Chiswick Old Cemetery — Local services in London

I enjoyed a pleasant wander around the Cemetery, off though that sounds but such places are interesting, peaceful and full of wildlife if they are not manicured. Here you will find the grave of Cab Driver Private Hitch VC (Rorke's Drift) . Sadly his epitaph has become worn with time and takes some reading. Also of interest the grave of American artist James McNeill Whistler and his wife, a greenish tomb quietly placed by the wall to the left of the Church (rear) facing. The grave of Hogarth is to the back of the Church to the side of the path on the right. There are some very interesting memorials on the graves & as I like photography, I was able to take some very good photos. At one point I thought I had seen a ghost. A gent dressed in a grey suit would appear & disappear towards the right hand wall, it was quite fascinating, undeterred I wandered over & eventually found a well dressed homeless gent who appeared to have made his home in a recessed area of...

Beautiful! Not been here for many years since I last walked through it. Exceedingly tranquil. Look out for the painter Whistler's tomb. Not hard to miss as it stands out from all the others in greened bronze with feminine figures stood at each corner of his tomb. You can walk through from Chiswick Mall, and St Nicholas Church walk through the entire cemetery turn right out of the entrance and hit Chiswick House and Gardens. I'm pretty sure that someone from St Nicholas Church does guided tours of the famous dead at rest here. The painter Hogarth is also buried either here or in the neighbouring attached St Nicholas Church graveyard. But I've not yet spotted it even though it's surrounded by iron railings. So I've probably taken a photo of it and not realised it. Hogarth's House (his country residence) can be found on the far side of Chiswick House Gardens flanking the dual...

A beautifully restored and kept Grade II listed church at the end of the impressive Chiswick Mall on the River Thames. The tower of the church itself is around 500 years old, but there’s been a church on the site since Norman times (1100s). The rest of the church building was built / rebuilt in the late 1800s (mostly funded by Fuller, Smith & Turner brewery that’s just around the corner on Hogarth roundabout). The adjoining walled cemetery is peaceful, green and well kept, several paths weaving through and around it allow access to the war memorial (south-west entrance on Corney Rd). The other entrance is at the north-east end near the church. For those with reduced mobility / wheelchair users, the Corney Rd...