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Nunhead Cemetery

Nunhead Cemetery is one of the Magnificent Sevencemeteries in London, England. It is perhaps the least famous and celebrated of them. The cemetery is located in Nunhead in the London Borough of Southwark and was originally known as All Saints' Cemetery. Nunhead Cemetery was consecrated in 1840 and opened by the London Cemetery Company, which had been incorporated by the London Cemetery Company Act 1836 (6 & 7 Will. 4. c. cxxxvi). It is designated a local nature reserve.