The Brookwood Necropolis Railway

From 1854 – 1941 the London Necropolis Company conducted railway funerals from its private station outside Waterloo to its vast cemetery at Brookwood near Woking. Hear its history and how it operated in this fascinating talk by John Clarke.

Schedule:
6:00 PM – Refreshments
6:30 PM – Talk begins

This unique piece of London’s transport and social history reveals how the Victorian era solved the capital’s burial crisis through innovative railway technology.

Speaker: John Clarke