Lavender Hill Cemetery was opened on the 27th July 1872. The Cemetery was designed by the architect Mr
T J Hill and originally was 9 acres in size and cost £9000. The two matching chapels, one Anglican and the other Nonconformist,
still stand today but only the Anglican chapel is in active service.
In 1897 the Cemetery was extended by a further 3 acres and again in 1997 when the Strayfield
Road extension was added.
Today the Cemetery is well kept under the administration of Enfield Borough Council. The
two Chapels, Lodge, Gates and Railings are all listed structures.
Upon our visit the unusal head to head burial arrangment on a couple of sections was something
we can't remember ever seeing in any other Cemetery. Pre-formed concrete tracks upon which the headstones were mounted back
to back with the grave space grassed over gave the appearance of under-utilised burial land. I'm not really sure
what the advantages of this arrangment are, other then ease of maintenance, but it really seemed to de-personalise the
individual graves.
The Cemetery is situated in close proximity to the famous Chase Farm Hospital (once
a work house) with the nearest railway station being "Gordon Hill" approximately a 10-15 minute walk away.
Photos were taken on the 9th of August 2014.
