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Lost And Abandoned Grave Yards Barnes Cemetery, also known as Barnes Old Cemetery, is a disused cemetery in Barnes, south-west London, England. It is located off Rocks Lane on Barnes Common. History The cemetery was established in 1854 on two acres of sandy ground purchased by the Church of England for the sum of £10. A chapel, lodge and landscaping were provided at a further cost of £1,400. The cemetery functioned as an additional burial ground to the local parish churchyard.[1] It was well-used and a number of distinguished Victorians were buried there, with a variety of monuments and statues erected to their memory. At the centre of the cemetery is a large memorial to the Hedgman family, who were local benefactors in Barnes.[2] The cemetery was claimed to be haunted by a ghostly nun that would hover over the grave of Julia Martha Thomas, the victim of an infamous murder in 1879.[1] In 1966 the cemetery was acquired by the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames with the intention of turning it into alawn cemetery, a grass-covered area where each grave is marked with a commemorative plaque rather than standing memorials. The council demolished the chapel and lodge and removed the boundary railings to prepare the cemetery for its new role. However, it then dropped the plans and effectively abandoned the cemetery.[2] Barnes Old Cemetery is today overgrown with trees and shrubs. Many of the monuments have been vandalised and most of the statues have been decapitated. Although efforts have been made to clear the paths, the cemetery has been in a state of acute neglect and disrepair for decades. A local councillor commented as long ago as 1971 that "I've seen burial grounds at Flanders marched over by scores of troops – but even they did not look as bad as the Barnes cemetery."[1] For its part, Richmond council describes the cemetery as an "atmospheric and romantic place" with "an evocative atmosphere of decay and seclusion."[3]

Person Of Interest Buried There Ebenexer Cobb Morley Considered Father Of Football/Soccer Ebenezer Cobb Morley (1831–1924) was an English sportsman and is regarded as the father of The Football Association and modernFootball. Morley was born at 10 Garden Square, Princess Street[1] in Hull[2] and lived in the city until he was 22.[1] He moved to Barnes in 1858[2]forming the Barnes Club, a founding member of the FA, in 1862.[2] In 1863, as captain of the Mortlake-based club, he wrote to Bell's Lifenewspaper proposing a governing body for the sport, that led to the first meeting at the Freemasons' Tavern, that created the FA.[2] He was the FA's first secretary (1863–1866) and its second president (1867–1874) and drafted the first Laws of the Game at his home in Barnes. As a player, he played in the first ever match, against Richmond in 1863, and scored in the first representative match, between the clubs of London and Sheffield on 31 March 1866. A solicitor by profession, Morley was a keen oarsman, founding the Barnes and Mortlake Regatta for which he was also secretary (1862–1880). He served on Surrey County Council for Barnes (1903–1919) and was a Justice of the Peace. Morley is buried[3] in Barnes Cemetery, a now abandoned graveyard on Barnes Common, Barnes. He had no children.[3] Like