Mary J Clarke suffragette Inscription Headstone Aug 2022

Southgate Cemetery, sometimes known as Edmonton and Southgate Cemetery or Old Southgate Cemetery, is a cemetery in Waterfall Road,

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, London, run by the

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. The cemetery was established by the Southgate Burial Board in 1880. There is no chapel at the cemetery but

Christ Church, Southgate Christ Church, Southgate, is a Church of England parish church in Waterfall Road, Southgate, London, Southgate, London. It describes itself as a "Liberal Anglo-Catholic, liberal catholic Church of England parish". The building is grade II* liste ...

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church is adjacent on the other side of Waterfall Road. The cemetery contains the war graves of 92 Commonwealth service personnel, 20 from

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and 72 from

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Notable interments

Mary Jane Clarke Mary Jane Clarke ( Goulden; 1862–1910) was a British suffragette. She died on Christmas Day 1910, two days after being released from prison, where she had been force-fed. She was described in her obituary by Emmeline Pethick-Lawrence as the ...

, suffragette * William Samuel Glyn-Jones, politician and pharmacist *

Gerald Massey Gerald Massey (; 29 May 1828 – 29 October 1907) was an English poet and writer on Spiritualism and Ancient Egypt. Early life Massey was born near Tring, Hertfordshire in England to poor parents. When little more than a child, he was made to ...

, author * Thomas Melville, chairman of Southgate Urban District Council *

Charles Frederick Peploe Rev. Charles Frederick Peploe (10 February 1865 – 25 June 1937) was an English Anglican clergyman who was vicar of Christ Church, Southgate, from 1909–37. His wife, Kathleen, was a campaigner on behalf of British prisoners of war during the ...

, vicar of Christ Church, Southgate *

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, professional footballer for

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CWGC entry
/ref> * Lionel Keir Robinson, CBE, MC * George Albert Watts, mayor of St Pancras 1938–39 * Herbert Francis Wauthier, mayor of Southgate 1936–37 * James Edwin Williams, first general secretary of the

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* Frederick Porter Wensley, OBE, KPM, Chief Constable, CID, Metropolitan Police

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* * {{coord, 51.6257, -0.1322, format=dms, type:landmark_region:GB, display=title Cemeteries in London Buildings and structures in the London Borough of Enfield 1880 establishments in England Parks and open spaces in the London Borough of Enfield