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The Magnificent Seven: London´s First Landscaped Cemeteries
John Turpin
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Description for The Magnificent Seven: London´s First Landscaped Cemeteries
Paperback. A fascinating history of seven Victorian London cemeteries - 'works of art', created as much for the living as they were for the dead. Num Pages: 160 pages, 195 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; HBTB; RNP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 164 x 11. Weight in Grams: 454. London's First Landscaped Cemeteries. 160 pages, 195 b&w illustrations. A fascinating history of seven Victorian London cemeteries - 'works of art', created as much for the living as they were for the dead. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; HBTB; RNP. Dimension: 232 x 164 x 11. Weight: 376.
A ring of spectacular cemeteries, developed at the edges of London in the decade from 1832, have long been referred to as The Magnificent Seven. At the time, they set a new aesthetic for the burial of the dead, and remain rich in social history and beauty to this day. It was entrepreneurs, rather than the religious authorities, who responded to the squalor of the City's brimming churchyards by fi nancing seemly, hygienic concepts of burial in the rural outskirts, now embraced by inner London. The Seven became showcases for neoclassical and neo-Gothic architecture, matched by splendid - sometimes ... Read more
A ring of spectacular cemeteries, developed at the edges of London in the decade from 1832, have long been referred to as The Magnificent Seven. At the time, they set a new aesthetic for the burial of the dead, and remain rich in social history and beauty to this day. It was entrepreneurs, rather than the religious authorities, who responded to the squalor of the City's brimming churchyards by fi nancing seemly, hygienic concepts of burial in the rural outskirts, now embraced by inner London. The Seven became showcases for neoclassical and neo-Gothic architecture, matched by splendid - sometimes ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Amberley Publishing
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
Number of Pages
160
Place of Publication
Chalford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781445600383
SKU
V9781445600383
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About John Turpin
John Turpin, writer and photographer, has been exploring the Magnificent Seven cemeteries since the 1970s. He is involved in conservation work and tour guiding. Photographer Derrick Knight has been recording London over the same period. He has a particular affinity with Kensal Green cemetery. Derrick is a local history author with an interest in the Magnificent Seven cemeteries who lives ... Read more
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