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Grave Concerns - The Making of Billing Road Cemetery

Heritage Open Day: A closer look at the laying out of the historic Victorian cemetery on Billing Road, Northampton; its architectural features and memorials, their styles and some of the materials used, and their setting within the designed garden landscape. Now in the care of West Northamptonshire Council, the cemetery occupies the eastern end of The Billing Road Conservation Area and is arguably its most significant component. In the middle of the 19th Century a brand new cemetery was opened by The Northampton General Cemetery Company to relieve the town’s overcrowded churchyards. A fashionable ‘Garden Cemetery’ sited on the edge of the Victorian town, it proved so popular that an extension to the cemetery was added in the late 19th Century.
event dateSaturday 20 September and Sunday 21 September
venue addressBilling Road Cemetery (main entrance), Billing Road, Abington, Northampton, Northamptonshire NN1 5DE
event timesSat 20 Sep:10am, 11.30am, 2pm; Sun 21 Sep:11.30am, 2pm; Free Entry.
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