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[[File:Chapel at Tunbridge Wells Borough cemetery - geograph.org.uk - 803880.jpg|thumb|right|The Chapel, located in the centre of the cemetery. April 2008]]
[[File:Chapel at Tunbridge Wells Borough cemetery - geograph.org.uk - 803880.jpg|thumb|right|The Chapel, located in the centre of the cemetery. April 2008]]
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[[File:Older graves and monuments - geograph.org.uk - 803882.jpg|thumb|right|Older graves and monuments. April 2008]]
[[File:Tunbridge Wells cemetery - geograph.org.uk - 803876.jpg|thumb|right|A section of newer graves near the centre of the cemetery. April 2008]]
[[File:Tunbridge Wells cemetery - geograph.org.uk - 803876.jpg|thumb|right|A section of newer graves near the centre of the cemetery. April 2008]]
The '''[[Kent and Sussex Crematorium and Cemetery]]''' is.... a [[crematorium]] and [[cemetery]] located in [[Hawkenbury]] in the county of [[Kent]], [[England]].
The '''[[Kent and Sussex Crematorium and Cemetery]]''' is a [[crematorium]] and [[cemetery]] located in [[Hawkenbury]] in the county of [[Kent]], [[England]].


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*[http://www.tunbridgewells.gov.uk/residents/burials-and-cremations/tunbridge-wells-cemetery Official website]
*[http://www.tunbridgewells.gov.uk/residents/burials-and-cremations/tunbridge-wells-cemetery Official website]
*[http://foftwc.wix.com/foftwc Friends of Tunbridge Wells Cemetery]
*[http://foftwc.wix.com/foftwc Friends of Tunbridge Wells Cemetery]
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*[http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=2205096 Kent and Sussex Crematorium and Cemetery] at [[Findagrave]]
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Revision as of 18:18, 3 July 2014


Older graves and monuments. April 2008
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Established1873
Location
Hawkenbury, Kent
CountryEngland
Coordinates51°06′57″N 0°16′21″E / 51.115953°N 0.272429°E / 51.115953; 0.272429
Owned byTunbridge Wells Borough Council
Size23 acres (9.3 ha)
No. of graves44,000+[1]
WebsiteOfficial website
Find a Gravehttp://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=2205096
The Chapel, located in the centre of the cemetery. April 2008
A section of newer graves near the centre of the cemetery. April 2008

The Kent and Sussex Crematorium and Cemetery is a crematorium and cemetery located in Hawkenbury in the county of Kent, England.

Background

As a quickly developing and popular Victorian era spa town, the town of Tunbridge Wells did not gain its first church until 1829, when the Decimus Burton designed Holy Trinity Church opened. The town gained its first cemetery, Woodbury Park Cemetery in 1849, laid out over 3 acres (1.2 ha) and consecrated as Trinity Cemetery.[2]

However, as the town's expansion quickened, and with no additional land into which to expand the grounds, Woodbury Park proved to small. Although burials were continued to be allowed in family plots post 1873, the last burial took place there in 1934. It is now Grade II listed.[2]

History

The initially named Tunbridge Wells Cemetery opened in 1873.[2] Laid out over a 23 acres (9.3 ha) site by the town surveyor of Royal Tunbridge Wells, William Brentnall, he was initially recruited to rebuild the drainage system around the town. Bretnall was later buried in the same grounds.[1]

The co-located crematorium was opened in 1959.[3]

Today the grounds house over 44,000 burials.[1] In June 2014, a new Friends of Tunbridge Wells Cemetery were formed.[4]

Notable burials

Refereces

  1. ^ a b c Laura Plane (23 June 2014). "Newly formed Friends of Tunbridge Wells Cemetery". SO Magazines. Retrieved 3 July 2014.
  2. ^ a b c "Woodbury Park Cemetery". English Heritage. Retrieved 3 July 2014.
  3. ^ "Cemeteries & Crematoria". Kent Online Parish Clerks. Retrieved 3 July 2014.
  4. ^ "Tunbridge Wells Cemetery group formed to help with restoration". BBC Kent. 8 June 2014. Retrieved 3 July 2014.
  5. ^ "Memorial Plaque Honours V.C. Hero From Tunbridge Wells". Kentish Towns. Retrieved 3 July 2014.

External links

Category:1873 establishments in England Category:Cemeteries in England

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