Erection date: 28/2/1883
St Mary Magdalen, Bermondsey. This churchyard was conveyed to the Vestry of Bermondsey, May 17th 1882, and was opened to the public February 28th 1883.
G. D. Lawrence, MA - Rector
G. J. Grace, P. Bonny - Churchwardens
SE1, Tower Bridge Road, St Mary Magdalen garden
14 April 2012 this garden reopened after 6 months of restoration. The church's website gives some of the history of the church.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Bermondsey garden
Churchyard closed for burials and given to the Vestry of Bermondsey on 17 May...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Bermondsey garden
The Vestry of Bermondsey was incorporated in 1855. In 1889 it became part of ...
Designed by architect Chris Roche. The railway sleepers and track, symbolic of the Burma Railway, are placed in the form of a cross - the...
The Friends say "The air raid shelters were actually on the south field of the park, not under the sunken garden, and, indeed, in Google ...
This free-standing monument is to the north of the church. From War Memorials Online: "A tall Gothic structure of Barnack ragstone, with ...
The monument is very weather-worn but the two panels containing the names are crisp so we think they have been recently re-carved. WW2 su...
See our page for the original statue for a description of the Brown Dog affair. This ended when, in 1910 the original statue was removed...
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