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11th January 2007 Beatrix Potter Inspired by Brompton Cemetery With the launch of the fim, 'Miss Potter', Brompton Cemetery in London's South Kensington is gearing up for a revival of interest because of its links with Peter Rabbit's creator, Beatrix Potter. Potter was born in 1866 in London's newly fashionable South Kensington, and spent her childhood around the corner from the Cemetery. (She did not visit the Lake District until she was 16 years old). The high Cemetery walls are said to be the inspiration for Mr MacGregor's Walled Garden - an area forbidden to Benjamin Bunny. When the cemetery's records were computerised, research by James Mackay, of the Friends of Brompton Cemetery, brought up a startling number of names of Beatrix Potter's creations. Names on headstones include Mr Nutkin, Mr McGregor, Jeremiah (the name originally used instead of Jeremy) Fisher, Tommy Brock - and even a Peter Rabbett and someone with the unusual single 'd' spelling of Tod. The cemetery is cared for by The Royal Parks and is frequently used as a film location (although it was not used for 'Miss Potter'). It is free to visitors and opens from 8am to 8pm in the summer and 8am to 4pm in the winter. More information on the Cemetery and its history is available on www.royalparks.org.uk Media contact: Louise Wood, Corporate Communications Manager, Royal Parks Agency, t: 020 7298 2145, m 07791 150828 e-mail: lwood@royalparks.gsi.gov.uk Editor's notes: 1. The Friends of Brompton Cemetery - contact Verite Reily Collins 020 7351 9936 mob: 0906 553 2056 - verite@verite.freeserve.co.uk 2. The West London and Westminster Cemetery Company, as it was known, was established in 1836, and then opened in 1840 to the design of Benjamin Baud. Regarded as one of the finest Victorian Metropolitan cemeteries in the country, it has a formal layout with a central avenue leading to a chapel based on St Peter's Basilica in Rome. Amongst its shady walks are over 35,000 monuments - many of historical importance. Buried at the cemetery are people from all walks of life, including thirteen holders of the Victorian Cross, Chelsea Pensioners and the community of West London. The cemetery provides a rare haven of peace, beauty and tranquillity. back to top |
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