Vineyard Passage Burial Ground is a

cemetery A cemetery, burial ground, gravesite or graveyard is a place where the remains of dead people are buried or otherwise interred. The word ''cemetery'' (from Greek , "sleeping place") implies that the land is specifically designated as a buri ...

on Vineyard Passage in

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in the

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. Established in 1790 and

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in 1791, it was enlarged in 1823. The last burials were in 1874. Managed by

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and maintained by volunteers from the

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, it is now a garden of rest.

Notable burials

Thomas Cundy (senior) Thomas Cundy, the elder (1765 – 28 December 1825) was an English architect. Surveyor to the Grosvenor family's London estates from 1821, he was involved in the initial stages of the development of Belgravia and Bloomsbury, and also designed coun ...

(1765–1825), English architect and his wife Mary (née Hubert). The monument to them is

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(1749–1800), French historian and journalist. He took up the Royalist cause during the

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, English astronomer (b.1726)

Listing

The brick walls to the cemetery (forming the side of Vineyard Passage) and the 19th-century iron railings are Grade II listed.

Gallery

File:Edward_John_Astley.jpg, Grave of Col. Edward John Astley File:Thomas Cundy d 28 December 1825.jpg, The Grade II listed grave of architect Thomas Cundy and his wide Mary File:Louisa Frances Gabriel d'Alsace Chimay.jpg, Grave of Louisa Frances Gabriel d'Alsace Chimay, Viscountess de Cambis File:VineyardBurial01.JPG, Grave of Martha Davis

References

External links

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Vineyard Passage Burial Ground: official website

Environment Trust for Richmond upon Thames: Vineyard Passage Burial Ground
April 2013
Orr, Stephen. Vineyard Passage Burial Ground timeline

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Notable burials

Listing

Gallery

See also

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