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West Ham Burial Board was set up following the passing of the Burial Acts in the 1850s and in 1857 purchased 4.85 hectares of land for its new cemetery from Samuel Gurney, a Quaker whose family was related to the prison reformer Elizabeth Fry. West Ham Cemetery was extended to its current size in 1871. The emphasis was on creating good drainage and keeping costs low so the cemetery's layout is a simple grid plan. It retains its small ragstone chapel designed by T E Knightly but its non-conformist chapel has since been demolished. A small mock-Tudor lodge is situated just inside the metal entrance gates. There are no prominent monuments, and gravestones are set among grass. Among the memorials are those who died in two disasters, the sinking of the Princess Alice pleasure boat in 1878, and the Silvertown Explosion of 1917.

In 1857, with its Brady Street Cemetery full almost to overflowing, the congregation of the New Synagogue joined with that of the Great Synagogue, becoming the United Synagogue, to buy land for a new cemetery. A plot of just over 2 hectares was purchased from the Quaker banker and local landowner Samuel Gurney who had previously sold land adjacent to this to the West Ham Burial Board for its new West Ham Cemetery. The cemetery was later extended to its present size and is laid out simply, with tombs surrounded by gravel, straight paths and little vegetation. The original prayer hall was demolished and a new one was built in 1874. In 1960 the remains from a small Jewish Cemetery in Hoxton Street were reinterred in the north of the cemetery.

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West Ham Park opened as a public park in 1887, laid out on the former grounds of Upton House, an estate dating back to the C16th. From 1762-80 it was owned by Dr John Fothergill, a Quaker physician and noted botanist, who planted a famous botanic garden here. It was later owned by the Gurney family, when it was known as Ham House, but the last private owner, John Gurney was keen to sell the property. Following a long campaign it was acquired by the Corporation of London in 1874 and laid out by 1887 incorporating some of the earlier features, but developed with new amenities appropriate for the public's enjoyment.

West Harrow Recreation Ground dates from between the 2 world wars but is distinguished by its trees that predate the park layout. The area was predominantly rural before the arrival of the railway brought housing development. The Metropolitan Railway extended the line to Uxbridge in 1904 and West Harrow Station opened in November 1913, within two years recording some 43,000 passengers a month. As housing grew up the park was provided for the new residential population.

West Heath Lawn Tennis Club is on the site of the former West Middlesex Waterworks covered reservoir, later owned by the Metropolitan Water Board, from whom the club leased the land. The Club opened in 1902 and had five grass courts, two of which were later converted to hard courts. Today the club continues to offer low-cost memberships and provide the opportunity for outdoors exercise for residents in the area and from elsewhere. It also provides a social meeting place, with club tournaments, suppers, picnics and other activities.

One of a number of public open spaces maintained by Wandsworth Borough Council and laid out when the West Hill area was developed as a speculative middle class estate from the mid C19th - early C20th. The sloping land was previously rural and the field pattern still partly defines the estate boundaries; the original estate plan had detached and semi-detached houses laid out on curved roads with triangular greens at main road junctions along the ridge of the hill. Most of the roads of the estate originally had grass verges but now only those adjoining the green at West Hill Road survive. The land at the junction with Viewfield Road and West Hill Road was acquired by Wandsworth Borough Council in 1900 and is protected under the London Squares and Enclosures (Preservation) Act of 1906.

One of a number of public open spaces maintained by Wandsworth Borough Council and laid out when the West Hill area was developed as a speculative middle class estate from the mid C19th - early C20th. The sloping land was previously rural and the field pattern still partly defines the estate boundaries; the original estate plan had detached and semi-detached houses laid out on curved roads with triangular greens at main road junctions along the ridge of the hill. Most of the roads of the estate originally had grass verges but now only those adjoining the green at West Hill Road survive. The green at the junction of Wimbledon Park Road is an important focal point and consists of 2 areas with footpaths, grass and trees, which was maintained by Wandsworth Borough Council and preserved under the London Squares and Enclosures (Preservation) Act of 1906.

Development of the area took place from c.1860 onwards with large detached and semi-detached villas built along West Hill and Upper Richmond Road adding to the existing C18th villas, such as the Clock House on West Hill. At the junction of West Hill and Upper Richmond Road is a small area of public open space provided by Wandsworth Borough Council, with grass and a number of trees surrounded by a low wall with iron railings.

West Lodge Park, now a hotel, was built in the 1830s on the site of one of the three keepers' lodges built c.1419 when the deer park of Enfield Chase was divided into 3 walks, each the responsibility of a keeper. West Lodge was at times the official residence of the Chief Ranger of the Chase, which was owned by the Duchy of Lancaster from 1421-1937, although it ceased to be a royal hunting park after 1777. In the C19th there were a number of private tenants who improved the house and grounds, and it became a hotel in 1924. In 1945 it was purchased by Edward Beale, whose family continue to run the hotel. Beale established a fine Arboretum in 1963, and in addition the hotel grounds contain lawns, flower gardens, parkland and woods. The lake in front of the hotel was once a fishpond for the old keeper's lodge.

The West London Bowling Club was founded in 1903, and opened its bowling green here in 1920. Bowling continued throughout WWII and the club celebrated its Golden Jubilee in 1953. The green is surrounded by shrub planting and has a small pavilion. The green is surrounded by shrub planting and to the south is an area of garden. Now predominantly planted with roses, this consistently won prizes in the Kensington and Chelsea Gardens Competitions from 1968 and throughout the 1970s. In 1970 three Trophies were won and HRH Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone visited the club and gardens. There is a small pavilion with roses and other planted areas. The bowling green is surrounded by suburban housing, and is a quiet oasis of green.

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West London Crematorium is part of the Kensal Green Cemetery, which was founded in 1830. A further 9 hectares were added at the western end of the site in the late C19th, and it is here that the Crematorium was built in 1939. It has a circular bed in front and the gardens of rest are laid out as groups of rose beds surrounded by hedges.

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Now known as West Norwood Cemetery or West Norwood Memorial Park, the cemetery was established in what was then open countryside as the South Metropolitan Cemetery, the second of London's 'Magnificent Seven' cemeteries that opened between 1832 and 1847. Its layout of serpentine paths and planting of trees created a parkland ambiance, with two chapels and an entrance lodge, all later demolished following bomb damage. It was the first London cemetery to install a crematorium in 1915. Many illustrious Victorians were buried here and there is a separate Greek burial section that contains particularly fine monuments.