Pet cemetery in Hyde Park
Anonymous, London, England
real photo postcard

A real photo postcard showing the dog cemetery on the north side of Hyde Park in London. Situated near Victoria Gate, the cemetery was in use for nearly forty years.

Packed tightly together in a now neglected patch of ground behind Victoria Lodge, hidden from prying eyes behind high wooden fences and dense bushes, lie the graves and memorials of some two hundred cherished pets. It is thought that the first burial took place here when a dog belonging to the Duke of Cambridge, who at the time was Ranger of Hyde Park, was run over outside Victoria Gate, and died in the Lodge. It soon became fashionable for other people to bury their pets in what quickly became a little cemetery, and the graves of birds, cats and monkeys, as well as dogs, can all be found here. The last interment took place around 1915.

Photographer unidentified.