London Parishes & Churches known to have used Brookwood Cemetery
This list is not necessarily exhaustive, but may help you decide whether or not to approach us for a search.
Links with London parishes developed through contracts with the Poor Law Guardians for the burial of the poor usually, but not exclusively, those who died in the workhouse or infirmary. Some London parishes decided to have ground set aside for their dead at Brookwood, but most did not adopt this option.
Other links developed due to the removal and reburial of human remains from the churchyard or crypt to Brookwood Cemetery. There were many reasons for these removals: the insanitary state of the crypt or churchyard, the need to use the space in the crypt, or "metropolitan improvements" such as railway and road construction. Please note that the Cemetery Office usually holds no information concerning the names of those removed to Brookwood. These records are usually held by the parish or the London Metropolitan Archive.
| Parish | Dates using Brookwood Cemetery |
| All Hallows the Great & Less (church largely demolished 1893-6) | Reburial of human remains (see note above table) |
| Bermondsey | December 1854 onward |
| Charterhouse | Reburial of human remains from the chapel in 1898 (see note above table) |
| Chiswick | January 1855 onward |
| Hanover Chapel (demolished 1896-7) | Reburial of human remains |
| Holy Trinity, Kingsway (church demolished in 1909 and rebuilt; subsequently demolished 1999) | Reburial of human remains in 1909 (see note above table) |
| St Alban the Martyr, Holborn | 1863 - present |
| St Anne's, Soho (Westminster) | April 1855 onward |
| St Antholin, Budge Row (demolished 1874-75) | Reburial of human remains (see note above table) |
| St Botolph Without, Aldersgate | Reburial of human remains from the crypt in 1893-4 (see note above table) |
| St Clement Danes | Reburial of human remains in 1900 from part of the churchyard (see note above table) |
| St George the Martyr, Southwark | Reburial of human remains from the crypt in 1899 (see note above table) |
| St George's, Bloomsbury | November 1854 onward |
| St George's, Botolph Lane (demolished 1904) | Reburial of human remains from the crypt in 1902 (see note above table) |
| St George's in the East | Reburial of human remains from the
crypt in October-November 1960. List of names supplied by the Church (pdf format) |
| St Giles'-in-the-Fields | November 1854 onward |
| St John, Clerkenwell | Reburial of human remains from the crypt in 1894 (see note above table) |
| St John, Westminster | April 1855 - c1920 |
| St Luke, Chelsea | November 1854 onward |
| St Magnus the Martyr | Reburial of human remains (see note above table) |
| St Margaret, Westminster | April 1855 - c1920 |
| St Martin's-in-the-Fields | 1856 onwards |
| St Martin's, Ludgate Hill | Reburial of human remains from the crypt in 1893-4 (see note above table) |
| St Marylebone | Reburial of human remains from the crypt in 1983 (see note above table) |
| St Michael's, Fish Street Hill | Reburial of human remains from the burial ground in 1987 (see note above table) |
| St Michael, Wood Street (demolished 1896-7) | Reburial of human remains dating from 1559-1853 (see note above table) |
| St Mildred, Bread Street (church destroyed in the blitz) | Reburial of human remains from the crypt in 1898 (see note above table) |
| St Nicholas, Deptford | February 1855 onward |
| St Olave, Tooley Street (demolished 1926-1928) | Reburial of human remains (see note above table) |
| St Paul's, Deptford | February 1855 onward |
| St Peter's, Walworth | Reburial of human remains in 1894 |
| St Saviour's, Southwark (now Southwark Cathedral) | November 1854 onward |
| St Stephen's, Kensington | c1905 - present |
| St Swithin's, London Stone (church destroyed in the blitz) | Reburial of human remains (see note above table) |
| Swedish Church in London | 1857 - present |
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