Lawn cemeteries: the emergence of a new landscape of death

J. Rugg

doi:10.1017/S0963926806003786

Lawn cemeteries: the emergence of a new landscape of death

J. Rugg

Centre for Housing Policy

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Abstract

The provision of space for burial is a common but rarely discussed feature of urban existence. Shifts in cemetery aesthetics reflect changing views on what might be thought appropriate landscapes in which to bury the dead. This article, for the first time in a UK context, describes and analyses the introduction of the lawn cemetery in the twentieth century, and gives the rise of cremation a central place in explaining the need to ‘reinvent’ the cemetery aesthetic.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	213-233
Number of pages	20
Journal	Urban History
Volume	33
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1017/S0963926806003786
Publication status	Published - Aug 2006

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