"Kensal Green is the oldest English cemetery still in operation"

- can this really be right? I see that from the Friends' website (link on article page) it is the oldest of the 7 big out-of-town London cemeteries of the 1830s(ish) on - but is that the same thing? Does the above statement depend on a particular definition of "cemetery", which I am not understanding? Or what?? All discussion gratefully read! Nevilley 23:10 Jan 11, 2003 (UTC)

There is a cemetery at the bottom of my street around an 11th century church. There are graves in it from last year -- Tarquin 23:12 Jan 11, 2003 (UTC)

well yep I was thinking along those lines too. Unless the person who wrote that was using "cemetery" in a specific sense, i.e. not a churchyard? It sounds unlikely, but I thought I would wait for a response before editing. It will certainly be the oldest of the London 7 still in use (I did a gig there a few years ago!), maybe the oldest of that whole type, but if you use "cemetery" to mean "a place for burying dead people" (which I think is inter alia more or less what the wiki definitions says) then no, it can't possibly be right! :) Nevilley 23:15 Jan 11, 2003 (UTC)

PS we ought to get this right as it is clearly a grave matter. Nevilley 23:16 Jan 11, 2003 (UTC)

OK I've done it. Views anyone??? Nevilley 23:40 Feb 10, 2003 (UTC)

A gig...? Are you a vicar or a member of a goth rock band? -- Tarquin 23:23 Jan 11, 2003 (UTC)

Heheh. A trumpet player. Someone rang me out of the blue, her husband had died, he wanted a tpt at his funeral, would I go and play. I had to stand right at the front, a foot or two away from the coffin, and launch straight into some hairy scary Baroque piece having sat there freezing for ages. Was I nervous. :) Nevilley 12:51 Jan 12, 2003 (UTC)

There is a category for those interrred at this cemetery. Should we just rely on that, and do away with the list of names? Noisy | Talk 18:25, September 2, 2005 (UTC)

• after the discussion at Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2007 June 29 (→Burials redux) it would seem best to avoid the listing of names, and instead integrate some of the notables into the text, which can be useful to pick out themes or illustrate the character of the place. You can then rely on the category to mop up the other notables. Ephebi 12:56, 10 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I have some more photos - will make a commons page soon. Light is not good at this time of year, but the gasometers are lovely. Justinc 00:39, 30 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

BP is actually buried in Nyeri, Kenya. Chris 20:25, 11 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Chris is right, he lived there in Nyeri from 1939-1941, died there, and is buried there. Rlevse 01:52, 7 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

How are there 250,000 people in 65,000 graves? Are they stacked on top of each other, mostly cremated, or what? Rlevse 13:29, 26 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]