Acton Cemetery

Acton Cemetery is an historic late–Victorian burial ground in the London Borough of Ealing.

[1] History The land for the Cemetery was purchased in 1893 by the Acton Urban District Council.

[2] The Metropolitan District Railway (now the Central Line) was built through the site in 1903, dividing the cemetery into two halves, connected by a metal bridge.

[3] More stations along the line as a result of the construction of a new Royal Agricultural Show site made the cemetery more accessible.

Opened in 1903 by the Prince of Wales, the show site gave its name to the area now known as Park Royal[4] The cemetery has a war memorial, and 143 graves relating to WWI and WWII are recorded at the site by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Acton Cemetery in the London Borough of Ealing
Sir Samuel Lewis (barrister) , a founder of modern Sierra Leone
Creator of etchings James Alphege Brewer was buried in Acton Cemetery in 1946