Burial reform: 19c England

Hotz, M. 2009

Literary Remains: Representations of Death and Burial in Victorian England, Albany, NY: State University of New York Press.

Johnson, P. 2008

‘The modern cemetery: a design for life’, Social and Cultural Geography, 9:7, 777-790.

Rugg, J. 2013

‘Constructing the grave: competing burial ideals in nineteenth-century England’, Social History, 38:3, 328-46.

Thorsheim, P. 2011

‘The corpse in the garden: burial, health and the environment in nineteenth-century London’, Environmental History, 16:1, 1-31.

Events

The Cemetery Research Group runs two events a year: in May and in November. Follow the links and send in an abstract