Richard Burton's Tent Tomb
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Mausoleum in London, England
The Mausoleum of Sir Richard and Lady Burton is a Grade II* listed tent-shaped mausoleum of Carrara marble and Forest of Dean stone in the churchyard of St Mary Magdalen Roman Catholic Church Mortlake in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames.
Address: St Mary's Catholic Church churchyard, 61 N Worple Way, London SW14 8PR, United Kingdom
Hours: Open ⋅ Closes 3 PM
Phone: +44 20 8876 1326 x5
It contains the tombs of the Victorian explorer Sir Richard Burton (1821–90), who took part in the search for the source of the River Nile and translated The ...
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The Burton Tomb. Richard and Isabel Burton are buried in Saint Mary's Churchyard, Mortlake, near Richmond outside London. Burton had been to school in Richmond.
Sir Richard Burton. The most interesting tomb in St. Mary Magdalen's churchyard is the mausoleum in the shape of an Arab tent where the coffins of Sir Richard ...
The curious tomb of Victorian explorer Sir Richard Burton in the churchyard St Mary Magdelen, Mortlake.
Carved in the form of a tent more commonly seen in the Syrian desert, it was built by Lady Isabel Burton to memorialise her husband, Sir Richard. Find out more ...
Being locked in an empty graveyard by myself had an eerie feeling about it – but the tomb I was looking for was easy to spot, being a life-size stone tent ...
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Posted: Jun 16, 2022
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Mar 9, 2015 · He's buried in an otherwise unassuming churchyard in Mortlake, South West London, in a stunning mausoleum that captures something of the ...