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Tower Hamlets Cemetery
Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park is a historic cemetery, cemetery,public park and local nature reserve (including a Site of Nature Conservation Interest, Metropolitan Site of National Importance for Nature Conservation) in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets within the East End of London. It is considered one of the great London cemeteries of the Victorian era, the "Magnificent Seven cemeteries, Magnificent Seven", instigated because the typical (until that time) church burial plots had become overcrowded, and reflective of the grand Victorian funerary practices. The cemetery opened in 1841 and closed for burials in 1966 following an Act of Parliament and local authority actions. Since 1990, it has been managed by the Friends of Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park, a registered charity, with the purpose of protecting, preserving and promoting this important space for conservation, heritage and community. The work of the Friends has supported various historic and heritage efforts, in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Soanes Centre
The Soanes Centre is an education and ecology studies centre in Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park, London, opened in 1993 by David Bellamy. It is owned by the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. The building is fully accessible and has a large classroom for up to 30 people and a smaller training room. From its opening the Soanes Centre has been used by the Charitable organization, charity Friends of Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park to support their care of the 31-acre site as a historic Victorian-era Magnificent Seven cemeteries, Magnificent Seven cemetery, and as a designated local nature reserve and Metropolitan Site for the Importance of Nature Conservation. It is also used as the registered address of the charity and used in the delivery of their charitable objectives including Conservation biology, conservation, Natural heritage, heritage and community, although they are headquartered out of the Cemetery Park Lodge next door. Soanes Centre is the base for the educational charity Setpoint ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
