Ash Cemetery, also known as Emery Gates Cemetery on Church Road is the burial ground for the village of Ash in Surrey, England.
Ash Cemetery, also known as Emery Gates Cemetery on Church Road is the burial ground for the village of Ash in Surrey, England.
At a meeting of Ash Vestry held in January 1886 at St Peter's Church in Ash it was decided to look at the possibility of purchasing land near the church as a burial ground for the expanding village. [1] At a further meeting of the Vestry on 29 October 1886 at St Peter's a resolution was passed appointing a Burial Board which was to be composed of seven local residents:
The Reverend Albert Octavius Walsh, Rector of St Peter's church in Ash; the Reverend George Moss, Rector of Ash Vale; Lieutenant-Colonel John Bridges Walker of Ash Vale; factory manager James McLaren of Ash Vale; retired grocer John Woollard of Ash Vale; Major-General Frederick Hammersley of Ashe Grange, Ash; and local farmer William Bateman of Manor Farm in Ash. [2]
The first meeting of the Board took place shortly after on 19 November 1886 in the School Room at Ash when the Reverend Walsh was elected Chairman. One acre 2 rods and 4 perches (now sections A to F of the cemetery) [3] for the cemetery were bought in 1887 from the landowner, Winchester College, for £152 10s. [1] This land was then cleared and trees planted and footpaths and fencing laid. The cemetery opened in July 1888 with the first funeral said to have been that of an unknown man who was found dead in the road outside the cemetery. The building of a cemetery chapel in 1889 cost £540 which was financed by a loan from an insurance company. The stained glass window memorial in the chapel to the Great War was the gift of local benefactor Henry Morris Chester of Poyle Park. George Manfield (1846–1908), a local farmer and the sexton of nearby St Peter's church [4] was the cemetery's first gravedigger and cemetery caretaker at a salary of £10 yearly, increased in 1903 to £15. Manfield also had the responsibility for collecting the cemetery fees and paying them to the Parish Clerk. [2]
While today the entire cemetery is consecrated for Christian burial it is claimed locally that in the cemetery's early years there was an unconsecrated section for "suicides, turks and infidels". [2] However, no mention of this can be found in the Minutes of the Burial Board. Whenever an inmate of the local workhouse died other inmates would act as pallbearers at the pauper's funeral. [2]
A further 4 acres 2 rods and 19 perches were purchased from Mr Hogsflesh in 1913 for £225. [3]
There are 20 burials with the distinctive Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) headstones, with eleven burials of casualties from World War I and nine from World War II, including two members of Royal Air Force aircrew: Flight Sergeant George William Voice BEM (1906–1945), and Flight Lieutenant Alfred Alexander (1914–1940) [5] who died of his injuries following an accident while flying an Airspeed Oxford. [6]
Today, the cemetery covers eight acres while part of the cemetery chapel now houses Ash Museum. [1] [7] The cemetery has had more than 3,000 burials. [2]
Ash is a village and civil parish in the far west of the borough of Guildford, Surrey. Ash is on the eastern side of the River Blackwater, with a station on the Reading-Guildford-Gatwick line, and direct roads to Aldershot, Farnham and Guildford. The 2011 census counted the residents of the main ward of Ash, which excludes Ash Vale, as 6,120. It is within the Aldershot Urban Area and adjoins the riverside in the east of that large town; Ash has a small museum in the local cemetery chapel, a large secondary school and a library.
St Pancras and Islington Cemetery is a cemetery in East Finchley, North London. Although it is situated in the London Borough of Barnet, it is run as two cemeteries, owned by two other London Boroughs, Camden and Islington. The fence along the boundary which runs west to east between the two parts of the cemetery has been removed, although the line of it is still marked.
Pohick Church, previously known as Pohick Episcopal Church, is an Episcopal church in the community of Lorton in Fairfax County, Virginia, United States. Often called the "Mother Church of Northern Virginia," the church is notable for its association with important figures in early Virginian history such as George Washington and George Mason, both of whom served on its vestry.
Aldershot Military Cemetery is a burial ground for military personnel, or ex-military personnel and their families, located in Aldershot Military Town, Hampshire.
Queen's Road Cemetery is a cemetery in Croydon, England. It opened in 1861, and was followed in 1897 by the larger Croydon Cemetery in Mitcham Road. Both cemeteries are now managed by the London Borough of Croydon.
Putney Vale Cemetery and Crematorium in southwest London is located in Putney Vale, surrounded by Putney Heath and Wimbledon Common and Richmond Park. It is located within 47 acres (19 ha) of parkland. The cemetery was opened in 1891 and the crematorium in 1938. The cemetery was originally laid out on land which had belonged to Newlands Farm, which was established in the medieval period.
The City of London Cemetery and Crematorium is a cemetery and crematorium in the east of London. It is owned and operated by the City of London Corporation. It is designated Grade I on the Historic England National Register of Historic Parks and Gardens.
The English coastal city of Brighton and Hove, made up of the formerly separate Boroughs of Brighton and Hove in East Sussex, has a wide range of cemeteries throughout its urban area. Many were established in the mid-19th century, a time in which the Victorian "cult of death" encouraged extravagant, expensive memorials set in carefully cultivated landscapes which were even recommended as tourist attractions. Some of the largest, such as the Extra Mural Cemetery and the Brighton and Preston Cemetery, were set in particularly impressive natural landscapes. Brighton and Hove City Council, the local authority responsible for public services in the city, manages seven cemeteries, one of which also has the city's main crematorium. An eighth cemetery and a second crematorium are owned by a private company. Many cemeteries are full and no longer accept new burials. The council maintains administrative offices and a mortuary at the Woodvale Cemetery, and employs a coroner and support staff.
The two Camberwell cemeteries are close to one another in Honor Oak, south London, England. Both have noteworthy burials and architecture, and they are an important source of socioeconomic data in recording the historical growth and changing demography in the community for the Southwark area since 1855.
Smallcombe Cemetery is on the edge of Bath, Somerset, England, in a valley between Widcombe Hill and Bathwick Hill. It has two distinct parts, the Anglican section known as St Mary's Churchyard and the nonconformist section known as Smallcombe Vale cemetery; they are sometimes known together as Smallcombe Garden cemetery. The two cemeteries have been closed to new burials since 1988 and are maintained by Bath and North East Somerset Council. The Bath Corporation had assumed responsibility for both cemeteries in 1947.
Aldershot Cemetery is the main public burial ground for the town of Aldershot in Hampshire.
Christ Church Tingalpa and Burial Ground is a heritage-listed former Anglican church at 1341 Wynnum Road, Tingalpa, City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It was built from 1868 to 1993. It is now known as the Pioneer Wedding Chapel. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 2 February 1998.
Hitchin Cemetery, also known as St John's Road Cemetery, is the main burial ground for the town of Hitchin in Hertfordshire. The cemetery is located on Hitchin Hill, with Standhill Road running along the north-western boundary and St. John's Road along the south-eastern boundary. It has been owned and managed by North Hertfordshire District Council since 1974 and has a Chapel which can accommodate about 50 mourners which is available for the burial of all faiths.
Richmond Cemetery is a cemetery on Lower Grove Road in Richmond in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, England. The cemetery opened in 1786 on a plot of land granted by an Act of Parliament the previous year. The cemetery has been expanded several times and now occupies a 15-acre (6-hectare) site which, prior to the expansion of London, was a rural area of Surrey. It is bounded to the east by Richmond Park and to the north by East Sheen Cemetery, with which it is now contiguous and whose chapel is used for services by both cemeteries. Richmond cemetery originally contained two chapels—one Anglican and one Nonconformist—both built in the Gothic revival style, but both are now privately owned and the Nonconformist chapel today falls outside the cemetery walls after a redrawing of its boundaries.
Letchworth Cemetery was the first burial ground for Letchworth Garden City in Hertfordshire.
Tiverton Cemetery is the burial ground for the town of Tiverton in Devon. The cemetery covers eight acres and is owned and maintained by Mid Devon Council.
West Street Cemetery on West Street in Farnham in Surrey is one of four cemeteries in the Farnham area owned and maintained by Farnham Town Council. The two Cemetery chapels have been Grade II listed buildings on the Historic England Register since 1990.
Upper Hale Cemetery is the burial ground for the district of Hale in Farnham in Surrey.
Major-General Frederick Hammersley was a British Army officer who after serving in the Crimean War was at the forefront in developing an exercise regime for the British Army leading to him becoming the first Inspector of Gymnasia and being known as ‘The Father of Army Gymnastics’.
Townsend Cemetery is a cemetery in Crewkerne, Somerset, England. It is owned by Crewkerne Town Council, and jointly run by the Town Council and West Crewkerne Parish Council.
