Grave of James Fletcher, Margravine Cemetery
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Grave of James Fletcher, Margravine Cemetery
Image: © Marathon Taken: 23 Mar 2011
James Fletcher was a Member of Hammersmith Borough Council and died in 1924. His rather flamboyant grave is next to the main east-west path and cannot be missed. Margravine (or Hammersmith) Cemetery was opened in 1868 and the first burial took place on 3 November 1869. The cemetery became a Garden of Rest in 1951 when the then Hammersmith Council, concerned at its dilapidated appearance, decided to remove as many memorials and bury as many tombstones as possible and lay the cleared land to grass.
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Image Location
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51.488646
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