Burials

Over the nearly ten centuries of St Marylebone, parishioners have been buried in a number of different places. The first burial grounds, which probably surrounded the first parish church of St John the Evangelist, built c.1116, have long disappeared. Other sites including the Crypt of the 19th century parish church, the churchyard of the 15th - 19th century parish church, St George's Burial Grounds (Paddington Street Gardens), the St Marylebone Cemetery, East End Road, Finchley, London N2, Brookwood Cemetery in Surrey and the East London Cemetery in Plaistow still remain.

Paddington Street Gardens

While today the two small public gardens of Paddington Street Gardens, located on either side of Paddington Street in Marylebone, are open green spaces with children’s playgrounds and benches providing respite from the busyness of nearby Baker Street and Marylebone Road, these gardens were, in fact, built in the 18th century as additional burial grounds for St Marylebone Parish Church.

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The St Marylebone Cemetery & Crematorium (East Finchley)

In 1854, the St Marylebone Burial Board purchased 47 acres of Newmarket Farm, which is known today as the East Finchley Cemetery. Designed by architects Barnet and Brick, this cemetery contains about 22,000 internments and remains open for burials.

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The St Marylebone Cemetery Chapels

Located at the East Finchley Cemetery, previously known as the St Marylebone Cemetery, are two chapels as well as a series of memorials.

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