Waltham Abbey Cemetery

Waltham Abbey ( WAWL-thəm-AB-ee) is a town and civil parish in the Epping Forest District of Essex, England. It lies just outside the administrative boundary of Greater London and is 13.5 miles (21.7 km) north-east of Charing Cross in central London. It lies on the Greenwich Meridian, between the River Lea in the west and Epping Forest in the east, with large sections of the parish forming part of the Metropolitan Green Belt. As well as the main built up area of Waltham Abbey itself, the parish also covers surrounding rural areas including a number of smaller settlements, notably High Beach, Sewardstone, and Upshire. At the 2021 census the parish had a population of 22,858 and the Waltham Abbey built up area had a population of 18,645. The town is named and renowned for its former abbey, the last in England to be dissolved, now the Abbey Church of Waltham Holy Cross and St Lawrence—a scheduled ancient monument and the town's parish church. A place of worship since the 7th century, it became a place of pilgrimage following the Legend of the Holy Cross in the 11th century, and was rebuilt and re-founded by King Harold Godwinson, the last Anglo-Saxon king of England, in 1060. It is believed to be Harold's final resting place after his death at the Battle of Hastings in 1066. Open to the public as Waltham Abbey Gardens, the grounds of the abbey and Cornmill Meadows are maintained by the Lee Valley Regional Park Authority. Along the town's eastern edge is much of Epping Forest, maintained by the City of London Corporation; entirely within it is the village of High Beach. In the south is Gilwell Park, which since 1919 has formed an important site for the worldwide Scout movement. Following the course of the River Lea along the town's western boundary with Hertfordshire and historic Middlesex is the Lee Valley Regional Park, where the Lee Valley White Water Centre hosted the canoe slalom events of the London 2012 Olympic Games. For over 300 years, the Royal Gunpowder…