South Ealing Cemetery

South Ealing Cemetery
South Ealing Road entrance
Interactive map of South Ealing Cemetery
Details
Established1861
Location
CountryEngland
Coordinates51°29′48″N 0°18′05″W / 51.49668°N 0.30144°W / 51.49668; -0.30144
Owned byEaling Council
Size21 acres (8.5 ha)
Find a GraveSouth Ealing Cemetery

South Ealing Cemetery (formerly Ealing and Old Brentford Cemetery) is a cemetery in Ealing established in 1861.[1] It covers 21 acres.[2]

The cemetery contains the Commonwealth war graves of 184 armed service personnel, as well as that of Pierre Francois Van Wesemael, a Belgian soldier of World War I.[2][3]

The cemetery contains two Grade II listed chapels at the South Ealing Road entrance. The chapels are linked by a carriage arch, with clock and belfry above, designed by Ealing's prolific municipal architect Charles Jones (architect) and built in 1861.[4] The stained glass in the chapel was designed in 1908 by the Ealing designer, Edward Stanley Watkins, who lived nearby on Ranelagh Road.[5]

The Ealing Parks Foundation, working with local volunteers and Ealing Council, is leading a project to renovate the chapels and restore use of the cemetery grounds for nature and public wellbeing.[6]

Notable burials

References

  1. ^ "South Ealing Cemetery". London Gardens Online. London Parks & Gardens Trust. 2012. Archived from the original on 30 August 2013.
  2. ^ a b "South Ealing Cemetery". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 29 January 2026.
  3. ^ "Pierre Francois Van Wesemael". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 29 January 2026.
  4. ^ "Two chapels at South Ealing Cemetery". Historic England List. Historic England. Retrieved 6 September 2025.
  5. ^ "Watkins, E. Stanley". The Studio Year Book of Decorative Art: 79. 1909. Retrieved 6 September 2025.
  6. ^ "South Ealing Cemetery Improvements". Ealing Parks. Retrieved 29 January 2026.
  7. ^ "George Cosens Prior". England & Scotland, Select Cemetery Registers, 1800-2024. Ancestry.com. Retrieved 29 January 2026.