"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)