Rosary Cemetery, Norwich
{{short description|Non-denominational burial ground in Norwich, England}}
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Rosary Cemetery was the first non-denominational burial ground in the United Kingdom. Its entrance lies on Rosary Road in Norwich, Norfolk. It is a haven for wildlife and won a Community Biodiversity Award in 2008.{{Cite web |date=2020-08-04 |title=The Rosary Cemetery - A quiet haven in the heart of Norwich |url=https://www.edp24.co.uk/lifestyle/20751922.rosary-cemetery---quiet-haven-heart-norwich/ |access-date=2024-03-19 |website=Eastern Daily Press |language=en}}
History
The cemetery was established in 1819 by Thomas Drummond, a non-conformist minister.Dr Harriet Jordan, The Register of Parks and Gardens: Cemeteries, January 2003 The land was formerly in use as a market garden, and presents a broad green open space between the housing areas to the south and the playing fields of the Telegraph Lane schools to the north. The {{convert|13|acre|m2}} of the cemetery came under the control of the Norwich Corporation in 1954 and it is estimated that about 18,500 people have been buried there since 1821. It was announced in January 2010 that the cemetery had been granted Grade II* listed status.
Notable burials
Among them are train driver John Prior and fireman James Light, killed in the 1874 Thorpe rail accident. The surgeon Emanuel Cooper (1802–1878) is also buried in the cemetery in a large mausoleum. His daughter Ada married the novelist John Galsworthy.
The cemetery contains war graves of 31 Commonwealth service personnel, 19 from World War I and 12 from World War II.[http://www.cwgc.org/find-a-cemetery/cemetery/2081653/NORWICH%20(THE%20ROSARY)%20CEMETERY] CWGC Cemetery Report.
Painters Leslie Davenport (1905–1973) (one of the Norwich Twenty Group), James Stark, John Thirtle and John Berney Ladbrooke are also buried here.{{cite web | url=http://www.literarynorfolk.co.uk/Norwich/rosary_cemetery.htm | title=The Rosary Cemetery (Thorpe Hamlet) | publisher=literarynorfolk.co.uk | access-date=September 26, 2014}}
Jeremiah Colman and other members of the Colman family, known for manufacturing mustard, are buried here.{{Cite web |last=Council |first=Norwich City |title=Celebrating 200 years of Rosary Cemetery |url=https://www.norwich.gov.uk/news/article/286/celebrating_200_years_of_rosary_cemetery |access-date=2024-03-19 |website=www.norwich.gov.uk |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Geograph:: Rosary cemetery, Norwich - Colman Family... © Evelyn Simak cc-by-sa/2.0 |url=https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2109628 |access-date=2024-03-19 |website=www.geograph.org.uk}}
Gallery
File:Emanuel Cooper mausoleum Rosary Cemetery Norwich.jpg|The mausoleum of surgeon Emanuel Cooper
File:Leslie Davenport Rosary Cemetery Norwich.jpg|The grave of artist Leslie Davenport
File:John Prior and James Light Rosary Cemetery Norwich.jpg|The graves of John Prior and James Light
See also
References
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External links
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- [https://www.flickr.com/photos/26476877@N04/sets/72157622562838485/ Photographs of the cemetery]
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- [http://www.norfolkchurches.co.uk/norwichrosary/norwichrosary.htm Norfolk churches – Rosary cemetery]
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