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London Road Cemetery

London Road Cemetery is a 17-hectare (42-acre) cemetery in Coventry, England, designed by Joseph Paxton and opened in 1847.

History
Paxton was commissioned by the Coventry Cemetery Committee on 9 October 1845. The first superintendent, Paxton's protege Richard Ashwell, and his successors continued the programme of planting. ==Buildings==
Buildings
A number of original buildings and structures survive. They were Grade II* listed as a group on 24 June 1974 and include:—and one Belgian soldier's war grave of the First World War. There are 123 Commonwealth service war graves of the Second World War, 21 of whom are in a group in Square 348. The group includes an officer and six men of a Royal Engineers bomb disposal team who were killed when a bomb they were working on after an air raid exploded. In addition to military graves, 808 civilian victims of the Coventry Blitz lie in a mass grave in the cemetery. Notable burialsDavid Danskin (1863–1948) Scottish-born founding player in Arsenal F.C. Contrary to an urban myth, there is no record of the Scottish stage and film actress Mary Ure (1933–1975) being buried there. She was married to actor Robert Shaw. It is thought this has been confused with another 'London Road Cemetery' elsewhere, although her actual burial place is unconfirmed/unknown. ==References==
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