated to establish an extensive cemetery alongside the main London - Southampton line in 1852. A 3/4 mile long track was laid from Brookwood, where the station was built in 1864 at the companys expense, into the cemetery. The `Necropolis Train ran from a special station adjoining Waterloo, daily at first, then more frequently, until the station was bombed during World War II. Closed 1945.
earthworks (engineering works)
Victorian Post Medieval 20th Century

Metadata

ARIADNE ID
13995767
Original ID
1242825
Language
English
Resource type
Sites and monuments databases or inventories
Subject
earthworks (engineering works)
Original Subject
  • EARTHWORK
  • RAILWAY
Dating
  • 1540 – 1901
  • 1901 – 3000
  • 1852
  • 1945
  • 1837 – 1900 , Victorian
  • 1540 – 1900 , Post Medieval
  • 1901 – 2000 , 20th Century
Place
  • ENGLAND
Type
Dataset
Publisher
  • Archaeology Data Service [Organization]
Issued
Modified

Responsible persons and organisations

Contributor
  • Historic England [Organization]
Getty AAT Subjects
  • single built works by location: topographical en
  • t'u fang kung ch'eng zh-latn-wadegile
  • 土方工程 zh-hant
  • tǔ fāng gōng chéng zh-latn-pinyin-x-hanyu
  • terrassements fr
  • aardwerk nl
  • movimientos de tierras es
  • earthworks en
  • tu fang gong cheng zh-latn-pinyin-x-notone
  • movimiento de tierras es
  • 土工 zh-hant
  • aardwerken nl
  • works, earth en
  • earth works en
  • earthwork en
  • terrassement fr
Identifier
http://registry.ariadne-infrastructure.eu/dataset/13995767
Package ID
3412
Provider ID
1104

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