John Clarke
Historian of Brookwood Cemetery
Brookwood Cemetery in the Woking History Journal
The Woking History Journal was first published in 1989 by local historian Iain Wakeford. It was produced on a quarterly basis until the summer of 1991 when the lack of finance and sponsorship obliged Iain to cease publication.
In total, seven issues were produced, covering a wide variety of subjects on the history and heritage of the Woking area.
In 1988, having been invited by Iain to support his annual Woking History Festivals by assisting with the programme of guided walks and lectures, I contributed three articles on the cemetery for publication in his Woking History Journal.
These articles appeared in volume 1 (1989), volume 3 (Summer 1990) and volume 6 (Spring 1991). Further articles were planned, but with the final issue appearing in the summer of 1991, the later parts were never completed.
Here I have provided links to the relevant issues reproduced on Iain’s own website, along with brief details of the scope of each article.
These articles were subsequently used as the basis of the Brookwood Cemetery trail leaflets, which provided a series of self-
Brookwood Cemetery (part 1): Woking History Journal, volume 1 (1989). This article covered the Eastern part of the former Nonconformist section of the cemetery, stretching from the route of the cemetery railway to plot 117, which is adjacent to the A322.
Brookwood Cemetery (part 2): Woking History Journal, volume 3 (Summer 1990). This article covered the Western part of the former Nonconformist section of the cemetery, stretching from the route of the cemetery railway to the boundary with the military cemeteries.
Brookwood Cemetery (part 3): Woking History Journal, volume 3 (Summer 1990). This article covered the Eastern part of the former Church of England section of the cemetery, stretching from the route of the cemetery railway to plot 90, which is adjacent to the A322.