Rosary Cemetery, Norwich was the first ever non-denominational cemetery in the United Kingdom. The entrance to the Rosary Cemetery lies on Rosary Road in Norwich, Norfolk.
It was established in 1819 by Thomas Drummond, a nonconformist minister.[1] The land was formerly in use as a market garden, and presents a broad green open space between the housing areas to the south and the playing fields of the Telegraph Lane schools to the north. The 13 acres (53,000 m2) of the cemetery came under the control of the Norwich Corporation in 1954 and it is estimated that about 18,500 people have been buried there since 1821. Among them are train driver John Prior and fireman James Light, killed in the 1874 Thorpe rail accident.
The surgeon Emanuel Cooper (1802-78) is also buried in the Cemetery in a large mausoleum. His daughter married the novelist John Galsworthy.
It was announced in January 2010 that the cemetery had been granted Grade II* listed status.