Talk:Huguenot Burial Site

Earlier comments
Hi there. Looking for feedback on a proposed major edit on the main body as follows:
 * 1) dropping the location section and merging with the opening paragraph. Also removing sentence about replacing railings.
 * 2) expanding the history section. Replacing the first sentence with paragraphs to include background about the Huguenots in Wandsworth.
 * 3) final sentence about proposed refurbishment with rerefence to Wandsworth Borough Council article.
 * 4) linking back to this page from River_Wandle and Wandsworth.

Thanks in advance.

Mark.

The Huguenot Burial Site (also known as Mount Nod Cemetery) is a former burial ground for Huguenots in Wandsworth, London. It was in use from 1687 to 1854. The burial site is located between East Hill and Huguenot Place in the London Borough of Wandsworth. It is located next to St Mary Magdalen Roman Catholic Church.

History


The walled burial ground, which covers just under half an acre, lies at the top of East Hill and was opened in 1687 as a burial ground for Huguenot refugees - people who fled religious persecution in France after embracing the Protestant faith. Many of these refugees from across the Channel settled in Wandsworth, attracted by the cloth and textile mills which lined the banks of the River Wandle - bringing their skills as hat and dress-makers and helping to establish 17th and 18th Century Wandsworth as a famed centre of fashion and clothes making.

Church services in French were performed at the old Presbyterian Chapel in Wandsworth for over a century after the first Huguenots arrived. Victorian social commentator James Thorne, writing in 1876, stated that “gradually the French element became absorbed in the surrounding population, but Wandsworth was long famous for hat making.”

The burial ground closed in 1854 and today is mainly grass with trees and shrubs around the perimeters and has been given local historic park and garden status as part of the council’s recently held consultation on local listing.

There are a few monuments left. [...]

the remainder unchanged, as per current article text and final concluding sentence.

The council was recently awarded title deeds and is now able to carry out work to improve and conserve this historic green space. The refurbishment project will take around six months to complete.

Markmclellan (talk) 10:28, 7 April 2020 (UTC)