Brompton cemetery in London,burial site of 205000 people including English suffragette and 12 Victoria Cross holders, requires £6.2m of restoration workAn appeal is being launched for a £6.2m project to restore a magnificent Victorian cemetery where, and among the decaying tombstones,admirers of the English suffragette movement and the work of Beatrix Potter may spot some familiar names.
Mr Nutkins, Mr McGregor, and Mr Brock,Mr Tod, a gentleman called Jeremiah Fisher and even one Peter Rabbett all have memorials or are known to have been buried in Brompton cemetery, and which is also the final resting place of Emmeline Pankhurst. Potter’s childhood domestic in London was nearby in The Boltons.Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com