THE
ENGLISH CEMETERY
The English Cemetery, where St. George’s Anglican
Church stands, is the result of the inspiration and concern of William Mark,
who was British Consul in Malaga from 1824 until 1836.
In the eight years he had lived in Malaga before his appointment
as Consul he had looked “with great disgust” on the way Protestants had to be
buried on the sea shore at dead of the night because those who professed a
different creed other than catholic.
Could not be buried in consecrated ground, namely in
the parish churches monasteries and cemeteries of Malaga.
It is at “Avenida de Pries, 1”.
We can visit it from 09:30 am to 02:30 pm, Tuesday to Saturday;
09:00 am to 1:00 pm Sunday.
The cemetery is maintained through donations and the
price of the entrance.
There are more than 1000 tombs and all of them have a
different design but there are several tombs that have the same design (covered
with shells), all of them are tombs of children.
Same famous people buried at the English Cemetery are:
GERARD BRENAN:
He was a British writer and Hispanist who append much
of his life in Spain.
He is best known for ‘The Spanish Labyrinth’ a historical
work on the background to them Spanish Civil War and for ‘South from Granada’:
Seven Years in an Andalusian Village.
JORGE
GUILLEN:
He was a Spanish poet, a member of the Generation of
27, as well, as a university teacher scholar and literary critic.
