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The Magnificent Seven are seven cemeteries used by the citizens of nineteenth century London
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In the first 50 years of the 19th century the population of London more than doubled from 1 million to 2.3 million. At this time all London's dead were buried in small parish churchyards, which quickly became dangerously overcrowded, leading to decaying matter getting into the water supply and causing epidemic
Epidemic

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The Magnificent Seven are seven cemeteries used by the citizens of nineteenth century London
London

London is the capital of both England and the United Kingdom, and the most populous municipality in the European Union. An important settlement for two millennia, History of London goes back to its founding by the Roman Empire....
.

In the first 50 years of the 19th century the population of London more than doubled from 1 million to 2.3 million. At this time all London's dead were buried in small parish churchyards, which quickly became dangerously overcrowded, leading to decaying matter getting into the water supply and causing epidemic
Epidemic

In epidemiology, an infection that is epidemic appears as new cases in a given human population, during a given period, at a rate that substantially exceeds what is "expected," based on recent experience ....
s. There were stories of graves being dug that already contained bodies, and bodies being flushed directly into the newly-built sewer system
London sewerage system

The London sewerage system is part of the water infrastructure serving London. The modern roots of the system were first developed during the late 19th century, but as London has grown the system has been expanded and needs further investment....
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In 1832 Parliament passed a bill encouraging the establishment of private cemeteries outside London, and later passed a bill to completely close all inner London churchyards. Over the next decade 7 cemeteries were set up - the "Magnificent Seven":

  • Kensal Green Cemetery
    Kensal Green Cemetery

    Kensal Green Cemetery is a burial ground located in Kensal Green, London, England. It was immortalised in the lines of GK Chesterton "For there is good news yet to hear and fine things to be seen; Before we go to Paradise by way of Kensal Green"....
     - 1832
  • West Norwood Cemetery
    West Norwood Cemetery

    West Norwood Cemetery is a cemetery in West Norwood in the London Borough of Lambeth in London, England.By 2000 there had been 164,000 burials in 42,000 plots, plus 34,000 cremations and several thousand interments in its catacombs ....
     - 1837
  • Highgate Cemetery
    Highgate Cemetery

    Highgate Cemetery is a cemetery located in Highgate, London, England. It is designated Grade II* on the English Heritage National Register of Historic Parks and Gardens....
     - 1839
  • Abney Park Cemetery
    Abney Park Cemetery

    Abney Park in Stoke Newington, north-east London, UK is a historic parkland originally laid out in the early 18th century by Lady Mary Abney and Isaac Watts, and the neighbouring Hartopp family....
     - 1840
  • Nunhead Cemetery
    Nunhead Cemetery

    Nunhead Cemetery is one of the Magnificent Seven, London Cemetery in London, England. It is perhaps the least famous and celebrated of them. The cemetery is located in the Nunhead area of the London Borough of Southwark and was originally known as All Saints' Cemetery....
     - 1840
  • Brompton Cemetery
    Brompton Cemetery

    Brompton Cemetery is located near Earl's Court in West Brompton, a part of the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea in west London, England....
     - 1840
  • Tower Hamlets Cemetery
    Tower Hamlets Cemetery

    Tower Hamlets Cemetery is a cemetery located in the East End of London; its nearest tube station is Mile End tube station. The cemetery opened in 1841 and closed for burials in 1966....
     - 1841


External links

  • Preserving Britain's Victorian Cemeteries and Burial Grounds