Locksbrook Cemetery
{{Short description|Cemetery in Bath, England}}
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File:Locksbrook Cemetery, Bath, graves west side.jpg
Locksbrook Cemetery is a municipal cemetery located in Lower Weston, Bath, England. It was opened in 1864 as Walcot Cemetery, and occupies {{cvt|12|acres}}, originally serving the parishes of Walcot, Weston and St Saviour's.{{cite web |url= http://www.stswithinswalcot.org.uk/history/burial-records/ |title= Burial Records |publisher=Saint Swithin's Church |accessdate=28 January 2016}} The cemetery was closed for general use in 1937 with over 30,000 interments there, though additional burials in existing graves continue. The majority of the cemetery was for about 29,500 burials from Walcot parish, with the north of the cemetery for Weston and St Saviour parishes.{{cite web |url= https://www.batharchives.co.uk/cemeteries/locksbrook-st-swithins-walcot |title=Locksbrook – St Swithin's, Walcot |agency= Bath Record Office |publisher=Bath and North East Somerset Council |accessdate= 2 January 2017}}
Nowadays it is designated as a 'Nature Conservation Site' by Bath and North East Somerset council, its owners. The cemetery has several unusual species of tree including Phillyrea latifolia, Sequoiadendron giganteum, Ailanthus altissima, Thuja plicata and Japanese Cherry.{{cite web |url= http://www.bathnes.gov.uk/services/births-marriages-and-deaths/burials-and-cremations/cemeteries/locksbrook-cemetery |title=Locksbrook Cemetery |publisher=Bath and North East Somerset council |accessdate=28 January 2016}}
Listed structures
There are five Grade II listed structures in the cemetery:
- Gothic entrance Lodge{{NHLE |num=1406236 |desc=Entrance Lodge, Locksbrook Cemetery |grade=II|accessdate=28 September 2012}}
- Main entrance gate piers and boundary walls{{NHLE |num=1395453 |desc=Gate Piers and Boundary Walls |grade=II|accessdate=2 January 2012}}
- Twin mortuary chapels (north chapel Church of England, south chapel non-conformist) with bell tower and linking arcade{{NHLE |num=1395454 |desc=Twin chapels |grade=II|accessdate=2 January 2012}}
- Bronze sarcophagus with angel by Edward Onslow Ford{{NHLE |num=1395455 |desc=De Clarke Monument |grade=II|accessdate=28 September 2012}}
- Cross of Sacrifice, amongst World War I graves{{NHLE |num=1395458 |desc=Cross of Sacrifice |grade=II|accessdate=2 January 2012}}
Military graves
File:Locksbrook Cemetery, Bath, military graves.jpg graves at Locksbrook Cemetery]]
A total of 122 military graves in the cemetery are in the care of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission, 90 of which are from World War I, 44 forming a war graves plot (mainly hospital deaths, many from the nearby Bath War Hospital), and 32 from World War II whose graves are dispersed around the cemetery.{{cite web |url=http://www.cwgc.org/find-a-cemetery/cemetery/43523/BATH%20(LOCKSBROOK)%20CEMETERY |title=Cemetery Details: Bath (Locksbrook) Cemetery |publisher=Commonwealth War Graves Commission |accessdate=22 August 2012}} Locksbrook Cemetery is the final resting place of the following Victoria Cross recipients:
Gallery
File:Locksbrook Cemetery, Bath, chapel west side.jpg|Cemetery twin chapels
File:Locksbrook Cemetery, Bath, graves and chapel.jpg|Graves with cemetery chapels in background
File:Locksbrook Cemetery, Bath, Cross of Sacrifice.JPG|The Cross of Sacrifice is a Grade II listed structure, designed by Sir Reginald Blomfield circa 1922.
See also
References
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External links
- {{Find a Grave cemetery}}
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Category:Cemeteries in Bath, Somerset