Cemetery not shown on the OS 25 inch map surveyed 1887 but is shown on the following map revised 1903.

DB 1 September 2022

Wonderful display of bluebells and other Spring bulbs.

Boston Cemetery is registered under the Historic Buildings and Ancient Monuments Act 1953 within the Register of Historic Parks and Gardens by Historic England for its special historic interest.

https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1000935 

Kelly's Directory of Lincolnshire 1919 states :-

"Boston Cemetery, laid out in 1855, is 1 mile north from the town, and stands by the side of Maud Foster drain, on one of the roads leading to Horncastle :

it consists of 12 acres of land, divided by a broad gravel walk into two portions, that on the south being consecrated, and that on the north being set apart for the use of Catholics and Dissenters :

there are two mortuary chapels, erected in the same year, and a lodge at the entrance, built off red brick:

in I885 an additional piece of ground, west of the cemetery, amounting to 7a. 1r. 23p. was added, and consecrated in October by the Rt. Rev. Edw. King D.D. Bishop of Lincoln 1885-1910:

the cemetery is under the control of the Corporation"

DB 1 May 2019

"This is a finely detailed cemetery chapel in white brick with Ancaster stone dressings and fishscale slate roof.

It is of 1854-5 and is by the distinguished architect James Pigott Pritchett of Darlington"

"This chapel is significant for its architectural quality, its erection so soon after the Burial Board Act of 1854, and for forming part of a landscape layout - also by Pritchett - included in the Register of Parks and Gardens at Grade II"

"The identical Nonconformist chapel on the north side of the walk was demolished in 1961"

DB 1 May 2019

"Cemetery entrance lodge. Designed by James Piggott Pritchett Junior and built in 1855 with an extension added in the 1980s"

https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1392661 

Built in the gothic revival style.

DB 1 May 2019

War memorial and former mortuary.

The former mortuary is now used for storage "First built in 1855 and rebuilt in 1885. Designed by James Piggott Pritchett Junior"

https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1392662 

DB 1 May 2019

"There are several memorials of particular interest within the original cemetery, the most notable of which is the burial site of Sir Herbert Ingram MP for Boston, the founder of the London Illustrated News, who came from the Boston area and drowned along with his young son on Lake Michigan, North America in 1860.

Sir Herbert's body was returned for burial to Boston and the grave is marked by a granite obelisk set with a cast of the face of his son, whose body was never recovered"

https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1000935 

DB 1 May 2019

Gateway leading from Sleaford Road into the hospital's cemetery.

DB 26 February 2019 

Marked on the OS 25 inch map published 1905 as "Mortuary Chapel (Church of England)".

Kelly's Directory of Lincolnshire 1919 states "A cemetery of 1 acres, formed June 30th, 1884, is managed by the Parish Council" 

DB 25 June 2018

In this view of the cemetery there seem to be a remarkable number of recent graves awaiting headstones.

From the Album of Gainsboro' Views published by Amcoats & Co, Booksellers, Stationers & Printers, Lord Street, Gainsborough, c.1900?

Gainsborough General Cemetery is situated on Cox's Hill to the east of the town centre.

The Friends of the General Cemetery have played a large role in recent work to repair headstones and 'bring to life' the careers of servicemen buried here.

PW July 2015

Kelly's Directory of Lincolnshire states :-

"The Cemetery, on Cox's hill, consisted originally of 3 acres 1 rood of land, purchased and converted into a public cemetery in 1874, at a cost of £650.

The total cost, including two mortuary chapels was £2,350; in 1891 an addition was made to the cemetery by the purchase of nearly 4 acres of land, which, together with a new carriage road, has cost £,2,000:

both this and the old or North Warren cemetery have, since March 31, 1899, been under the management of the Urban District Council of Gainsborough"

See also

http://www.friendsofthegeneralcemetery.com/ 

DB 6 August 2019 

"Another area of Gainsborough's industry is Rose Brothers, after William German Rose and Walter Rose, the co-founders.

In 1893 William Rose invented the world's first packaging machine, and two years later bought the Trentside Works site and started to rapidly expand his packaging machine business.

Rose's diversified into many other areas, and for many years they were associated with many household brands which produced the demand items of the day, including starch, razor blades and sweets, including Cadbury's chocolates after which the Roses selection is named.

They produced seaside rock-making machines, cigarette-making machines and bread-slicing and wrapping machines.

When the company closed, A.M.P Rose bought the confectionery packaging side of the business"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gainsborough,_Lincolnshire

See also

http://www.bphs.net/GroupFacilities/R/RoseBrothersGainsborough/index.htm 

DB 6 August 2019 

White's Directory of Lincolnshire 1856 states :-

"GAINSBOROUGH CEMETERY, more than half-a-mile north of the town, is the property of a company of shareholders, mostly Dissenters.

It comprises four acres, and was opened in 1846.

Mr. T.C. Wholey is the secretary"

DB 23 April 2019

OS 25 inch map published 1947 shows a "Mortuary Chapel (General)" in the center of the cemetery however this has now been demolished.

DB 23 April 2019

Referring to New Somerby, Kelly's Directory of Lincolnshire 1885 states :-

"The cemetery for Grantham, Spittlegate, Houghton and Walton and Manthorpe-cum-Little Gonerby, which was opened on May 1st, 1857, is almost entirely in this district, and covers an area of 9 acres, 3 of which were added in 1872; the total cost was about £7,200, inclusive of two mortuary chapels connected by an archway.

The cemetery is under the control of a Burial board of 20 members, to which the parish of Grantham contributes 9 members, Spittlegate 7, and Little Gonerby 4.

The inhabitants of New Somerby have the right to bury here on payment of double fees"

The cemetery is on Harrowby Road.

DB 8 January 2019

Another view of the chapel which is unfortunately no longer in use.

Grantham Crematorium is located a little further uphill to the east. 

DB 8 January 2019

Chapel at the cemetery in Harrowby Road, built 1857.

Peter Kirk Collecion, 1991

Hornsby family memorials with Richard Hornsby (1790-1864) founder of the firm Richard Hornsby & Sons on the left

"Richard Hornsby & Sons was an engine and machinery manufacturer in Lincolnshire, England from 1828 until 1918.

The company was a pioneer in the manufacture of the oil engine developed by Herbert Akroyd Stuart, which was marketed under the Hornsby-Akroyd name.

The company developed an early track system for vehicles, selling the patent to Holt & Co. (predecessor to Caterpillar Inc.) in America.

In 1918, Richard Hornsby & Sons became a subsidiary of the neighbouring engineering firm Rustons of Lincoln, to create Ruston & Hornsby"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Hornsby_%26_Sons 

DB 8 January 2019

Memorial to both World Wars.

DB 8 January 2019

The mausoleum in Great Limber (TA133088) on the Brocklesby estate was designed by James Wyatt, in the late eighteenth century.

It commemorates Sophia, the wife of the first Baron Yarborough, who died aged 33 in 1786. It is described as majestic and 'undoubtedly Wyatt's masterpiece' by Pevsner.

Frank Robinson, 2009

See other images of this building

Haagensen Memorial and Vault of 1897.

"the striking design and aesthetic quality of the statue achieves a high level of sculptural quality, which is echoed in the design and artistic quality of the marble-lined vault with its relief depictions of Peter and Janna Haagensen ...

the association of the memorial with Peter Haagensen, Consul for Sweden and Norway adds a measure of historic interest, evidenced by the volume of visitors who attended the memorial over a period of time, prompting the opening of a tea room and the production of souvenirs"

https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1422159 

DB 7 March 2020 

"IN MEMORY OF CONSUL PETER HENRIK HAAGENSEN BORN AT MOSS NORWAY 3RD AUGUST 1837 DIED AT BOURNMOUTH MAY 12TH 1919 AND OF HIS BELOVED WIFE JANNA BORN AT VINGER NORWAY 7TH SEPT 1845 DIED AT GRIMSBY 11TH DECR 1897

TO THE GLORY OF GOD IN THE HOPE OF RESURRECTION AND RECOGNITION IN ETERNITY"

DB 7 March 2020

First & Second World War memorial in the Council Cemetery.

DB 7 March 2020

The cemetery was laid out by Henry Goddard in 1856. 

Kelly's Directory 1909 states "A Burial Board, representing the nine parishes forming the southern and western portions of the city, was constituted in 1856, but in 1907 the control of the cemeteries was assumed by the Corporation, which now acts as the Burial Authority for the city.

The Cemetery, in Canwick road, containing about 15 acres, was opened in Aug. 1856

This ground, together with the superintendent's lodge and two chapels in the Early English style, cost upwards of £6,000"

DB 2 February 2019

Entrance to the cemetery from Canwick Road with Lodge visible in the background.

"Lodge and adjoining outbuilding. 1856. By Michael Drury"

https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1388478 

DB 02 February 2019

"Mortuary on north side of the Old Cemetery ... Mortuary, now a mess room. 1856. Probably by Michael Drury ...  The cemetery was laid out by Henry Goddard"

https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1388479 

DB 26 August 2019

"Pair of former chapels, now disused. 1856. By Michael Drury"

https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1388477 

Church of England chapel to the left and Nonconformist chapel to the right. 

Surrounded by fencing the chapels are in a very poor state of maintenance. 

DB 26 August 2019

War memorial surrounded by war graves.

"During the First World War, the 4th Northern General Hospital was at the Grammar School in Lincoln.

The hospital had 1,400 beds and during the course of the war, admissions numbered 45,000.

Lincoln (Newport) Cemetery, which was near the hospital, contains 139 First World War burials, almost 90 of them forming a war graves plot.

During the Second World War, this plot was extended and most of the 120 burials from this period were made there.

The rest of the graves from both wars are scattered throughout the cemetery"

https://www.cwgc.org/find-a-cemetery/cemetery/41578/Lincoln%20(Newport)%20Cemetery 

DB 24 December 2019

Charles Richard Sharpe VC (2 April 1889 - 17 February 1963) originally from Pickworth.

"He was an Acting Corporal in the 2nd Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment, British Army and 26 years old when the following deed took place during the Battle of Aubers Ridge in First World War for which he was awarded the VC.

On 9 May 1915 at Rouges Bancs, France, Corporal Sharpe was in charge of a blocking party sent forward to take a portion of the German trench.

He was the first to reach the enemy's position and using bombs with great effect he himself cleared them out of a trench 50 yards (46 m) long.

By this time all his party had fallen and he was then joined by four other men with whom he attacked the enemy with bombs and captured a further trench 250 yards (230 m) long"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Richard_Sharpe 

DB 21 December 2019 

Kelly's Directory 1909 states "St. Swithin's cemetery in Rosemary Lane, consisting of one acre, is now filled; the new cemetery in Washingboro' road, St. Swithin's, opened in 1890 and six acres in extent, is in part consecrated"

Chapel date stone reads "1889".

DB 02 February 2019

A view of the lodge from the cemetery on London Road. It is a Victorian building with tower and oriel window.

Pearl Wheatley, 2012

"Scopwick Church Burial Ground contains 50 Commonwealth burials of the Second World War and five German war graves. The graves form a plot in the top half of the burial ground.

The Cross of Sacrifice in the corner of the plot was unveiled by the Air Member, Canadian Joint Staff on 1 June 1950"

https://www.cwgc.org/find-a-cemetery/cemetery/2100771/scopwick-church-burial-ground/ 

DB 28 January 2019

"The village cemetery includes a War Graves site for airmen from RAF Coleby Grange and RAF Digby (originally RAF Scopwick), and includes that of the young Second World War poet and aviator John Gillespie Magee"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scopwick

DB 28 January 2019

"John Gillespie Magee Jr. (9 June 1922 - 11 December 1941) was a World War II Anglo-American Royal Canadian Air Force fighter pilot and poet, who wrote the poem High Flight"

"Oh! I have slipped the surly bonds of Earth ... Put out my hand, and touched the face of God"

"High Flight has been a favourite poem amongst both aviators and astronauts.

It is the official poem of the Royal Canadian Air Force and the Royal Air Force and has to be recited from memory by fourth class cadets at the United States Air Force Academy, where it can be seen on display in the Cadet Field House"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Gillespie_Magee_Jr. 

DB 2020

Memorial cross in the center of an inclined flower bed.

DB 19 February 2019 

Formerly the Scunthorpe Cemetery which opened in 1885, the first burial being on 30th January that year.

The last burial took place on 30th September 1988, by that time the cemetery contained 3417 graves.

The cemetery was cleared of memorials using powers under the Disused Burial Grounds Act 1884. 

Some of the memorials that were considered more notable were moved to three corners of the cemetery when the Memorial Gardens were created.

Information from North Lincs Council notice board.

Kelly's Directory of Lincolnshire 1919 states :-

"A cemetery of 3.5 acres was formed in 1884, at a cost of £3,000: it has a chapel and mortuary, and is under the control of the Urban District Council"

DB 19 February 2019 

Washingborough Medieval Cross stands outside the church gates. It was restored as a First World War Memorial.

The cottage in the background was taken down in the 1950s.

Kelly's Directory of Lincolnshire 1919 states :-

"A Cemetery about 3 acres in extent, with mortuary chapels, and a house for the keeper, was formed in 1876, at a cost of £2,000, and is under the control of the Urban District Council"

Geoff Swain Collection 15 November 1993