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The Pet Cemetery of Hyde Park

Nestled within the bushes of Victoria Gate Lodge’s garden you will find the enchanting and pint-sized Pet Cemetery. It all began totally by accident as a kind favor by the lodge-keeper, Mr. Winbridge, in 1881 and carried on through to 1903, eventually reckoning with over 300 graves.

It began when, Cherry, a Maltese Terrier, belonging to the children of Mr. & Mrs. J Lewis Barned, who frequently visited Hyde Park and made good acquaintance with the Gatekeeper who also sold them lollypops and ginger beer, died of old age there was much grievance in the family and they decided to approached Mr. Winbridge and his employer to ask if they could lay Cherry to rest in his back garden, which was seemingly appropriate since they had enjoyed such good times together in the Park. Permission was granted and Cherry was laid to rest in a resplendent ceremony. A tombstone bearing the inscription “Poor Cherry. Died April 28. 1881,” was constructed in his memory. The idea caught on with other locals and very soon it unofficially became a cemetery.

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