Alexander Spurr

{{Short description|British architect}}

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Edmund Alexander Spurr (died 1873) was a British architect who designed and was the superintendent of the Great Northern Cemetery (now known as the New Southgate Cemetery) in London, England.{{cite book|author1=Hibbert, Christopher|author-link=Christopher Hibbert|author2=Ben Weinreb|author2-link=Ben Weinreb |author3=John Keay |author3-link=John Keay|author4=Julia Keay |title=The London Encyclopaedia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xa0D0PqiwfEC&pg=PA140|year=2010|location=London|publisher=Pan Macmillan|isbn=978-0-230-73878-2|page=140}} He was a fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects. Spurr is buried at New Southgate Cemetery.[http://www.newsouthgatecemetery.co.uk/heritageconservation.html Heritage & Conservation.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150716032740/http://www.newsouthgatecemetery.co.uk/heritageconservation.html |date=16 July 2015 }} New Southgate Cemetery. Retrieved 29 July 2015.

Spurr designed the Great Northern on a spoke and wheel plan with an episcopal chapel at the centre. The chapel was in the early English lancet style with a broach spire of 150 feet.