Description
Sutton Cemetery was established in 1889 and retains the original boundary walls and Gothic chapel. Prior to this the area was open fields and farmland. The first burial took place that year, and among the more unusual monuments is a bronze harp within granite for Anna Sabatini (d.1929) and a headstone commemorating five munitions workers who died at the nearby Brocks factory in WWI.
Practical Information
| Site location | Alcorn Close, off Oldfields Road |
|---|---|
| Postcode | SM3 9PX |
| What3Words | ///solo.buzz.blunt |
| Type of Site | Cemetery |
| Borough | Sutton |
| Open to Public | Yes |
| Opening Times | opens 8am weekdays/9am weekends/holidays; closes 4pm Nov-Jan; 5pm Feb/Mar/Oct; 7pm April/Sept; 8pm May-August |
| Special Conditions | No dogs except guide dogs |
| Facilities | Toilets |
| Public Transport | Rail: Sutton Common. Bus: 80, S3. |
| Research Updated | 1 March 2012 |
| Last Updated | 18 October 2026 |
Full description
The cemetery's Gothic-style chapel was designed by E W Crickmay. A new mortuary has been erected by the entrance, and here bedding schemes are intact. The earliest grave noted is 1889 and among those buried here are Joseph Rank (d.1943), father of J Arthur Rank; Sir Edward Holland, High Sheriff of Surrey in 1931; and Lord Ebbisham of Cobham (d.1953), Lord Mayor of London in 1926/7, MP for Epsom from 1918-28 and Treasurer of Barnardo's Homes.
Further Information
| Grid Reference | TQ251658 |
|---|---|
| Size in hectares | 7.89 |
| Site Ownership | LB Sutton |
| Site Management | Parks Service |
| Dates | 1889 |
| On National Heritage List for England (NHLE), Parks & Gardens | No |
| Registered common or village green on Commons Registration Act 1965 | No |
| Protected under London Squares Preservation Act 1931 | No |
| Local Authority | Sutton |
| In Conservation Area | No |
| Tree Preservation Order | No |
| Nature Conservation Area | No |
| Green Belt | No |
| Metropolitan Open Land | Yes |
| Special Policy Area | No |
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Nearby parks and gardens
Reigate Avenue Recreation Ground dates from c.1930 and is open grassland fringed by a woodland tree belt on its main boundary. The park is open to Reigate Avenue and has late 1920s/mid 1930s railings of the same or similar design to those at other parks in Sutton such as Rosehill Park West and Quarry Park. The 1st edition OS Map of 1867 shows the site as an open field.
Hamilton Avenue Recreation Ground is an attractive small recreation ground made up of open grassland with many mature and semi-mature trees, including willows along the north east boundary. The 1st edition OS map of 1867 shows the site as an open wedge-shaped piece of land with its boundaries east and west as today.
Sutton Common Park or Recreation Ground is an area of open space subdivided by a fenced path, marked on the 1st edition OS map of 1867 as two open fields. It was purchased by Sutton UDC for a recreation ground in 1927 and laid out by 1933. There are mature trees along the road boundary and the park contains a fountain installed by the Metropolitan Drinking Fountain and Cattle Trough Association.