List 1 [Members] is based on towns and cities in which a particular cemetery is located for example Highgate is recorded under London. These are normally entitled 'Friends of...'
List 2 [Associate Members] [organisations and councils as distinct from voluntary groups].
In a few cases up to date contact details are awaited and if no contact is shown please send an enquiry via the secretary of the Federation.
List 1
ABNEY PARK [see London]
ALL SOULS CEMETERY [See Halifax]
ARNOS VALE [See Bristol]
BAGSHOT [See Friends of Surrey Cemeteries]
BARNSLEY
Friends of Barnsley Cemetery
Contact Gillian Nixon send to click here
Thurnscoe Cemetery, Southfield Lane, Thurnscoe
Dearne Memorial Group
Thurnscoe Cemetery, Southfield Lane, Thurnscoe
Dearne Memorial Group
website www.cemeteries.org.uk send to petershields184@hotmail.com
Formed in 2002, the group's first project was to raise funds for a memorial to mark the Children's Public Graves in this 5 acre site managed by MBC. This was successfully achieved, please visit the website for more detail.
Friends of Wombwell Cemetery
Contact Mike Bretton send to click here
Queen's Award for Voluntary Service Award 2004
BATH Nathwick Steet
Friends of St Mary's Churchyard
Contact V. Lockley, 12 Dartington Place, Bath BA2 6BX
Send to click here
Friends of Wombwell Cemetery
Contact Mike Bretton send to click here
Queen's Award for Voluntary Service Award 2004
BATH Nathwick Steet
Friends of St Mary's Churchyard
Contact V. Lockley, 12 Dartington Place, Bath BA2 6BX
Send to click here
The tombs of the well known Bath architects John Pinch senior and junior were recently discovered here and an application by the Council to the Diocese to lay the stones flat of unsafe memorials was the reason that the group formed. The cemetery dates from 1808 and is now closed. Within the area is John Pinch's memorial chapel [now a ruin] and a Grade II Listed chapel which includes the chancel arch taken from a nearby 12th century chapel which was demolished.
The Friends with Bath and NE Somerset Council are to consider making an application to the Heritage Lottery Fund for a restoration grant.
BECKETT STREET CEMETERY [See Leeds]
BEDFORD Foster Hill Road
Commonwealth War Commission Graves at Bedford Cemetery by courtesy of www.roll-of-honour.com/Bedfordshire
The Friends with Bath and NE Somerset Council are to consider making an application to the Heritage Lottery Fund for a restoration grant.
BECKETT STREET CEMETERY [See Leeds]
BEDFORD Foster Hill Road
Commonwealth War Commission Graves at Bedford Cemetery by courtesy of www.roll-of-honour.com/Bedfordshire
Friends of Bedford Cemetery
Contact Margaret Carpenter, 4 Harrington Drive, Bedford MK41 8DB
send to click here
The cemetery opened in 1855; local architect Thomas Jobson Jackson designed the cemetery and the buildings, these are of the Gothic Revival style. The Gatehouse provided accommodation for the Registrar and until the 1970's housed the Town Mortuary. The whole complex is currently used by the Bedford Community Arts. Two chapels were erected and following the opening of the crematorium in 1955, one chapel was dedicated to all faiths and the other houses the book of remembrance. The 37 acre site is owned by Bedford Borough Council and due to the cemetery being a Grade II Listed, the council encouraged the formation of the Friends group.
BELGRAVE CEMETERY [See Leicester]
BIRKENHEAD Tollemanche Road
The Friends of Flaybrick
Contact Margaret Carpenter, 4 Harrington Drive, Bedford MK41 8DB
send to click here
The cemetery opened in 1855; local architect Thomas Jobson Jackson designed the cemetery and the buildings, these are of the Gothic Revival style. The Gatehouse provided accommodation for the Registrar and until the 1970's housed the Town Mortuary. The whole complex is currently used by the Bedford Community Arts. Two chapels were erected and following the opening of the crematorium in 1955, one chapel was dedicated to all faiths and the other houses the book of remembrance. The 37 acre site is owned by Bedford Borough Council and due to the cemetery being a Grade II Listed, the council encouraged the formation of the Friends group.
BELGRAVE CEMETERY [See Leicester]
BIRKENHEAD Tollemanche Road
The Friends of Flaybrick
website www.flaybrick.com telephone 0151 512 3676
send to click here
send to click here
The cemetery was established in 1846 on the site of a brick quarry and its 26 acres were superbly landscaped; there are three Grade II Listed buildings and numerous monuments of fine design. There has been serious vandalism but since the setting up of the Friends group and some support from Wirral Borough Council, there has been a programme introduced of increased maintenance, restoration and planting. The name of the cemetery was changed to that of Flaybrick Memorial Gardens and a full time ranger's post was introduced.
BIRMINGHAM
Friends of Brandwood End Cemetery
Cemetery at Woodthorpe Road, King's Heath, Birmingham B14 6EQ
website www.fbec.org.uk
send to click here
The cemetery is owned by Birmingham City Council, it was opened in 1898 and extends for about 53 acres. There is a lodge and two chapels designed by J. Brewin Holmes. The chapels are joined by a porte-cochere with a pinnacled tower and octagonal spire. The landscaping is a formal layout. The long term aim of the Friends group to repair and restore to their former glory the Grade II listed chapels and to improve the cemetery in general. Due to vandalism and neglect, the work is going to take time and patience.
There are now more than 100 members in the Friends group and there has been success in the lobbying for improvements in grass cutting, clearing the undergrowth, pruning of shrubbery and security. There have been litter picks organised by the Friends and for Armistice Day 284 poppy crosses of remembrance were placed by graves.
Brandwood End Cemetery feature
Friends of Key Hill Cemetery
Cemetery at Icknield Street, Birmingham
BIRMINGHAM
Friends of Brandwood End Cemetery
Cemetery at Woodthorpe Road, King's Heath, Birmingham B14 6EQ
website www.fbec.org.uk
send to click here
The cemetery is owned by Birmingham City Council, it was opened in 1898 and extends for about 53 acres. There is a lodge and two chapels designed by J. Brewin Holmes. The chapels are joined by a porte-cochere with a pinnacled tower and octagonal spire. The landscaping is a formal layout. The long term aim of the Friends group to repair and restore to their former glory the Grade II listed chapels and to improve the cemetery in general. Due to vandalism and neglect, the work is going to take time and patience.
There are now more than 100 members in the Friends group and there has been success in the lobbying for improvements in grass cutting, clearing the undergrowth, pruning of shrubbery and security. There have been litter picks organised by the Friends and for Armistice Day 284 poppy crosses of remembrance were placed by graves.
Brandwood End Cemetery feature
Friends of Key Hill Cemetery
Cemetery at Icknield Street, Birmingham
website now being reconstructed in the meantime contact by e-mail please
send to click here
send to click here
This was Birmingham's first cemetery. Situated in the historic jewellery quarter, the cemetery consists of 8 acres [Grade II Listed] and is now closed. among prominent burials is that of Joseph Chamberlain who described the cemetery as 'The most interesting place in the world to a Birmingham man.' There are examples of burial clubs headstones whereby poor people fearing the indignity of an unmarked pauper's grave paid a small sum so that in the course of time the club or society erected a headstone listing the names of the deceased. The 2007 AGM of the Federation was hosted by the Friends in June 2007 in the city's magnificent Council House building at Victoria Square.
Famous persons buried here include
George Dawson, preacher
Alfred Bird, custard manufacturer
courtesy Oldcopper.org website
Joseph Hinks, lamp manufacturer
courtesy Oldcopper.org website
BLACKPOOL
Princess Alexandra on a visit to the cemetery
Famous persons buried here include
George Dawson, preacher Alfred Bird, custard manufacturercourtesy Oldcopper.org website
Joseph Hinks, lamp manufacturercourtesy Oldcopper.org website
BLACKPOOL
Princess Alexandra on a visit to the cemetery
Friends of Layton Cemetery
Cemetery at Talbot Road, Layton
website http://www.layton-friends.org
send to sylmay@blueyonder.co.uk
The 24 acre cemetery owned by Blackpool Borough Council is now closed.
Cemetery at Talbot Road, Layton
website http://www.layton-friends.org
send to sylmay@blueyonder.co.uk
The 24 acre cemetery owned by Blackpool Borough Council is now closed.
BRADFORD
Undercliffe Cemetery
Undercliffe Cemetery Charity [a registered charity and company limited by guarantee]
Contact Neil McLellan, Coordinator and Registrar telephone 02174 642276
send to click here
BRISTOL
Friends of Arnos Vale Cemetery
Cemetery at Bath Road, Bristol
website http://www.arnosvalefriends.org.uk
send to click here
Undercliffe Cemetery
Undercliffe Cemetery Charity [a registered charity and company limited by guarantee]
Contact Neil McLellan, Coordinator and Registrar telephone 02174 642276
send to click here
permission of Kevin Burns
The cemetery has been designated a Conservation Area by Bradford Metropolitan District Council. Six of the monuments within the cemetery are Grade II Listed. Opened in 1854, it covers 25 acres and currently there are about 35 burials a year. The cemetery contains an amazing collection of Victorian graves, obelisks and mausoleums which reflect Bradford at its height of Victorian prosperity. The graves include veterans from the Crimea War, Waterloo, the Indian Mutiny and other conflicts. As one of Yorkshire, indeed one of the best of British Victorian cemeteries, the cemetery reflects life from the important and wealthy to the large number of poor children meeting early deaths in that era.
Since 1987, the Charity has overseen the management and maintenance of the cemetery seeing a number of major developments, assisted by a band of volunteers on the routine maintenance. A business partnership with BMDC has enabled the funding of two coordinator posts and a number of new trustees have come forward in support.
Friends of Arnos Vale Cemetery
Cemetery at Bath Road, Bristol
website http://www.arnosvalefriends.org.uk
send to click here
The cemetery is managed by Arnos Vale Cemetery Trust under a licence granted by Bristol City Council.
The Friends group works in close liaison with the Trust. Opened in 1840, the cemetery extends over 48 acres and was designed in the style of a Greek necropolis. There are two Doric lodges [one now converted into an office for the Trust, two chapels and several Grade II Listed memorials. The Friends came into formation from the Association for the Preservation of Arnos Vale Cemetery in 1987. A very unco-operative owner neglected the site and was envisaging a major unsuitable development of the site and after several years the matter was brought to a head when Bristol City Council took a compulsory purchase order and appointed the Trust to manage the cemetery. The owner still has the ownership of the burial records and relatives and researchers still have to enter into negotiations with the owner [and pay his fee] for any information on pre Trust formation burials on the site.
The cemetery featured in the first series of Restoration the BBC TV programme and whilst not coming first in the viewers' voting the programme resulted in a lot of interest and sympathy for the Trust and the Friends. A recent HLF award is now enabling the Trust to restore some of the buildings.
Friends of Hebron Burial Ground
Cemetery at Bedminster, Bristol
send to click here
Princess Caraboo
The group of friends was set up in 2002 following the conversion of Hebron Methodist Church into residential accommodation when it was feared that inappropriate development of the burial area would follow. The owners have left the burial ground in a neglected state despite a restrictive covenant of the land registration. The burial ground lies within a conservation area and is adjacent to the Listed building [the former church]. It is of historic interest and is the burial site of Mary Wilcocks aka Princess Caraboo.
BROCKLEY [see London]
BROMPTON [see London]
BROOKWOOD
The Friends group works in close liaison with the Trust. Opened in 1840, the cemetery extends over 48 acres and was designed in the style of a Greek necropolis. There are two Doric lodges [one now converted into an office for the Trust, two chapels and several Grade II Listed memorials. The Friends came into formation from the Association for the Preservation of Arnos Vale Cemetery in 1987. A very unco-operative owner neglected the site and was envisaging a major unsuitable development of the site and after several years the matter was brought to a head when Bristol City Council took a compulsory purchase order and appointed the Trust to manage the cemetery. The owner still has the ownership of the burial records and relatives and researchers still have to enter into negotiations with the owner [and pay his fee] for any information on pre Trust formation burials on the site.
The cemetery featured in the first series of Restoration the BBC TV programme and whilst not coming first in the viewers' voting the programme resulted in a lot of interest and sympathy for the Trust and the Friends. A recent HLF award is now enabling the Trust to restore some of the buildings.
Friends of Hebron Burial Ground
Cemetery at Bedminster, Bristol
send to click here
Princess Caraboo
The group of friends was set up in 2002 following the conversion of Hebron Methodist Church into residential accommodation when it was feared that inappropriate development of the burial area would follow. The owners have left the burial ground in a neglected state despite a restrictive covenant of the land registration. The burial ground lies within a conservation area and is adjacent to the Listed building [the former church]. It is of historic interest and is the burial site of Mary Wilcocks aka Princess Caraboo.
BROCKLEY [see London]
BROMPTON [see London]
BROOKWOOD
Four miles west of Woking, 45 minutes by train from Waterloo.
"The Times" in November 1854 stated that the 450 acre site was the largest cemetery in the world, its wooded land was 'the ideal burial site away from the overcrowded conditions in London'. The first burial was in 1854. The cemetery is one of eight worldwide that had a direct railway link to the cemetery but nowadays visitors use only the main line station. Today the cemetery is privately owned and the owner has carried out some improvements. The cemetery has multi faith burials and a tradition developed that certain trades and professions were buried in designated plots. There are two support groups.
The Brookwood Cemetery Society
website tbcs.org.uk
contact 01344 891 041 M. Hobbs
Famous people buried at Brookwood include
Sir Cosmo Duff Gordon, Titanic survivor
Mrs Edith Thompson hanged for committing adultery
Dame Rebecca West author
Friends of Brookwood Cemetery
Contact Mr G. Barnaby Telephone 01483 566012
BUCKINGHAM
Friends of Buckingham Cemetery
Contact Tony Webster send to click here
CAMBRIDGE
Histon Road Cemetery
Friends of Histon Cemetery
Contact Michael French send to click here
The cemetery has the distinction of being designed by John Claudius Loudon who also designed Bath Abbey Cemetery.
Mill Road Cemetery
Opened in 1848 the Mill Road Cemetery Park is Grade II Listed
Friends of Mill Road Cemetery
Contact Helen Stearn Telephone 01223 360469
CARDIFF
Cathays Cemetery
Friends of Cathays Cemetery
send to John Farnhill, Secretary, Bereavement Services, Thornhill Cemetery, Llanishen, Cardiff CF1 9UA contact click here
CARLISLE
"The Times" in November 1854 stated that the 450 acre site was the largest cemetery in the world, its wooded land was 'the ideal burial site away from the overcrowded conditions in London'. The first burial was in 1854. The cemetery is one of eight worldwide that had a direct railway link to the cemetery but nowadays visitors use only the main line station. Today the cemetery is privately owned and the owner has carried out some improvements. The cemetery has multi faith burials and a tradition developed that certain trades and professions were buried in designated plots. There are two support groups.
The Brookwood Cemetery Society
website tbcs.org.uk
contact 01344 891 041 M. Hobbs
Famous people buried at Brookwood include
Sir Cosmo Duff Gordon, Titanic survivor Mrs Edith Thompson hanged for committing adultery Dame Rebecca West authorFriends of Brookwood Cemetery
Contact Mr G. Barnaby Telephone 01483 566012
BUCKINGHAM
Friends of Buckingham Cemetery
Contact Tony Webster send to click here
CAMBRIDGE
Histon Road Cemetery
Friends of Histon Cemetery
Contact Michael French send to click here
The cemetery has the distinction of being designed by John Claudius Loudon who also designed Bath Abbey Cemetery.
Mill Road Cemetery
Friends of Mill Road Cemetery
Contact Helen Stearn Telephone 01223 360469
CARDIFF
Cathays Cemetery
Friends of Cathays Cemetery
send to John Farnhill, Secretary, Bereavement Services, Thornhill Cemetery, Llanishen, Cardiff CF1 9UA contact click here
The cemetery was opened in 1859 and is the largest Victorian cemetery in Wales. By 1986 the cemetery had no further burial space available. A heritage trail was introduced in the 1990's.
CARLISLE
Friends of St Michael's Churchyard, Stanwix
send to click here
The church is on the Roman site of Petriana on Hadrian's Wall and has other interesting historical connections with Carlisle that the Friends group is hoping to develop. The Friends group was formed when a parking area over the graves was sought and in spite of opposing, the campaign was lost. The group now work to improve the wildlife habitat and have to date created a sensory and a Roman herb garden. The group has received a special award in the efforts of Stanwick's contribution in the Britain in Bloom competition.
Tree and memorial damage was experienced during the floods and storm in 2004.
send to click here
The church is on the Roman site of Petriana on Hadrian's Wall and has other interesting historical connections with Carlisle that the Friends group is hoping to develop. The Friends group was formed when a parking area over the graves was sought and in spite of opposing, the campaign was lost. The group now work to improve the wildlife habitat and have to date created a sensory and a Roman herb garden. The group has received a special award in the efforts of Stanwick's contribution in the Britain in Bloom competition.
Tree and memorial damage was experienced during the floods and storm in 2004.
CATHAYS CEMETERY [see Cardiff]
CROYDON, Queen's Road Cemetery [See Friends of Surrey Cemeteries]
DEARNE MEMORIAL GROUP Thurnscoe [See Barnsley]
DEWSBURY
Dewsbury Cemetery, Temple Road
Dewsbury Cemetery Action Group
DONCASTER
CROYDON, Queen's Road Cemetery [See Friends of Surrey Cemeteries]
DEARNE MEMORIAL GROUP Thurnscoe [See Barnsley]
DEWSBURY
Dewsbury Cemetery, Temple Road
Dewsbury Cemetery Action Group
The cemetery was opened in 1860 on land purchased from the Reverend Thomas Albut. Jeremiah Marriott and Son was appointed as architect and the firm built the neo-Gothic ashlar dressed stone fountain in 1859 [Grade 11 listed]. The group are endeavouring to preserve a number of interesting monuments.
DONCASTER
Friends of Hyde Park Cemetery
Contact Mike Parnell send to click here
Website http://www.fohpc.org.uk
ENGLEFIELD GREEN CEMETERY [See Friends of Surrey Cemeteries]
FORD PARK [See Plymouth]FLAYBRICK [See Birkenhead]
FRIENDS OF ALL SOULS CEMETERY [See Halifax]
ARNOS VALE CEMETERY [See Bristol]
BARNSLEY CEMETERY [See Barnsley]
BECKETT STREET CEMETERY [See Leeds]
BEDFORD CEMETERY [See Bedford]
BELGRAVE CEMETERY [See Leicester]
BROCKLEY AND LADYWELL CEMETERIES [See London]
BRANDWOOD END CEMETERY [See Birmingham]
BROMPTON CEMETERY [See London]
BROOKWOOD CEMETERY [See Brookwood]
BUCKINGHAM CEMETERY [See Buckingham]
[THE FRIENDS OF] FLAYBRICK [See Birkenhead]
FORD PARK CEMETERY [See Plymouth]
GLASGOW NECROPOLIS [See Glasgow]
HAMPSTEAD CEMETERY [See London]
HARDWICK ROAD CEMETERY [See King's Lynn]
HEBRON BURIAL GROUND Bedminster [See Bristol]
HIGHGATE CEMETERY [See London]
HISTON CEMETERY [See Cambridge]
HIGHLAND ROAD CEMETERY Southsea [See Portsmouth]
HOUGHTON LE SPRING HILLSIDE CEMETERY
HYDE PARK CEMETERY [See Doncaster]
LAYTON CEMETERY [See Blackpool]
LINTHORPE CEMETERY [See Middlesbrough]
LISTER LANE CEMETERY [See Halifax]
KENSAL GREEN CEMETERY [See London]
KEYHILL CEMETERY [Birmingham]
MARGATE CEMETERY TRUST [See Margate]
MILL ROAD CEMETERY [See Cambridge]
NORTHWOOD CEMETERY [See Isle of Wight]
NUNHEAD CEMETERY [See London]
PATELEY BRIDGE CEMETERY and SAINT MARY'S CHURCHYARD
[See Harrogate]
SAINT MARY'S CHURCHYARD [See Bath]
[Pateley Bridge Cemetery and] ST MARY'S CHURCHYARD [See
Harrogate]
SAINT MICHAEL'S CHURCHYARD, Stanwix [See Carlisle]
STANTON ROAD CEMETERY [See Ilkeston]
SOUTHAMPTON OLD CEMETERY [See Southampton]
THORNTREE CEMETERY [See Middlesbrough]
TOWER HAMLETS PARK CEMETERY [See London]
GLASGOW
Friends of Glasgow Necropolis
Contact c/o Cathedral House Hotel, 28/32 Cathedral Square, Glasgow D4 OXA
Send to click here
Website http://www.glasgownecropolis.org
The Friends group was launched on 22 June 2005 and is a registered charity.
In 1831 a competition was held for designs to convert the Fir Park into a cemetery. David Bryce of Edinburgh won first prize and his brother John of Glasgow the second. George Mylne was appointed to landscape the cemetery and was appointed as Superintendent and head gardener. The first burial was in 1832. After extensions, over the years the cemetery area ended up as 37 acres. There were 50,000 burials and the Necropolis was one of the few cemeteries to record details of the deceased including profession and cause of death.
Famous persons buried in the Necropolis include
Lord Kelvin, scientist
HALIFAX
Friends of All Souls Cemetery
Contact Diana Rice, secretary, 40 Arnold Road, Rastrick, Brighouse, West Yorkshire HD6 3LB
Send to click here
Website http://www.foasc.btik.com
The cemetery is situated a short distance away from the church at Boothtown, Halifax. It was consecrated in 1856. The church, buildings and cemetery were funded by a local philanthropist Colonel Edward Ackroyd. The lower half is closed and the upper is classed as open. The Friends group was formed in 2003 being concerned at the years of neglect and vandalism in the cemetery.
Friends of Lister Lane Cemetery
HARROGATE
Cemetery at Panorama Way, Pateley Bridge
Contact Mike Parnell send to click here
Website http://www.fohpc.org.uk
ENGLEFIELD GREEN CEMETERY [See Friends of Surrey Cemeteries]
FORD PARK [See Plymouth]FLAYBRICK [See Birkenhead]
FRIENDS OF ALL SOULS CEMETERY [See Halifax]
ARNOS VALE CEMETERY [See Bristol]
BARNSLEY CEMETERY [See Barnsley]
BECKETT STREET CEMETERY [See Leeds]
BEDFORD CEMETERY [See Bedford]
BELGRAVE CEMETERY [See Leicester]
BROCKLEY AND LADYWELL CEMETERIES [See London]
BRANDWOOD END CEMETERY [See Birmingham]
BROMPTON CEMETERY [See London]
BROOKWOOD CEMETERY [See Brookwood]
BUCKINGHAM CEMETERY [See Buckingham]
[THE FRIENDS OF] FLAYBRICK [See Birkenhead]
FORD PARK CEMETERY [See Plymouth]
GLASGOW NECROPOLIS [See Glasgow]
HAMPSTEAD CEMETERY [See London]
HARDWICK ROAD CEMETERY [See King's Lynn]
HEBRON BURIAL GROUND Bedminster [See Bristol]
HIGHGATE CEMETERY [See London]
HISTON CEMETERY [See Cambridge]
HIGHLAND ROAD CEMETERY Southsea [See Portsmouth]
HOUGHTON LE SPRING HILLSIDE CEMETERY
HYDE PARK CEMETERY [See Doncaster]
LAYTON CEMETERY [See Blackpool]
LINTHORPE CEMETERY [See Middlesbrough]
LISTER LANE CEMETERY [See Halifax]
KENSAL GREEN CEMETERY [See London]
KEYHILL CEMETERY [Birmingham]
MARGATE CEMETERY TRUST [See Margate]
MILL ROAD CEMETERY [See Cambridge]
NORTHWOOD CEMETERY [See Isle of Wight]
NUNHEAD CEMETERY [See London]
PATELEY BRIDGE CEMETERY and SAINT MARY'S CHURCHYARD
[See Harrogate]
SAINT MARY'S CHURCHYARD [See Bath]
[Pateley Bridge Cemetery and] ST MARY'S CHURCHYARD [See
Harrogate]
SAINT MICHAEL'S CHURCHYARD, Stanwix [See Carlisle]
STANTON ROAD CEMETERY [See Ilkeston]
SOUTHAMPTON OLD CEMETERY [See Southampton]
THORNTREE CEMETERY [See Middlesbrough]
TOWER HAMLETS PARK CEMETERY [See London]
WELFORD ROAD CEMETERY [See Leicester]
WEST NORWOOD CEMETERY [See London]
WOMBWELL CEMETERY [See Barnsley]
WOODGRANGE PARK CEMETERY [See London]
WEST NORWOOD CEMETERY [See London]
WOMBWELL CEMETERY [See Barnsley]
WOODGRANGE PARK CEMETERY [See London]
GLASGOW
Friends of Glasgow Necropolis
Contact c/o Cathedral House Hotel, 28/32 Cathedral Square, Glasgow D4 OXA
Send to click here
Website http://www.glasgownecropolis.org
The Friends group was launched on 22 June 2005 and is a registered charity.In 1831 a competition was held for designs to convert the Fir Park into a cemetery. David Bryce of Edinburgh won first prize and his brother John of Glasgow the second. George Mylne was appointed to landscape the cemetery and was appointed as Superintendent and head gardener. The first burial was in 1832. After extensions, over the years the cemetery area ended up as 37 acres. There were 50,000 burials and the Necropolis was one of the few cemeteries to record details of the deceased including profession and cause of death.
Famous persons buried in the Necropolis include
Lord Kelvin, scientistHALIFAX
Friends of All Souls Cemetery
Contact Diana Rice, secretary, 40 Arnold Road, Rastrick, Brighouse, West Yorkshire HD6 3LB
Send to click here
Website http://www.foasc.btik.com
The cemetery is situated a short distance away from the church at Boothtown, Halifax. It was consecrated in 1856. The church, buildings and cemetery were funded by a local philanthropist Colonel Edward Ackroyd. The lower half is closed and the upper is classed as open. The Friends group was formed in 2003 being concerned at the years of neglect and vandalism in the cemetery.
Friends of Lister Lane Cemetery
Contact Secretary, 1 Saville Row, Halifax HX1 2EJ Telephone 01422 356 494 Send to friends@listerlanecemetery.co.uk Website htpp://www.friendslisterlane.co.uk The cemetery is owned by Calderdale MBC, it was the first publicly owned cemetery to be opened in Halifax in 1841. The three acre site is now closed for burials. The site contains several notable Victorian monuments, the founder of the Halifax Building Society and a Speaker of the House of Commons. The cemetery normally closed can be visited on volunteer afternoons or by arrangement.
HARROGATE
Cemetery at Panorama Way, Pateley Bridge
Friends of Pateley Bridge Cemetery and St Mary's Churchyard
Contact Dr Joanna Moody send to click here
Website click here
Contact Dr Joanna Moody send to click here
Website click here
The cemetery, still in use, is owned by Harrogate Borough Council [HBC]. It was opened in 1876 and covers 2.86 acres in a scenic daleside location in Nidderdale.
St Mary's Churchyard
St Mary is a deconsecrated church, with its churchyard dating from the 17th century.
The cemetery is in a gentle sloping location with magnificent views over the village and the dales. The first interment was in October 1874 and the cremated remains section was opened in 1969.
During a memorial safety audit in 2000 there were found to be 499 memorials and 72% [360 memorials] were considered to be unsafe and laid down. Restoration of many of these will commence in 2008 thanks to HBC working in cooperation with the Probation Service.
HEBDON BURIAL GROUND [See Bristol]
HIGHGATE [See London]
HIGHLAND ROAD, Southsea [See Portsmouth]
HOUGHTON LE SPRING
St Mary's Churchyard
St Mary is a deconsecrated church, with its churchyard dating from the 17th century.
The cemetery is in a gentle sloping location with magnificent views over the village and the dales. The first interment was in October 1874 and the cremated remains section was opened in 1969.
St Mary's Churchyard - a Listed grave
During a memorial safety audit in 2000 there were found to be 499 memorials and 72% [360 memorials] were considered to be unsafe and laid down. Restoration of many of these will commence in 2008 thanks to HBC working in cooperation with the Probation Service.
HEBDON BURIAL GROUND [See Bristol]
HIGHGATE [See London]
HIGHLAND ROAD, Southsea [See Portsmouth]
HOUGHTON LE SPRING
Friends of Houghton le Spring Hillside Cemetery
website http://www.houghton-hillside-cemetery.org.uk
The cemetery has an unusual site and history. The opening at Houghton Cut has existed in some form through a natural cleft in the rock since the Romans settled in Britain. The land adjacent was glebe land and it is thought that originally the site was used as a quarry before the ground was consecrated in 1854 and the cemetery was later extended in 1894. The Friends are planning to restore the entrance and lychgate.
ILKESTON
website http://www.houghton-hillside-cemetery.org.uk
The cemetery has an unusual site and history. The opening at Houghton Cut has existed in some form through a natural cleft in the rock since the Romans settled in Britain. The land adjacent was glebe land and it is thought that originally the site was used as a quarry before the ground was consecrated in 1854 and the cemetery was later extended in 1894. The Friends are planning to restore the entrance and lychgate.
ILKESTON
Friends of Stanton Road Cemetery
website www.friendsofstantonroadcemetery.btik.com/home.ikml
The cemetery, now closed, is the two acre burial ground in the former Ilkeston General Cemetery Company. The cemetery was founded in 1863 by Mathew Hobson who was especially concerned about the need for burial space for non-conformists. Ilkeston flourished in the 19th century with the development of the hosiery and knitwear trade and both the employers and the workforce were in the main non-conformists. As a result, the burials in the cemetery represent a microism of Ilkeston social history ranging from monuments to the town's industrial and civic leaders to the unmarked graves of paupers. The cemetery was acquired by Ilkeston BC [now part of Erewash BC] in 1968 and the Friends group was formed in 2000.
ISLE OF WIGHT
Northwood Cemetery near Cowes
Friends of Northwood Cemetery
The cemetery is owned by the Isle of Wight council who employ a groundsman contractor to maintain the cemetery. The two chapels at the entrance are suffering from subsidence and heave as the Victorians planted fine specimens of cedar tree and the roots are undermining the buildings. The c
website www.friendsofstantonroadcemetery.btik.com/home.ikml
The cemetery, now closed, is the two acre burial ground in the former Ilkeston General Cemetery Company. The cemetery was founded in 1863 by Mathew Hobson who was especially concerned about the need for burial space for non-conformists. Ilkeston flourished in the 19th century with the development of the hosiery and knitwear trade and both the employers and the workforce were in the main non-conformists. As a result, the burials in the cemetery represent a microism of Ilkeston social history ranging from monuments to the town's industrial and civic leaders to the unmarked graves of paupers. The cemetery was acquired by Ilkeston BC [now part of Erewash BC] in 1968 and the Friends group was formed in 2000.
ISLE OF WIGHT
Northwood Cemetery near Cowes
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The cemetery is owned by the Isle of Wight council who employ a groundsman contractor to maintain the cemetery. The two chapels at the entrance are suffering from subsidence and heave as the Victorians planted fine specimens of cedar tree and the roots are undermining the buildings. The c