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Latitude: 51.4323 / 51°25'56"N
Longitude: -0.0997 / 0°5'59"W
OS Eastings: 532191
OS Northings: 172082
OS Grid: TQ321720
Mapcode National: GBR GS.HJ1
Mapcode Global: VHGRD.783B
Plus Code: 9C3XCWJ2+W4
Entry Name: West Norwood Memorial Park Tomb of Doctor Gideon Mantell
Listing Date: 27 March 1981
Last Amended: 21 April 1993
Grade: II*
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1106387
English Heritage Legacy ID: 204503
ID on this website: 101106387
Location: West Norwood Cemetery and Crematorium, West Norwood, Lambeth, London, SE27
County: London
District: Lambeth
Electoral Ward/Division: Gipsy Hill
Parish: Non Civil Parish
Built-Up Area: Lambeth
Traditional County: Surrey
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Greater London
Church of England Parish: West Norwood St Luke
Church of England Diocese: Southwark
Tagged with: Tomb
In the entry for:
(off) NORWOOD ROAD SE27
1. (east side)
5023
TQ 3272 32/711 Tomb of Dr Gideon Mantell
in West Norwood Memorial
Park
II*
the entry shall be amended to read as follows:
TQ3272 (OFF) NORWOOD ROAD
963-0/32/711 (East side)
West Norwood Memorial Park
Tomb of Dr. Gideon Mantell
GV II*
Pedestal monument. c1852, possibly by Amon Henry Wilds of
Brighton. White marble. Rectangular plan battered pediment
with coved base and cornice; inscribed. Set within decorative
cast iron railings; asymmetrically placed to include a cypress
tree. Gideon Algernon Mantell was a surgeon, geologist,
paleontologist and discoverer, with Mrs. Mantell, of the
iguanodon.
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(off) NORWOOD ROAD SE27
1. (east side)
5023
Tomb of Dr Gideon Mantell in
West Norwood Memorial
Park
TQ 3272 32/711
II*
2.
d. 1852; possibly by Amon Henry Wilds of Brighton. Battered sarcophagus of white
marble with coved cornice, in decorative cast iron railing, asymmetrically placed
to include a cypress tree. Included partly for the historical importance of the
paleontologist and discoverer, with Mrs Mantell, of the iguanodon.
Listing NGR: TQ3219172082
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