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was formed for the city of Gloucester in 1856 and the Tredworth Road Cemetery opened in 1857 after which the dead of the city ceased to be interred in the old city churchyards formerly used for that purpose. The cemetery was originally of 13 acres to the north of Tredworth Road but it was extended in
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The cemetery contains burials from both world wars. There are 158 graves from the First World War, the majority in the original part of the cemetery, of which 81 are in a separate war graves plot. There are also 94 Second World War burials, mostly in the new part, of which 60 are in a separate war
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Between 1976 and 1987, Gloucester City Council deliberately destroyed many attractive marble and granite memorials from the Chapel Side of the Old Cemetery, solely to allow better access for industrial sized lawn-mowers. Details of the gravestones, including the epitaphs carefully chiselled many
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was opened in 1939, the whole of the Tredworth Road Cemetery became known colloquially as Gloucester Old Cemetery with the northern part known as "chapel side" and the southern side as the "B" ground.
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The National Archives; Kew, London, England; RG 37: Copies of Records of Local Authorities and Church Commissioners Relating To Burial Ground Removals; Reference: RG 37/169
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1875, 1909 and 1911 to include land to the south of the road by which time it covered 35 acres. The two areas were known as the "old cemetery" and the "new cemetery". When
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years previously, were at least recorded and the transcriptions are available to view in the National Archives and also via
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who describe it as "a fine example of the type of linked chapels often provided in corporation cemeteries in the C19".
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The grave of James Medland, designer of the chapel, and his wife at Tredworth Road Cemetery.
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for the Corporation of the City of Gloucester. It is symmetrical with parallel chapels for
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The cemetery is located in Tredworth Road and Cemetery Road and occupies 35 acres. The
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Gloucester Old Cemetery ("B" Ground), Gloucester, Gloucestershire, Church History
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The cemetery chapel, located on the north side of the site, was designed in the
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The cemetery was in the news in 2013 due to an attempted grave robbery.
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Burials are from all of the services, including 41 from the
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Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 11 June 2016.
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Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 10 June 2016.
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The cemetery is maintained by the Gloucester City Council.
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First World War graves at the chapel side war graves plot.
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Ordnance Survey


Gloucester
Gloucester City Council
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Sudbrook
burial board
Coney Hill Cemetery and Crematorium
Gothic style
Medland and Maberly
Anglicans
Nonconformists
grade II listed
Historic England
Cross of Sacrifice
Gloucestershire Regiment
Polish Air Force
Royal Canadian Air Force
Royal New Zealand Air Force
First World War graves at the chapel side war graves plot.
The chapel side cross of sacrifice.
Graves of men of the Gloucestershire Regiment.
Robert Blinkhorn
Herbert Haines
monumental brasses
James Medland

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