There are a number of fine monuments, including the striking modernist Ferrari mausoleum.

[1] It was opened in 1868 in response to the growing demand arising from population growth for consecrated burial space by the Catholic community in East London.

Places that were once small villages surrounded by fields were swallowed up by the growing metropolis, with rows of terraced homes replacing the open spaces.

Some of these Victorian homes can be seen in the streets around St Patrick's cemetery – both Leyton and Leytonstone were among those places that grew up as suburbs after the arrival of the railways made it easier for people to commute into central London for work.

The cemetery buildings, including its yellow brick Gothic mortuary chapel, were designed by the Roman Catholic architect Samuel J Nicholl.