Locksbrook Cemetery

Locksbrook Cemetery is a municipal cemetery, located in Lower Weston, Bath, England. It was opened in 1864 as Walcot Cemetery, and occupies 12 acres (4.9 ha).[1] The cemetery was closed for general use in 1937 with over 30,000 internments there. Nowadays it is designated as a 'Nature Conservation Site' by Bath and North East Somerset council, its owners.[2]

A total of 132 military graves in the cemetery are in the care of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.[3] Locksbrook Cemetery is the final resting place of:

There are three Grade II listed structures in the cemetery:

References

  1. ^ a b Gate Piers and Boundary Walls (Grade II) (1395453). National Heritage List for England. English Heritage.
  2. ^ "Locksbrook Cemetery". Bath and North East Somerset council. http://www.bathnes.gov.uk/communityandliving/deaths/cemeteries/Pages/Locksbrook.aspx. Retrieved 1 January 2012. 
  3. ^ "Bath (Locksbrook) Cemetery". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. http://www.cwgc.org/search/cemetery_details.aspx?cemetery=43523&mode=1. Retrieved 1 January 2012. 
  4. ^ Twin chapels (Grade II) (1395454). National Heritage List for England. English Heritage.
  5. ^ Cross of Sacrifice (Grade II) (1395458). National Heritage List for England. English Heritage.
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