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Edmund Alexander Spurr (died 1873) was a British architect who designed and was the superintendent of the Great Northern Cemetery (now known as the
New Southgate Cemetery New Southgate Cemetery is a 22-hectare cemetery in Brunswick Park in the London Borough of Barnet. It was established by the Colney Hatch Company in the 1850s and became the Great Northern London Cemetery, with a railway service running fr ...
) in London, England. He was a fellow of the
Royal Institute of British Architects The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) is a professional body for architects primarily in the United Kingdom, but also internationally, founded for the advancement of architecture under its royal charter granted in 1837, three suppl ...
. Spurr is buried at New Southgate Cemetery.Heritage & Conservation.
New Southgate Cemetery. Retrieved 29 July 2015. Spurr designed the Great Northern on a spoke and wheel plan with an episcopal chapel at the centre. The chapel was in the early English lancet style with a broach spire of 150 feet.


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1873 deaths New Southgate Cemetery Burials at New Southgate Cemetery Year of birth missing Fellows of the Royal Institute of British Architects Architects from London {{UK-architect-stub