The word 'cemeteries' is correct and usable in written English.
It is a noun that generally refers to a place where dead bodies are buried. Here is an example sentence: "The cemeteries in this area are very beautiful and peaceful."
Within the space of a few years, large parochial cemeteries, nestling on the edge of the city, were an accepted part of the London landscape.
Many of the old, disused private burial grounds would also eventually become garden cemeteries, of a sort.
By the 1860s, garden cemeteries surrounded the metropolis on all sides, both commercial and parochial.
At Farukh's request, Lindsey had been emailing him photographs that didn't involve her flipping off at military cemeteries.
Or that Scotland, avid participant for over two centuries in the splendour and folly of empire, as the opulent houses near Glasgow and the Indian cemeteries full of young Campbells attest, should now wish to disown its senior partner.
Chadwick's most novel proposal – attempting to address the complaint that the poor would struggle to afford travel to distant cemeteries – was to suggest that the "chief metropolitan cemetery should be in some eligible situation accessible by water-carriage".
One or more large public cemeteries would be established in their place, situated beyond the built-up city and managed by a central commission.
Famous garden cemeteries, like Highgate, built as a sanitary commercial alternative to foul local burial grounds in the 1830s, filled up, failed to pay dividends to shareholders, and fell into disrepair during the 20th century, suffering from theft, vandalism and general indifference.
Those vestries unwilling to or incapable of making their own separate arrangements to build a new cemetery could either amalgamate into unions, buy space in the joint-stock-company cemeteries or cut deals with their neighbours.
Likewise, owners of closed burial grounds and cemeteries would be awarded appropriate compensation.
Parishes were empowered to take out 20-year government loans to build garden cemeteries around the outskirts of London – or rent space in existing suburban grounds.
