Entrance to Letchworth Cemetery with the Chapel on the left
Letchworth's first cemetery and bordered by Icknield Way and Wilbury Hills Road, the cemetery is now closed for new burials but can be used if graves are being reopened and for prepurchased plots. Cremated remains are also still being interred at the cemetery.[1] The car gates open and close automatically each day at dawn and dusk.
Letchworth Cemetery has a small chapel which is available for services for children's funerals and can seat about eight mourners. The chapel also houses the Book of Remembrance which is available to view every day of the year, either inside or through its position at a rear window.[1] It has 15 military graves from World War II which are maintained by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.[2]
Today burials in Letchworth take place at the nearby Wilbury Hills Cemetery.[3]
letchworth, cemetery, properly, icknield, cemetery, first, burial, ground, letchworth, garden, city, hertfordshire, entrance, with, chapel, left, letchworth, first, cemetery, bordered, icknield, wilbury, hills, road, cemetery, closed, burials, used, graves, be. Letchworth Cemetery properly the Icknield Way Cemetery was the first burial ground for Letchworth Garden City in Hertfordshire Entrance to Letchworth Cemetery with the Chapel on the left Letchworth s first cemetery and bordered by Icknield Way and Wilbury Hills Road the cemetery is now closed for new burials but can be used if graves are being reopened and for prepurchased plots Cremated remains are also still being interred at the cemetery 1 The car gates open and close automatically each day at dawn and dusk Letchworth Cemetery has a small chapel which is available for services for children s funerals and can seat about eight mourners The chapel also houses the Book of Remembrance which is available to view every day of the year either inside or through its position at a rear window 1 It has 15 military graves from World War II which are maintained by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission 2 Today burials in Letchworth take place at the nearby Wilbury Hills Cemetery 3 In 2013 the cemetery featured in an episode of the BBC series Who Do You Think You Are when the actress Una Stubbs visited the grave of her great grandfather garden city pioneer Sir Ebenezer Howard Contents 1 Notable burials 2 Gallery 3 References 4 External linksNotable burials editAdrian Fortescue Roman Catholic priest liturgist Byzantine scholar and adventurer William Henry Gaunt English transport engineer Ebenezer Howard founder of the garden city movement Gallery edit nbsp The grave of Sir Ebenezer Howard in Letchworth Cemetery nbsp Grave of Adrian Fortescue nbsp Grave of William Henry Gaunt nbsp The Chapel at Letchworth Cemetery nbsp The interior of the ChapelReferences edit a b Icknield Way Cemetery Letchworth on the North Herts District Council website Letchworth Cemetery Commonwealth War Graves Commission website Wilbury Hills Cemetery Letchworth North Herts District Council websiteExternal links editLetchworth Cemetery at Find a Grave nbsp Letchworth Cemetery Rules and Regulations North Herts District Council Photographs of the Cemetery Chapel Hertfordshire Churches website 51 58 45 N 0 15 01 W 51 97917 N 0 25028 W 51 97917 0 25028 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Letchworth Cemetery amp oldid 1138977449, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
