A bishop had already suggested that a railway should not be used to transport the funeral party because “few were used to it, and the 'hurry and bustle was 'inconsistent with the solemnity of a Christian funeral. Coffins and mourners were transported by special trains from this private terminus to the cemetery's two stations, one for Anglicans and one for others.
#thelondonspy #davidharry #necropolis #coffins #victoriandeath #londonguide #visitlondon #deathrailway #ghosttrain #londoncemetery #brookwoodcemetery #funeralġ.1K Likes, TikTok video from David Harry - The London Spy "This is London’s coffin station in Waterloo - where the death trains from the Necropolis line would be carried outside of London’s inner circle of churches to be buried, 23 miles away, in Victorian times. It might sometimes happen, he told members, 'that the body of some profligate spendthrift might be placed in a conveyance with the body of some respectable member of the church, which would shock the feelings of his friends." The bishop would certainly not have approved of the notice in the station refreshment room at Brookwood: “Spirits served here”.
“ He also found the idea of assembling a number of funerals from widely social backgrounds in the same conveyance offensive. This is London’s coffin station in Waterloo - where the death trains from the Necropolis line would be carried outside of London’s inner circle of churches to be buried, 23 miles away, in Victorian times.
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