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Chapel at Ledbury Cemetery, Ledbury

Heritage Open Day: The new Cemetery and its two chapels in New Street date from the 1860s, the chapels being designed by London architect Frederick Cockerill using local stone with Bath stone dressings. Visitors will also have access to the Burial Books. In the late 1850s the graveyard at Ledbury Parish church, St. Michaels and All Angels, was full and the authorities started to look for a suitable piece of ground on which to build a new cemetery, in line with the requirements of the 1857 burial act. A piece of land of about two and a half acres was purchased at the bottom of New Street and the new cemetery was consecrated in 1861.
The chapel which will be open for Heritage Open Days is the one originally designed for the established church; the smaller chapel is now used as a mortuary.
event dateSaturday 20 September
venue addressLedbury Cemetery, New Street, Ledbury, Herefordshire HR8 2EL
event timesSat 20 Sep:1100-1500; Free Entry.
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