List of cemeteries in England
List of existing cemeteries
Table:
Name of the cemetery
Date opened
Community
County
Postal area
Closed
Remarks
Website

Agecroft Cemetery
1903
Salford
Greater Manchester
M27
tbc

Yes

Aldershot Cemetery
1860
Aldershot
Hampshire
GU11
tbc

Aldershot Military Cemetery
1856
Aldershot Military Town
Hampshire
GU11[1]
tbc
Military cemetery

Allerton Cemetery
1909
Liverpool
Merseyside
tbc
tbc

Anfield Cemetery
1863
Liverpool
Merseyside
tbc
tbc

Arnos Vale Cemetery
1839
Bristol
Bristol
BS4
In use

Yes

Bath Abbey Cemetery
1844
Bath
Somerset
BA2
1995

Yes

Biggleswade Cemetery
1869
Biggleswade
Bedfordshire
tbc
tbc

Bishopwearmouth Cemetery
1856
Sunderland
Tyne and Wear
tbc
tbc

Blackley Cemetery
1953
Manchester
Greater Manchester
tbc
tbc

Boston Cemetery
1855
Boston
Lincolnshire
tbc
tbc

Brandwood End Cemetery
1899
Birmingham
West Midlands
B14
tbc

Brookwood Cemetery
1852
Brookwood
Surrey
tbc
tbc

Cambridge City Cemetery
1903
Cambridge
Cambridgeshire
tbc
tbc

Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial
1956
Cambridge
Cambridgeshire
tbc
tbc
Military cemetery

Cannock Chase German Military Cemetery
1967
Cannock Chase
Staffordshire
tbc
tbc
Military cemetery

Carleton Crematorium and Cemetery
1935
Blackpool
Lancashire
tbc
tbc

City Road Cemetery
1881
Sheffield
South Yorkshire
tbc
tbc

Compton Cemetery - Watts Cemetery[citation needed]
1896
Guildford
Surrey
tbc
tbc

Crookes Cemetery
1906
Sheffield
South Yorkshire
tbc
tbc

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Agecroft Cemetery and Crematorium is a public cemetery in Pendlebury , Salford , Greater Manchester . Agecroft Cemetery was opened as Salford Northern Cemetery by Salford County Borough Council on 2 July 1903 on 45 acres ( 18.2 hectares ) of ground because the existing cemetery at Weaste was near to capacity . The new cemetery , which lies in the Irwell Valley alongside the river bounded by Agecroft Road ( A6044 ) and Langley Road in Pendlebury , was initially outside the Salford county borough boundary , but has lain within the city since Pendlebury was incorporated into the City of Salford in 1974 . Since the cemetery was opened more than 53,700 interments have been carried out . The original non-conformist chapel was converted to a crematorium in January 1957 which since then has handled nearly 60,000 cremation services . The crematorium chapel can hold up to 60 mourners . In the grounds is a large disused mortuary chapel with a clock tower . It is now derelict and hidden by trees . It is listed as a heritage building at risk by the Victorian Society . At the very opposite side of the cemetery to what was the original non-conformist chapel ( and now the crematorium ) , there stood a Roman Catholic chapel surrounded largely by Catholic graves . This was pulled down many years ago and all that remains is a grassed/shrubbery roundabout . Near the entrance is a stone memorial to the seven-man crew of Lancaster bomber PB304 which crashed in Regatta Street , off Langley Road , Agecroft , Pendlebury very close to the then boundary between Pendleton , Salford and Pendlebury on 30 July 1944 carrying a full bomb load .
Salford ( /ˈsɒlfərd/ ) is a district and the main component in the City of Salford , Greater Manchester , England , directly west of Manchester city centre in a meander of the River Irwell , which forms part of its boundary with Manchester . The wider City of Salford local government district is administered from Swinton . The former County Borough of Salford , which included Broughton , Pendleton and Kersal , was granted city status in 1926 . In 2011 , Salford had a population of 103,886 , and the City of Salford 233,933 . Historically in Lancashire , Salford was the judicial seat of the ancient hundred of Salfordshire . It was granted a charter by Ranulf de Blondeville , 6th Earl of Chester , in about 1230 , making Salford a free borough of greater cultural and commercial importance than its neighbour Manchester , although since the Industrial Revolution of the late 18th and early 19th centuries that position has been reversed . Salford became a major cotton and silk spinning and weaving factory town and inland port on the Manchester Ship Canal in the 18th and 19th centuries . Industries declined in the 20th century , causing economic depression , and Salford became a place of contrasts , with regenerated inner-city areas like Salford Quays next to some of the most socially deprived and violent areas in England . Salford is home to the University of Salford , and has seen several firsts , including the world 's first free public library , and the first street to be lit by gas . Salford 's MediaCityUK became the headquarters of CBBC and BBC Sport in 2011 , joined by ITV Granada in 2013 .
Greater Manchester is a metropolitan county and combined authority area in North West England , with a population of 2.8 million ; the third largest in England after Greater London and the West Midlands . It encompasses one of the largest metropolitan areas in the United Kingdom and comprises ten metropolitan boroughs : Bolton , Bury , Oldham , Rochdale , Stockport , Tameside , Trafford , Wigan , and the cities of Manchester and Salford . Greater Manchester was created on 1 April 1974 as a result of the Local Government Act 1972 , and designated a functional city region on 1 April 2011 . Greater Manchester spans 493 square miles ( 1,277 km2 ) , which roughly covers the territory of the Greater Manchester Built-up Area , the second most populous urban area in the UK . It is landlocked and borders Cheshire ( to the south-west and south ) , Derbyshire ( to the south-east ) , West Yorkshire ( to the north-east ) , Lancashire ( to the north ) and Merseyside ( to the west ) . There is a mix of high-density urban areas , suburbs , semi-rural and rural locations in Greater Manchester , but land use is mostly urban - the product of concentric urbanisation and industrialisation which occurred mostly during the 19th century when the region flourished as the global centre of the cotton industry . It has a focused central business district , formed by Manchester city centre and the adjoining parts of Salford and Trafford , but Greater Manchester is also a polycentric county with ten metropolitan districts , each of which has at least one major town centre and outlying suburbs . Greater Manchester is governed by the Greater Manchester Combined Authority ( GMCA ) , which consists of political leaders from each of the ten metropolitan borough councils , plus a directly elected mayor , with responsibility for economic development , regeneration and transport . Andy Burnham is the inaugural Mayor of Greater Manchester , elected in 2017 . For the 12 years following 1974 the county had a two-tier system of local government ; district councils shared power with the Greater Manchester County Council . The county council was abolished in 1986 , and so its districts ( the metropolitan boroughs ) effectively became unitary authority areas . However , the metropolitan county continued to exist in law and as a geographic frame of reference , and as a ceremonial county , with a Lord Lieutenant and a High Sheriff .
Aldershot Cemetery ( officially the Redan Road Cemetery , also known as Aldershot Civic Cemetery ) is the main public burial ground for the town of Aldershot in Hampshire . Although most military burials take place in the nearby Aldershot Military Cemetery , there are 57 men buried in Aldershot Cemetery who died on active service during World War I and World War II . Today the cemetery is maintained by Rushmoor Borough Council .
Aldershot ( /ˈɔːldərʃɒt/ ) is a town in the Rushmoor district of Hampshire , England . It lies on heathland in the extreme northeast corner of the county , about 31.8 mi ( 51.2 km ) southwest of London . The area is administered by Rushmoor Borough Council . The town has a population of 36,321 , while the Aldershot Urban Area , a loose conurbation ( which also includes other towns such as Camberley , Farnborough , and Farnham ) has a population of 243,344 , making it the thirtieth-largest urban area in the UK . Aldershot is known as the Home of the British Army , a connection which led to its rapid growth from a small village to a Victorian town . Aldershot is twinned with Sulechów in Poland , Meudon in France and Oberursel in Germany .
Hampshire ( /ˈhæmpʃər/ , /-ʃɪər/ ( listen ) ; postal abbreviation Hants . ) [ note 1 ] is a county in southern England . The county town is the city of Winchester . Its two largest cities , Southampton and Portsmouth , are administered separately as unitary authorities ; the rest of the county is governed by Hampshire County Council . First settled about 14,000 years ago , Hampshire 's history dates to Roman Britain , when its chief town was Winchester . When the Romans left Britain , the area was infiltrated by tribes from Scandinavia and mainland Europe , principally in the river valleys . The county was recorded in the 11th century Domesday Book , divided into 44 hundreds . From the 12th century , the ports grew in importance , fuelled by trade with the continent , wool and cloth manufacture in the county , and the fishing industry , and a shipbuilding industry was established . By the 16th century , the population of Southampton had outstripped that of Winchester . By the mid-19th century , with the county 's population at 219,210 ( double that at the beginning of the century ) in more than 86,000 dwellings , agriculture was the principal industry and 10 per cent of the county was still forest . Hampshire played a crucial military role in both World Wars . The Isle of Wight , historically part of Hampshire , became a separate ceremonial county in 1974 .
Aldershot Military Cemetery is a burial ground for military personnel , or ex-military personnel and their families , located in Aldershot Military Town , Hampshire . The cemetery was created in 1850s by the Royal Engineers during the building of Aldershot military camp . Nearly 17,000 service personnel of nine nations are laid to rest in the cemetery . There are 692 First World War graves ; the earliest bears the date 5 August 1914 , and the last 11 August 1921 ( many of these graves are in plot AF ) . The 129 Second World War graves are in groups in various plots , the largest group in plot A containing 86 graves . The cemetery remains in active use as a military cemetery run by Ministry of Defence , with the Commonwealth War Graves Commission maintaining the graves of the fallen for the First and Second World Wars . As of 2003 it is a Grade II* listed building .
Allerton Cemetery is a cemetery in Allerton , Liverpool , England . The cemetery , of 150 acres ( 61 ha ) , is one of the main burial sites for the Metropolitan Borough of Liverpool and is Grade II listed . Springwood Crematorium is situated opposite the cemetery on Springwood Avenue . Purchase of the land for the cemetery was completed in October 1906 , the Church of England section was consecrated by the Bishop of Liverpool on 24 September 1909 , and the first burial in the cemetery took place on 29 December 1909 . It is still in operation .
Liverpool is a city and metropolitan borough in Merseyside , England . As of 2018 , the population is approximately 494,814 . Liverpool is the ninth-largest English district by population , and the largest in Merseyside and the Liverpool City Region . It lies within the United Kingdom 's sixth-most populous urban area . Liverpool 's metropolitan area is the fifth-largest in the United Kingdom , with a population of 2.24 million . Liverpool is on the eastern side of the Mersey Estuary , and historically lay within the ancient hundred of West Derby in the southwest of the county of Lancashire in North West England . It became a borough in 1207 and a city in 1880 . In 1889 , it became a county borough independent of Lancashire . Its growth as a major port was paralleled by the expansion of the city throughout the Industrial Revolution . Along with handling general cargo , freight , and raw materials such as coal and cotton , the city merchants were involved in the Atlantic slave trade . In the 19th century , it was a major port of departure for English and Irish emigrants to North America . Liverpool was home to both the Cunard and White Star Line , and was the port of registry of the ocean liners RMS Titanic , RMS Lusitania , RMS Queen Mary , and RMS Olympic .
Merseyside ( /ˈmɜːrzisaɪd/ MUR-zee-syde ) is a metropolitan county in North West England , with a population of 1.38 million . It encompasses the metropolitan area centred on both banks of the lower reaches of the Mersey Estuary and comprises five metropolitan boroughs : Knowsley , St Helens , Sefton , Wirral , and the city of Liverpool . Merseyside , which was created on 1 April 1974 as a result of the Local Government Act 1972 , takes its name from the River Mersey . Merseyside spans 249 square miles ( 645 km2 ) of land which border Lancashire ( to the north-east ) , Greater Manchester ( to the east ) , Cheshire ( to the south and south-east ) and the Irish Sea to the west . North Wales is across the Dee Estuary . There is a mix of high density urban areas , suburbs , semi-rural and rural locations in Merseyside , but overwhelmingly the land use is urban . It has a focused central business district , formed by Liverpool City Centre , but Merseyside is also a polycentric county with five metropolitan districts , each of which has at least one major town centre and outlying suburbs . The Liverpool Urban Area is the fifth most populous conurbation in England , and dominates the geographic centre of the county , while the smaller Birkenhead Urban Area dominates the Wirral Peninsula in the south . For the 12 years following 1974 the county had a two-tier system of local government ; district councils shared power with the Merseyside County Council . The county council was abolished in 1986 , and so its districts ( the metropolitan boroughs ) are now effectively unitary authority areas . However , the metropolitan county continues to exist in law and as a geographic frame of reference , and several county-wide services are co-ordinated by authorities and joint-boards , such as Merseytravel ( for public transport ) , Merseyside Fire and Rescue Service and the Merseyside Police ( for law-enforcement ) ; as a ceremonial county , Merseyside has a Lord Lieutenant and a High Sheriff . As the Lancashire county palatine boundaries remain the same as the historic boundaries , the High Sheriff of Merseyside , along with those of Lancashire and Greater Manchester are appointed within the Duchy and County Palatine of Lancaster .
Anfield Cemetery , or the City of Liverpool Cemetery , is located in Anfield , a district of Liverpool , Merseyside , England . It lies to the northeast of Stanley Park , and is bounded by Walton Lane ( A580 road ) to the west , Priory Road to the south , a railway line to the north , and the gardens of houses on Ince Avenue to the east . The cemetery grounds are included in the National Register of Historic Parks and Gardens at Grade II* .
Arnos Vale Cemetery ( grid reference ST606716 ) ( also written Arno 's Vale Cemetery ) , located in Arnos Vale , Bristol , England , was established in 1837 . Its first burial was in 1839 . The cemetery followed a joint-stock model , funded by shareholders . It was laid out as an Arcadian landscape with buildings by Charles Underwood . It is listed , Grade II* , on the Register of Historic Parks and Gardens of special historic interest in England . Arnos Vale cemetery is located on the road from Bristol to Bath ( A4 ) . The cemetery is located just before Edward Road and Brislington , about 1 mile ( 1.6 km ) from Temple Meads railway station and about 2 miles ( 3.2 km ) from Bristol bus station .
Bristol ( /ˈbrɪstəl/ ( listen ) ) is a city and county in South West England with a population of 463,400 . The wider district has the 10th-largest population in England . The urban area population of 724,000 is the 8th-largest in the UK . The city borders North Somerset and South Gloucestershire , with the cities of Bath and Gloucester to the south-east and north-east , respectively . South Wales lies across the Severn estuary . Iron Age hill forts and Roman villas were built near the confluence of the rivers Frome and Avon , and around the beginning of the 11th century , the settlement was known as Brycgstow ( Old English the place at the bridge ) . Bristol received a royal charter in 1155 and was historically divided between Gloucestershire and Somerset until 1373 when it became a county of itself . From the 13th to the 18th century , Bristol was among the top three English cities , after London , in tax receipts . Bristol was surpassed by the rapid rise of Birmingham , Manchester and Liverpool in the Industrial Revolution . Bristol was a starting place for early voyages of exploration to the New World . On a ship out of Bristol in 1497 John Cabot , a Venetian , became the first European since the Vikings to land on mainland North America . In 1499 William Weston , a Bristol merchant , was the first Englishman to lead an exploration to North America .
The Anglican Bath Abbey Cemetery , officially dedicated as the Cemetery of St Peter and St Paul ( the patron saints that Bath Abbey is dedicated to ) , was laid out by noted cemetery designer and landscape architect John Claudius Loudon ( 1783-1843 ) in 1843 on a picturesque hillside site overlooking Bath , Somerset , England . The cemetery was laid out between 1843 and 1844 . The cemetery was consecrated on 30 January 1844 . It was a private Anglican cemetery financed by W. J. Broderick , Rector of Bath Abbey . The layout is a mixture of formal and informal arranged along a central avenue . It features a mortuary chapel , designed by Bath City Architect G. P. Manners in the then fashionable Norman Revival architectural style .
Bath is the largest city in the county of Somerset , England , known for and named after its Roman-built baths . In 2011 , the population was 88,859 . Bath is in the valley of the River Avon , 97 miles ( 156 km ) west of London and 11 miles ( 18 km ) southeast of Bristol . The city became a World Heritage site in 1987 . The city became a spa with the Latin name Aquae Sulis ( the waters of Sul ) c. 60 AD when the Romans built baths and a temple in the valley of the River Avon , although hot springs were known even before then . Bath Abbey was founded in the 7th century and became a religious centre ; the building was rebuilt in the 12th and 16th centuries . In the 17th century , claims were made for the curative properties of water from the springs , and Bath became popular as a spa town in the Georgian era . Georgian architecture , crafted from Bath stone , includes the Royal Crescent , Circus , Pump Room and Assembly Rooms where Beau Nash presided over the city 's social life from 1705 until his death in 1761 . Many of the streets and squares were laid out by John Wood , the Elder , and in the 18th century the city became fashionable and the population grew . Jane Austen lived in Bath in the early 19th century . Further building was undertaken in the 19th century and following the Bath Blitz in World War II . The city has software , publishing and service-oriented industries .
Somerset ( /ˈsʌmərsɛt/ ( listen ) or locally /ˈzʌmərzɛt/ ; archaically , Somersetshire ) is a county in South West England which borders Gloucestershire and Bristol to the north , Wiltshire to the east , Dorset to the south-east and Devon to the south-west . It is bounded to the north and west by the Severn Estuary and the Bristol Channel , its coastline facing southeastern Wales . Its traditional border with Gloucestershire is the River Avon . Somerset 's county town is Taunton . Somerset is a rural county of rolling hills , the Blackdown Hills , Mendip Hills , Quantock Hills and Exmoor National Park , and large flat expanses of land including the Somerset Levels . There is evidence of human occupation from Paleolithic times , and of subsequent settlement by the Celts , Romans and Anglo-Saxons . The county played a significant part in Alfred the Great 's rise to power , and later the English Civil War and the Monmouth Rebellion . The city of Bath is famous for its Georgian architecture and is a UNESCO World Heritage Site .
Biggleswade Cemetery ( also known as Drove Road Cemetery ) was the main burial ground for the town of Biggleswade in Bedfordshire . Opening in 1869 , the cemetery is located on Drove Road and since 1986 has been closed for burials except for interment in family plots .
Biggleswade ( /bɪɡəlzweɪd/BIG-əlz-weɪd ) is a market town and civil parish in Central Bedfordshire , part of the ceremonial county of Bedfordshire , England . It lies on the River Ivel , 11 miles ( 18 km ) south-east of Bedford . Its estimated population was 20,200 in mid-2017 , its growth encouraged by good road and rail links to London . The King 's Reach development , begun in 2010 , will provide 2,000 new homes to the east of the town .
Bedfordshire ( /ˈbɛdfərdʃər , -ʃɪər/ ; abbreviated Beds . ) is a county in the East of England . It is a ceremonial county and a historic county , covered by three unitary authorities : Bedford , Central Bedfordshire , and Luton . Bedfordshire is bordered by Cambridgeshire to the east and northeast , Northamptonshire to the north , Buckinghamshire to the west and Hertfordshire to the southeast and south . It is the fourteenth most densely populated county of England , with over half the population of the county living in the two largest built-up areas : Luton ( 258,018 ) , and the county town , Bedford ( 106,940 ) . The highest elevation point is 243 metres ( 797 ft ) on Dunstable Downs in the Chilterns .
Bishopwearmouth Cemetery is a cemetery in Sunderland , Tyne and Wear , England . It lies between Hylton Road and Chester Road ( A183 road ) .
Sunderland ( /ˈsʌndərlənd/ ( listen ) ) is a city at the centre of the City of Sunderland metropolitan borough , in Tyne and Wear , England , 12 miles northeast of Durham and 10 miles southeast of Newcastle upon Tyne , at the mouth of the River Wear . Historically in County Durham , there were three original settlements by the mouth of the River Wear on the site of modern-day Sunderland . On the north side of the river , Monkwearmouth was settled in 674 when King Ecgfrith of Northumbria granted land to Benedict Biscop to found Monkwearmouth Monastery . In 685 , Ecgfrith further granted Biscop the land adjacent to the monastery on the south side of the river . As the river separated this land from the monastic community , it was henceforth referred to as the sunder-land , and would grow as a fishing settlement before being granted a charter in 1179 . West of the medieval village of Sunderland on the south bank , Bishopwearmouth was founded in 930 . Sunderland grew as a port , trading coal and salt . Ships began to be built on the river in the 14th century . By the 19th century , the port of Sunderland had absorbed Bishopwearmouth and Monkwearmouth , owing to the growing economic importance of the shipbuilding docks . Following the decline of the city 's traditional industries in the late 20th century , the area grew into a commercial centre for the automotive industry , science and technology and the service sector . Bede , sometimes called the father of English history , began his monastic career at Monkwearmouth monastery in Sunderland , before moving to the newly founded Jarrow monastery in 685 ( these monasteries together formed the dual Monkwearmouth-Jarrow Abbey ) . It therefore seems likely that he was born in or near Sunderland .
Tyne and Wear ( /ˌtaɪn . ˈwɪər/ ) is a metropolitan county in the North East region of England around the mouths of the rivers Tyne and Wear . It came into existence in 1974 after the passage of the Local Government Act 1972 . It consists of the five metropolitan boroughs of South Tyneside , North Tyneside , City of Newcastle upon Tyne , Gateshead and City of Sunderland . It is bounded on the east by the North Sea , and has borders with Northumberland to the north and County Durham to the south . Prior to the 1974 reforms , the territory now covered by the county of Tyne and Wear straddled the border between the counties of Northumberland and Durham , the border being marked by the river Tyne ; that territory also included five county boroughs . Tyne and Wear County Council , based at Sandyford House , was abolished in 1986 along with the other metropolitan county councils in England by the Local Government Act 1985 , and so its districts ( the metropolitan boroughs ) have since functioned as unofficial unitary authorities . However , the metropolitan county continues to exist in law and as a geographic frame of reference , and as a ceremonial county .
Blackley Cemetery is a large , municipal cemetery situated within the northern suburbs of the city of Manchester , and is owned , operated and maintained by Manchester City Council . The cemetery and crematorium complex is located on Victoria Avenue in the district of Blackley . It was opened in 1953 on land that was previously a golf course . The cemetery contains Blackley Crematorium , the only crematorium facility operated by Manchester City Council ( the other crematorium in the city , the Manchester Crematorium at Southern Cemetery , being an independent company ) , opened in 1959 . The crematorium features 3 chapels - one large , central chapel , with twinned smaller chapels to the eastern and western sides of the building . The crematory area of the crematorium is equipped with 3 'Newton'-model cremators , installed by the Furnace Construction Co. Ltd. of Hyde , Cheshire . The cemetery was , at one time , well known for having problems with drainage , with surface water being problematic during burials and visitation to grave sites . The city has worked to rectify this situation in recent years , with the installation of ground drainage schemes being completed in 2009 . The ground drainage scheme has opened up new areas for the opening of new graves , in parts of the cemetery that were originally thought to be unusable . A currently unused area of the cemetery is to be developed into a Natural Burial area . This project is currently in the planning and problem-solving stage , and it is as yet unknown when the new burial area will be opened for use . The cemetery used to be a football ground for the local football team Blackley Lads .
Manchester ( /ˈmæntʃɛstər/ ) is a major city and metropolitan borough in Greater Manchester , England , with a population of 547,627 as of 2018 ( 5th most populous English district ) . It lies within the United Kingdom 's second-most populous urban area , with a population of 2.9 million , and second-most populous metropolitan area , with a population of 3.3 million . It is fringed by the Cheshire Plain to the south , the Pennines to the north and east , and an arc of towns with which it forms a continuous conurbation . The local authority for the city is Manchester City Council . The recorded history of Manchester began with the civilian settlement associated with the Roman fort of Mamucium or Mancunium , which was established in about AD 79 on a sandstone bluff near the confluence of the rivers Medlock and Irwell . It is historically a part of Lancashire , although areas of Cheshire south of the River Mersey were incorporated in the 20th century . The first to be included , Wythenshawe , was added to the city in 1931 . Throughout the Middle Ages Manchester remained a manorial township , but began to expand at an astonishing rate around the turn of the 19th century . Manchester 's unplanned urbanisation was brought on by a boom in textile manufacture during the Industrial Revolution , and resulted in it becoming the world 's first industrialised city . Manchester achieved city status in 1853 . The Manchester Ship Canal opened in 1894 , creating the Port of Manchester and directly linking the city to the Irish Sea , 36 miles ( 58 km ) to the west . Its fortune declined after the Second World War , owing to deindustrialisation , but the IRA bombing in 1996 led to extensive investment and regeneration .
Boston Cemetery is a cemetery located in Boston , Lincolnshire in England . The cemetery dates back to 1855 and was laid out by Darlington architect James Pigott Pritchett junior .
Boston is a town and small port in Lincolnshire , on the east coast of England , about 100 miles ( 160 km ) north of London . It is the largest town of the wider Borough of Boston local government district . The town itself had a population of 35,124 at the 2001 census , while the borough had a total population of 66,900 , at the ONS mid-2015 estimates . It is north of Greenwich on the Prime Meridian . Boston 's most notable landmark is St Botolph 's Church ( The Stump ) , the largest parish church in England , visible for miles around from the flat lands of Lincolnshire . Residents of Boston are known as Bostonians . Emigrants from Boston named several other settlements around the world after the town , most notably Boston , Massachusetts , in the United States .
Lincolnshire ( abbreviated Lincs . ) is a county in eastern England , with a long coastline on the North Sea to the east . It borders Norfolk to the south east , Cambridgeshire to the south , Rutland to the south west , Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire to the west , South Yorkshire to the north west , and the East Riding of Yorkshire to the north . It also borders Northamptonshire in the south for just 20 yards ( 19 m ) , England 's shortest county boundary . The county town is the city of Lincoln , where the county council has its headquarters . The ceremonial county of Lincolnshire is composed of the non-metropolitan county of Lincolnshire and the area covered by the unitary authorities of North Lincolnshire and North East Lincolnshire . Part of the ceremonial county is in the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England , and most is in the East Midlands region . The county is the second-largest of the English ceremonial counties and one that is predominantly agricultural in land use . The county is fourth-largest of the two-tier counties , as the unitary authorities of North Lincolnshire and North East Lincolnshire are not included . The county has several geographical sub-regions , including the rolling chalk hills of the Lincolnshire Wolds . In the southeast are the Lincolnshire Fens ( southeast Lincolnshire ) , the Carrs ( similar to the Fens but in north Lincolnshire ) , the industrial Humber Estuary and North Sea coast around Grimsby and Scunthorpe , and in the southwest of the county , the Kesteven Uplands , comprising rolling limestone hills in the district of South Kesteven .
Brandwood End Cemetery is a cemetery located in the Brandwood ward of Birmingham , England .
Birmingham ( /ˈbɜːmɪŋəm/ ( listen ) BUR-ming-əm ) is a major city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands , England . It is the second-largest city and metropolitan area in England and the United Kingdom , [ b ] with roughly 1.1 million inhabitants within the city area and 3.8 million inhabitants within the metropolitan area . Birmingham is commonly referred to as the second city of the United Kingdom . Located in the West Midlands county and region in England , approximately 100 miles ( 160 km ) from Central London , Birmingham , as one of the United Kingdom 's major cities , is considered to be the social , cultural , financial , and commercial centre of both the East and West Midlands . Distinctively , Birmingham only has small rivers flowing through it , mainly the River Tame and its tributaries River Rea and River Cole - one of the closest main rivers is the Severn , approximately 20 miles ( 32 km ) west of the city centre . Birmingham 's urban area is the second-largest in the United Kingdom , with its most recently estimated population in 2017 being 2,897,303 , and it also lies within the most populated English district . A market town in the medieval period , Birmingham grew in the 18th-century Midlands Enlightenment and subsequent Industrial Revolution , which saw advances in science , technology , and economic development , producing a series of innovations that laid many of the foundations of modern industrial society . By 1791 it was being hailed as the first manufacturing town in the world . Birmingham 's distinctive economic profile , with thousands of small workshops practising a wide variety of specialised and highly skilled trades , encouraged exceptional levels of creativity and innovation and provided an economic base for prosperity that was to last into the final quarter of the 20th century . The Watt steam engine was invented in Birmingham . The resulting high level of social mobility also fostered a culture of political radicalism which , under leaders from Thomas Attwood to Joseph Chamberlain , was to give it a political influence unparalleled in Britain outside London , and a pivotal role in the development of British democracy . From the summer of 1940 to the spring of 1943 , Birmingham was bombed heavily by the German Luftwaffe in what is known as the Birmingham Blitz .
The West Midlands County is a metropolitan county and combined authority area in western-central England with a 2018 estimated population of 2,916,458 , making it the second most populous county in England after Greater London . It came into existence as a metropolitan county in 1974 after the passage of the Local Government Act 1972 , formed from parts of Staffordshire , Worcestershire and Warwickshire . The county itself is a NUTS 2 region within the wider NUTS 1 region of the same name . The county consists of seven metropolitan boroughs : the City of Birmingham , the City of Coventry and the City of Wolverhampton , as well as the boroughs of Dudley , Sandwell , Solihull and Walsall . The metropolitan county exists in law and as a geographic frame of reference , and as a ceremonial county it has a Lord Lieutenant and a High Sheriff . Between 1974 and 1986 , the West Midlands County Council was the administrative body covering the county ; this was abolished on 31 March 1986 , and the constituent metropolitan boroughs effectively became unitary authorities . A new administrative body for the county ( and some of the district surrounding it as Non-Constituent members ) , the West Midlands Combined Authority , was created in June 2016 . Since May 2017 , the authority has been headed by a directly elected Mayor of the West Midlands , a position currently held by Andy Street of the Conservative Party . Other county-wide bodies include the West Midlands Police , the West Midlands Fire Service and Transport for West Midlands . The county is sometimes described as the West Midlands metropolitan area or the West Midlands conurbation or Greater Birmingham , although these have different , and less clearly defined , boundaries . The main conurbation , or urban area , does not include Coventry for example . The name West Midlands is also used for the much larger West Midlands region , which sometimes causes confusion , not surprising perhaps when geographically it is on the eastern side of the region , the western side comprising Shropshire and Herefordshire the southern side comprising Worcestershire and most of Warwickshire .
Brookwood Cemetery , also known as the London Necropolis , is a burial ground in Brookwood , Surrey , England . It is the largest cemetery in the United Kingdom and one of the largest in Europe . The cemetery is listed a Grade I site in the Register of Historic Parks and Gardens .
Brookwood is a village in Surrey , England , about 3 1⁄2 miles ( 5.6 km ) west of Woking , with a mixture of semi-rural , woodland-set and archetypal suburban residential homes . It lies on the western border of the Woking Borough , with a small part of the village in Guildford Borough . As part of the 2016 boundary review Brookwood became part of the Heathlands ward which comprises Brookwood , Bridley , Hook Heath , Mayford , Sutton Green and Barnsbury and Wych Hill . The village is known for the 500-acre Brookwood Cemetery , also called the London Necropolis . The village also gave its name to the former Victorian Brookwood Hospital , once the leading mental institution in Surrey . Since its closure in 1994 , it has been redeveloped as housing .
Surrey ( /ˈsʌri/ SURR-ee ) is a county in South East England which borders Kent to the east , East Sussex to the southeast , West Sussex to the south , Hampshire to the west , Berkshire to the northwest , and Greater London to the northeast . With about 1.2 million people , Surrey is the twelfth most populous English county , the third most populous home county , after Kent and Essex , and the third most populous in the Southeast , after Hampshire and Kent . Surrey is a wealthy county . It has the highest GDP per capita of any English county , some of the highest property values outside Inner London , and also the highest cost of living outside the capital . It has the highest proportion of woodland of counties in England . It has four horse racing courses , and golf courses including the international competition venue at Wentworth . Guildford is popularly regarded as the county town , although Surrey County Council is based extraterritorially at Kingston upon Thames . Surrey is divided into eleven districts .
Cambridge City Cemetery is the main burial ground for the city of Cambridge in Cambridgeshire . It is to the north of the city , at the junction of Newmarket Road and Ditton Lane , near to Cambridge Airport . The cemetery held its first burial on 6 June 1903 when it was known as Cambridge Borough Cemetery . This was later changed to The Regional Cemetery before finally becoming The City Cemetery ; it occupies eight hectares . Known locally as Newmarket Road Cemetery , the cemetery has unlimited pedestrian access everyday including Sundays and bank holidays . The facilities include a car park and a memorial chapel . In addition to the main burial ground , the cemetery also has a Jewish Section , a Muslim Section , a Roman Catholic section , a large Commonwealth War Graves Commission section and the Cantetebrigge Memorial Garden .
Cambridge ( /ˈkeɪmbrɪdʒ/ KAYM-brij ) is a university city and the county town of Cambridgeshire , England , on the River Cam approximately 50 miles ( 80 km ) north of London . At the United Kingdom Census 2011 , its population was 123,867 including 24,506 students . Cambridge became an important trading centre during the Roman and Viking ages , and there is archaeological evidence of settlement in the area as early as the Bronze Age . The first town charters were granted in the 12th century , although modern city status was not officially conferred until 1951 . The University of Cambridge was founded in 1209 . The buildings of the university include King 's College Chapel , Cavendish Laboratory , and the Cambridge University Library , one of the largest legal deposit libraries in the world . The city 's skyline is dominated by several college buildings , along with the spire of the Our Lady and the English Martyrs Church , and the chimney of Addenbrooke 's Hospital . Anglia Ruskin University , which evolved from the Cambridge School of Art and the Cambridgeshire College of Arts and Technology , also has its main campus in the city . Cambridge is at the heart of the high-technology Silicon Fen with industries such as software and bioscience and many start-up companies born out of the university . Over 40 per cent of the workforce have a higher education qualification , more than twice the national average . The Cambridge Biomedical Campus , one of the largest biomedical research clusters in the world , is soon to house premises of AstraZeneca , a hotel , and the relocated Papworth Hospital . The first game of association football took place at Parker 's Piece .
Cambridgeshire ( abbreviated Cambs . ) [ note 1 ] is a county in the East of England , bordering Lincolnshire to the north , Norfolk to the north-east , Suffolk to the east , Essex and Hertfordshire to the south , and Bedfordshire and Northamptonshire to the west . The city of Cambridge is the county town . Modern Cambridgeshire was formed in 1974 as an amalgamation of the counties of Cambridgeshire and Isle of Ely and Huntingdon and Peterborough , the former covering the historic county of Cambridgeshire ( including the Isle of Ely ) and the latter covering the historic county of Huntingdonshire and the Soke of Peterborough , historically part of Northamptonshire . It contains most of the region known as Silicon Fen . Local government is divided between Cambridgeshire County Council and Peterborough City Council , which , since 1998 , forms a separate unitary authority . Under the county council , there are five district councils , Cambridge City Council , South Cambridgeshire District Council , East Cambridgeshire District Council , Huntingdonshire District Council and Fenland District Council .
Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial is a World War II American military war grave cemetery , located between the villages of Coton and Madingley , 7 km ( 4.3 mi ) north-west of Cambridge , England . The cemetery , dedicated in 1956 , contains 3,811 American war dead and covers 30.5 acres ( 12.3 ha ) . Cambridge American Cemetery is one of 26 overseas military cemeteries administered by the American Battle Monuments Commission ( ABMC ) .
The Cannock Chase German Military Cemetery ( grid reference SJ984157 ) is on Cannock Chase , Staffordshire , England . The cemetery contains nearly 5,000 burials from both the First and Second World War . The burials are mainly German and Austrian nationals with a very small number of Ukrainians .
Cannock Chase ( grid reference SK000165 ) is a mixed area of countryside in the county of Staffordshire , England . The area has been designated as the Cannock Chase Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty . The Chase gives its name to the Cannock Chase local government district . It is a former Royal forest .
Staffordshire ( /ˈstæfərdʃɪər , -ʃər/ ; postal abbreviation Staffs . ) is a landlocked county in the West Midlands of England . It borders Cheshire to the northwest , Derbyshire and Leicestershire to the east , Warwickshire to the southeast , West Midlands and Worcestershire to the south , and Shropshire to the west . The largest settlement in Staffordshire is Stoke-on-Trent , which is administered as an independent unitary authority , separately from the rest of the county . Lichfield , a smaller settlement , is a cathedral city . Other major settlements include Stafford , Burton upon Trent , Cannock , Newcastle-under-Lyme , Rugeley , Leek , and Tamworth . Smaller towns include Stone , Cheadle , Uttoxeter , Burntwood/Chasetown , Eccleshall , Biddulph , Penkridge and the large villages of Wombourne , Kinver , Tutbury , Alrewas , Barton-under-Needwood , Stretton and Abbots Bromley . Cannock Chase AONB is within the county as well as parts of the National Forest and the Peak District national park . Wolverhampton , Walsall , West Bromwich and Smethwick are within the historic county boundaries of Staffordshire , but since 1974 have been part of the West Midlands county . Apart from Stoke-on-Trent , Staffordshire is divided into the districts of Cannock Chase , East Staffordshire , Lichfield , Newcastle-under-Lyme , South Staffordshire , Stafford , Staffordshire Moorlands , and Tamworth .
Carleton Crematorium , together with the adjacent necropolis , Carleton Cemetery , is a graveyard located within the Greenlands ward of Blackpool with its main entrance on Stocks Road in Carleton , Poulton-le-Fylde , Lancashire , in England . It was opened on 18 July 1935 . The building was created by Blackpool Borough architect , J.C. Robinson , who based his design on his own interpretation of the Mausoleum of Mausolus . [ citation needed ] At the north door is a chapel containing Books of Remembrance , which note the names of all those cremated or interred there . [ citation needed ] The site is located in Blackpool and partly in Carleton , Poulton-le-Fylde , the crematorium comes under the jurisdiction of Blackpool Council .
Blackpool /ˈblækpuːl/ ( listen ) is a town and seaside resort on the Lancashire coast in North West England . The town is on the Irish Sea , between the Ribble and Wyre estuaries , 15 miles ( 24 km ) northwest of Preston , 27 miles ( 43 km ) north of Liverpool , 28 miles ( 45 km ) northwest of Bolton and 40 miles ( 64 km ) northwest of Manchester . It had an estimated population of 139,720 at the 2011 Census , making it the most populous town in Lancashire . Throughout the Medieval and Early Modern period , Blackpool was a coastal hamlet in Lancashire 's Hundred of Amounderness , and remained such until the mid-18th century when it became fashionable in England to travel to the coast in the summer to improve well-being . In 1781 , visitors attracted to Blackpool 's 7-mile ( 11 km ) sandy beach were able to use a new private road , built by Thomas Clifton and Sir Henry Hoghton . Stagecoaches began running to Blackpool from Manchester in the same year , and from Halifax in 1782 . In the early 19th century , Henry Banks and his son-in-law John Cocker erected new buildings in Blackpool such that its population grew from less than 500 in 1801 to over 2,500 in 1851 . St John 's Church in Blackpool was consecrated in 1821 . Blackpool rose to prominence as a major centre of tourism in England when a railway was built in the 1840s connecting it to the industrialised regions of Northern England . The railway made it much easier and cheaper for visitors to reach Blackpool , triggering an influx of settlers , such that in 1876 Blackpool was incorporated as a borough , governed by its own town council and aldermen . In 1881 , Blackpool was a booming resort with a population of 14,000 and a promenade complete with piers , fortune-tellers , public houses , trams , donkey rides , fish-and-chip shops and theatres . By 1901 the population of Blackpool was 47,000 , by which time its place was cemented as the archetypal British seaside resort .
Lancashire ( /ˈlæŋkəʃər/ LANG-kə-shər , /-ʃɪər/ -⁠sheer ; abbreviated Lancs . ) is a ceremonial county in North West England . The administrative centre is Preston . The county has a population of 1,449,300 and an area of 1,189 square miles ( 3,080 km2 ) . People from Lancashire are known as Lancastrians . The history of Lancashire begins with its founding in the 12th century . In the Domesday Book of 1086 , some of its lands were treated as part of Yorkshire . The land that lay between the Ribble and Mersey , Inter Ripam et Mersam , was included in the returns for Cheshire . When its boundaries were established , it bordered Cumberland , Westmorland , Yorkshire , and Cheshire . Lancashire emerged as a major commercial and industrial region during the Industrial Revolution . Liverpool and Manchester grew into its largest cities , with economies built around the docks and the cotton mills respectively . These cities dominated global trade and the birth of modern industrial capitalism .
The City Road Cemetery is a cemetery in the City of Sheffield , England that opened in May 1881 and was originally Intake Road Cemetery . Covering 100 acres ( 0.40 km2 ) it is the largest and is the head office for all the municipally owned cemeteries in Sheffield . The cemetery contains Sheffield Crematorium , whose first cremation was on 24 April 1905 .
Sheffield is a city and metropolitan borough in South Yorkshire , England . Historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire , its name derives from the River Sheaf , which runs through the city . With some of its southern suburbs annexed from Derbyshire , the city has grown from its largely industrial roots to encompass a wider economic base . The population of the City of Sheffield is 582,506 ( mid-2018 est . ) and it is one of the eight largest regional English cities that make up the Core Cities Group . Sheffield is the third-largest English district by population . The metropolitan population of Sheffield is 1,569,000 . The city is in the eastern foothills of the Pennines , and the valleys of the River Don and its four tributaries , the Loxley , the Porter Brook , the Rivelin and the Sheaf . Sixty-one per cent of Sheffield 's entire area is green space , and a third of the city lies within the Peak District national park . There are more than 250 parks , woodlands and gardens in the city , which is estimated to contain around 4.5 million trees . Sheffield played a crucial role in the Industrial Revolution , with many significant inventions and technologies developed in the city . In the 19th century , the city saw a huge expansion of its traditional cutlery trade , when stainless steel and crucible steel were developed locally , fuelling an almost tenfold increase in the population .
South Yorkshire is a metropolitan county in England . It is the southernmost county in the Yorkshire and the Humber region and had a population of 1.34 million in 2011 . It has an area of 1,552 square kilometres ( 599 sq mi ) and consists of four metropolitan boroughs , Barnsley , Doncaster , Rotherham and Sheffield . South Yorkshire was created on 1 April 1974 as a result of the Local Government Act 1972 . Its largest settlement is Sheffield . Lying on the east side of the Pennines , South Yorkshire is landlocked , and borders Derbyshire to the west and south-west , West Yorkshire to the north-west , North Yorkshire to the north , the East Riding of Yorkshire to the north-east , Lincolnshire to the east and Nottinghamshire to the south-east . The Sheffield Urban Area is the tenth most populous conurbation in the United Kingdom , and dominates the western half of South Yorkshire with over half of the county 's population living within it . South Yorkshire lies within the Sheffield City Region with Barnsley also being within the Leeds City Region , reflecting its geographical position midway between Yorkshire 's two largest cities . South Yorkshire County Council was abolished in 1986 and its metropolitan boroughs are now effectively unitary authorities , although the metropolitan county continues to exist in law . As a ceremonial county , South Yorkshire has a Lord Lieutenant and a High Sheriff . South Yorkshire was created from 32 local government districts of the West Riding of Yorkshire ( the administrative county and four independent county boroughs ) , with small areas from Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire . In the 2016 referendum on the United Kingdom 's membership of the European Union , South Yorkshire voted 62% leave and 38% remain , making it one of the most heavily Leave areas in the country .
Guildford ( /ˈɡɪlfərd/ ( listen ) ) is a large town in Surrey , England , 27 miles ( 43 km ) southwest of London on the A3 trunk road midway between the capital and Portsmouth . The town has a population of about 80,000 and is the seat of the wider Borough of Guildford which had an estimated 146,100 inhabitants in 2015 . Guildford has Saxon roots and historians attribute its location to the existence of a gap in the North Downs where the River Wey was forded by the Harrow Way . [ n 1 ] By AD 978 it was home to an early English Royal Mint . The building of the Wey Navigation and the Basingstoke Canal in the 17th and 18th centuries , respectively , connected Guildford to a network of waterways that aided its prosperity . In the 20th century , the University of Surrey and Guildford Cathedral , an Anglican cathedral , were added . Due to recent development running north from Guildford , and linking to the Woking area , Guildford now officially forms the southwestern tip of the Greater London Built-up Area , as defined by the Office for National Statistics .
Crookes Cemetery is a cemetery between Crosspool and Crookes in the city of Sheffield , South Yorkshire , England . Its main entrance is on Headland Road with additional access from Mulehouse Road . It was opened in 1906 , and covers 29 acres ( 120,000 m2 ) . By 2009 , over 29,000 burials had taken place since its opening .