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The Undertaker at Work by Brian Parsons London Cemeteries: an illustrated guide and gazeteer by Hugh Mellor and Brian Parsons The Glades of Remembrance, Brookwood Cemetery by Brian Parsons, Erkin Guney and John Clarke The London Way of Death by Brian Parsons J H Kenyon: the first 125 years by Brian Parsons
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Committed to the Cleansing Flame by Brian Parsons From Brooke Street to Brookwood Brian Parsons Bunny France Frederick W Paine: the first 125 years by Brian Parsons Evolution of the British Funeral Industry Funerary Practice in England & Wales T H Sanders & Sons London Cemeteries in Old Photographs

Current Research

This page lists my current research:


The Sixth edition of London Cemeteries: An Illustrated Guide and Gazetteer (with Hugh Meller) was published by The History Press in 2023.















Revision of Peter Jupp’s book From Dust to Ashes. Cremation and the British Way of Death (which originally appeared in 2006) to be published in 2025. The new edition of this seminal text will be issued to coincide with the 140th anniversary of the first cremation in modern times.



Burial at Brompton Cemetery: Findings from Funeral Directors Records



Funeral Directors and the 1977 Strike



The History of Kingston Cemetery and Crematorium



The eighth of the ‘Magnificent Seven’? The History of Victoria Park Cemetery