St. Mary's Roman Catholic Cemetery - The Chapel

The Chapel

The cemetery's Catholic Chapel is used for funeral and memorial services. The walls have many memorial plaques. The chapel was used in the filming of Miranda_(Tv_series) episode "Before I die". It was also seen extensively inside and out in the 3rd episode of series 4 of Lead Balloon on BBC2. The Chapel has one of two working coffin lifts in England, the other is in the Anglican Chapel of Kensal Green Cemetery. The coffin lift is used to lower coffins from the chapel into the lower catacombs which are located directly underneath the chapel.

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