Brompton Cemetery

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  • Address
    Old Brompton Rd, West Brompton, SW10 9UG
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  • Phone
    7352 1201
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  • Transport
    underground rail: West Brompton

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As London's vast population exploded in the 19th century, seven new cemeteries opened, among them Brompton Cemetery, a long expanse running between Fulham Rd and Old Brompton Rd. There is a chapel and colonnades at one end, modelled after St Peter's in Rome. While the most famous resident is Emmeline Pankhurst, the pioneer of women's suffrage in Britain, the cemetery is most interesting as the inspiration for many of Beatrix Potter's characters.

A local resident in her youth before she moved to the north, Potter seems to have taken many names from the deceased of Brompton Cemetery and immortalised them in her world-famous books. Names to be found include Mr Nutkin, Mr McGregor, Jeremiah Fisher, Tommy Brock - and even a Peter Rabbett.

Tours depart Sundays from the South Lodge, near the Fulham Rd entrance.