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    The London Necropolis Railway was a railway line opened in November 1854 by the London Necropolis Company (LNC), to carry corpses and mourners between...
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  • London Necropolis railway station was the terminus at Waterloo, London, of the London Necropolis Railway. The London Necropolis was opened in 1854 in...
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  • Cemetery London Necropolis railway station, near Waterloo station in London This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title London Necropolis...
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    The London Necropolis Company (LNC), formally the London Necropolis & National Mausoleum Company until 1927, was a cemetery operator established by Act...
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    was run by The London Necropolis and National Mausoleum Company on 7 November 1854. Trains ran once a day from London Necropolis railway station to Brookwood...
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    Brookwood Cemetery, also known as the London Necropolis, is a burial ground in Brookwood, Surrey, England. It is the largest cemetery in the United Kingdom...
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    the North Eastern Railway police in Edwardian England, includes The Necropolis Railway (set on the real London Necropolis Railway), The Blackpool Highflyer...
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    Much of Surrey lies within the London commuter belt with regular services into Central London. South Western Railway is the sole train operator in Elmbridge...
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    opening of Brookwood Cemetery (and the associated London Necropolis railway station close to London Waterloo) led to an increase in the funeral traffic...
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    Main Line (SWML) is a 143-mile (230 km) major railway line between Waterloo station in central London and Weymouth on the south coast of England. A predominantly...
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    were accomplished using the London Necropolis Railway, consisting of funeral trains running from London Waterloo railway station to Brookwood and subsequently...
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    The London and South Western Railway (LSWR, sometimes written L&SWR) was a railway company in England from 1838 to 1922. Originating as the London and...
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  • and Grenville Railway, in Canada, opens. November 13 – Opening London Necropolis railway station at Waterloo, London, a special railway station constructed...
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    River Thames (category Rivers of London)
    (Hungerford) Railway Bridge in central London, and the railway bridges by Isambard Kingdom Brunel at Maidenhead Railway Bridge, Gatehampton Railway Bridge and...
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    Eleanor Marx (category People from Sydenham, London)
    to take her life. A funeral service was held in a room at the London Necropolis railway station at Waterloo on 5 April 1898, attended by a large throng...
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    34 mi; 48.8 km) down the line from London Waterloo via Woking. It provides an interchange station for two other railway lines: the North Downs Line northwards...
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  • Metropolitan Sepulchre (category 19th century in London)
    necropolis proposed for construction in Primrose Hill in London in the 19th century as a way of addressing the shortage of burial space in the London...
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    2 km) measured from London Charing Cross. It is managed by Southern, and is also served by Thameslink and Great Western Railway. The local topography...
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    Alex Lawther (category Male actors from London)
    Award-winning film The Imitation Game (2014), for which he received the London Film Critics' Circle Award for "Young British Performer of the Year" and...
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    to the service of the London Necropolis Company to Brookwood Cemetery in Surrey. The railway service to Great Northern London Cemetery soon closed, but...
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    Postman's Park (category Cemeteries in London)
    240,000 graves, was opened by the London Necropolis Company. Connected to London by the London Necropolis Railway in 1854, it was at the time the world's...
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    railway route between Woking in Surrey and Portsmouth Harbour in Hampshire, England. It forms the principal route for passenger trains between London...
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    to Reading Line Closed lines Cranleigh line Horton Light Railway London Necropolis Railway Stations Addlestone Ash Ash Vale Ashtead Bagshot Banstead...
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    construction of the London and South Western Railway, which runs parallel to the canal along much of its length. In 1831, when plans for the railway were being...
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    traffic was stopped in 1938 by a new, fixed bridge on the Havant to Brighton railway line at Ford. The first scheme to link the Wey and the Arun was proposed...
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    National Rail electric railway line between London Waterloo and Reading. The line runs west through a series of South West London suburbs to Reading, in...
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  • the BBCs 'Love to Read' campaign and 350 years since the Great Fire of London. There was a slight change in cast where the main stars Jalaal Hartley,...
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    block was built on the far east side of the station. In 1854, the London Necropolis & National Mausoleum Company opened a private station inside Waterloo...
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    Line is a railway line in southern England linking London to Brighton. It starts at two termini in the capital, London Victoria and London Bridge, and...
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    William Tite (category British railway architects)
    London Necropolis Company. Maintaining his associations with railways, this cemetery was served by a dedicated train service from London Necropolis railway...
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