The cemetery has had various titles including The Cemetery by the Common, Hill Lane Cemetery and is currently known as Southampton Old Cemetery. An Act of Parliament was required in 1843 to acquire the land from Southampton Common. It covers an area of 27 acres (11 ha) and the total number of burials is estimated at 116,800. Currently there are 6 to 8 burials a year to existing family plots.
Graves in the Old Cemetery
Edwin Moon's grave marker
Rosas memorial in Southampton Old Cemetery.
The gravestone of "John Ross"
John Claudius Loudon was a Scottish botanist, garden designer and author. He was the first to use the term arboretum in writing to refer to a garden of plants, especially trees, collected for the purpose of scientific study. He was married to Jane Webb, a fellow horticulturalist, and author of science-fiction, fantasy, horror, and gothic stories.
The Loudon memorial in Pinner churchyard
John and Jane Loudon plaque, Bayswater
An Encyclopædia of Cottage, Farm, and Villa Architecture and Furniture, 1836