ENGLAND: Forgotten London Road Cemetery in Coventry
Coventry, England - the stunning London Road Cemetery in Coventry, England. Let's visit the London Road Cemetery which is a 17-hectare cemetery in Coventry, England, opened in 1847. London Road Cemetery lies south-east of the city centre and is bisected by the West Coast main railway line between Coventry and Rugby, which pre-dates the cemetery and runs roughly west-east through it.
London Road Cemetery is one of Coventry’s forgotten gems and is now little used or visited.
London Road Cemetery was designed by Sir Joseph Paxton in 1845/6 at the same time as he was working on Birkenhead Park, the first publicly funded park in the UK. The cemetery, now one of the top five in the country, was designed at the height of Paxton’s career and used the topography of the former city wall quarries and exotic trees that he brought back from a trip to the Americas to create an exceptional landscape.
Those buried in the cemetery include the majority of the city’s leading Victorians and those involved in the pioneering early cycle and car industry, including the Starleys who invented the bicycle as we know it. There is also a large memorial to Paxton, who was also Coventry’s Member of Parliament from 1854 to his death in 1865.
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Σπουδαία έργα τέχνης!! 👌🇬🇷
I love old cemeteries and England has the very best. Their old and have nice sayings on them and they are very respectful. Thanks Vic for another great video.
@VicStefanu
3 жыл бұрын
Hi Pat, thank you for watching my videos! I agree, England has the best old cemeteries, I have videotaped quite a few of them and I have enjoyed visiting them all!
Great video and heart breaking to see this cemetery in this shape in London Road Cemetery in Coventry. Amazing video !
all of those people, forgotten long ago, thank you Vic for taking us along with you so we can remember them and pay our respects
@VicStefanu
3 жыл бұрын
Hello, thank you for watching my videos!! 👍👍👍
Amazing! Shame they don’t restore it. It looks so forgotten
Respect
@VicStefanu
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for watching! 👍👍👍
Well filmed.
@VicStefanu
10 ай бұрын
Thanks for watching! 😊😊😊
Amazing all those graves .... they are so many years there, amazing cemetary and amazing video Vic! Many greetings!
@VicStefanu
3 жыл бұрын
Hello Alex, I hope you are well in Rethymno, stay safe!!!!!!
@ItsmeAlexCrete
3 жыл бұрын
@@VicStefanu Everything is ok here, even if the covid patients are almost every day more . How are you, hope that you are well also !!
@VicStefanu
3 жыл бұрын
@@ItsmeAlexCrete Everything is ok, I miss travelling!!!!!!!!
Έργα τέχνης!!
@VicStefanu
3 жыл бұрын
Ναι, χαίρομαι που απολαύσατε το βίντεο !! 👍👍👍