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Cemeteries In New Hampshire
This list of cemeteries in New Hampshire includes currently operating, historical (closed for new interments), and defunct (graves abandoned or removed) cemeteries, columbaria, and mausolea which are historical and/or notable. It does not include pet cemeteries. Cheshire County * Cathedral of the Pines in Rindge * Second Rindge Meetinghouse, Horsesheds and Cemetery in Rindge; NRHP-listed Hillsborough County * Signer's House and Matthew Thornton Cemetery in Merrimack; NRHP-listed * St. Joseph Cemetery in Manchester * Valley Cemetery in Manchester; NRHP-listed Merrimack County * Blossom Hill and Calvary Cemeteries in Concord; NRHP-listed * Old North Cemetery in Concord; NRHP-listed Rockingham County * Chester Village Cemetery in Chester; NRHP-listed * Old North Cemetery in Portsmouth; NRHP-listed * Plains Cemetery in Kingston; NRHP-listed * Point of Graves Burial Ground in Portsmouth * Portsmouth African Burying Ground in Portsmouth Strafford County * Fores ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cemeteries
A cemetery, burial ground, gravesite or graveyard is a place where the remains of dead people are buried or otherwise interred. The word ''cemetery'' (from Greek , "sleeping place") implies that the land is specifically designated as a burial ground and originally applied to the Roman catacombs. The term ''graveyard'' is often used interchangeably with cemetery, but a graveyard primarily refers to a burial ground within a churchyard. The intact or cremated remains of people may be interred in a grave, commonly referred to as burial, or in a tomb, an "above-ground grave" (resembling a sarcophagus), a mausoleum, columbarium, niche, or other edifice. In Western cultures, funeral ceremonies are often observed in cemeteries. These ceremonies or rites of passage differ according to cultural practices and religious beliefs. Modern cemeteries often include crematoria, and some grounds previously used for both, continue as crematoria as a principal use long after the interment areas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Portsmouth ( ) is a port and city status in the United Kingdom, city in the ceremonial county of Hampshire in southern England. The city of Portsmouth has been a Unitary authorities of England, unitary authority since 1 April 1997 and is administered by Portsmouth City Council. Portsmouth is the most densely populated city in the United Kingdom, with a population last recorded at 208,100. Portsmouth is located south-west of London and south-east of Southampton. Portsmouth is mostly located on Portsea Island; the only English city not on the mainland of Great Britain. Portsea Island has the third highest population in the British Isles after the islands of Great Britain and Ireland. Portsmouth also forms part of the regional South Hampshire, South Hampshire conurbation, which includes the city of Southampton and the boroughs of Eastleigh, Fareham, Gosport, Havant and Waterlooville. Portsmouth is one of the world's best known ports, its history can be traced to Roman Britain, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Cemeteries In The United States
This is a list of cemeteries in the United States. The list includes both active and historic sites, and does not include pet cemeteries. At the end of the list by states, cemeteries in territories of the United States are included. The list is for notable cemeteries and is not an attempt to list all the cemeteries in the United States. Alabama * Ahavas Chesed Cemetery, Mobile * Alabama National Cemetery, Montevallo * Church Street Graveyard, Mobile * Elmwood Cemetery, Birmingham * Maple Hill Cemetery, Huntsville * Sha'arai Shomayim Cemetery, Mobile * Tuskegee University Campus Cemetery, Tuskegee * List of Historic Cemeteries in Alabama Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Alabama * Blocton Italian Catholic Cemetery, Blocton * Catholic Cemetery, Mobile * Magnolia Cemetery, Mobile * Mobile National Cemetery, Mobile * Oak Hill Cemetery, Birmingham Alaska Arizona * Boothill Graveyard, Tombstone * Citizens Cemetery, Flagstaff (site of mass grave ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trinity Church (Cornish, New Hampshire)
Trinity Church is an historic church located at 833 Route 12A in Cornish, New Hampshire, in the United States. It began in 1793 as the Episcopal Society and became Trinity Episcopal Church in 1795. Instrumental in its establishment was Philander Chase, son of one of the three founders of Cornish and then a student at Dartmouth College. Chase later became the first bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Ohio, the first bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Illinois, and Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America. Construction of the church began in 1803 and was finished in 1808. On February 1, 1980, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places. Its historic graveyard is known as Trinity Cemetery. After decades of being vacant, the church was reopened in 2004 as Trinity Anglican Church. Early history It began in 1793 as the Episcopal Society and became Trinity Episcopal Church in 1795. Instrumental in its establishment was Philander Chase, son ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pine Hill Cemetery (Dover, New Hampshire)
Pine Hill Cemetery is located in Dover, New Hampshire, and was first used as a burial ground in 1730. Notable interments Following are interments of notable people: * James Monroe Buckley (1836–1920), American Methodist doctor, preacher, and editor * Daniel Meserve Durell (1769–1841), U.S. congressman, elected to represent New Hampshire as an at-large delegate from 1807 to 1809 * George Frost (1720–1796), Revolutionary War Continental Congressman from 1777 to 1779 * Jonathan Grout (1737–1807), U.S. congressman elected to represent Massachusetts's 8th District, serving from 1789 to 1791 * Joshua James Guppey (1820–1893), Civil War Union brevet brigadier general * John Parker Hale (1806–1873), U.S. congressman, Civil War U.S. senator, elected as a Democrat to represent New Hampshire as an at-large delegate to the House of Representatives in 1843–1845 * William Hale (1765–1848), U.S. congressman; first represented the 3rd District from 1809 to 1811, then as an at-l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Forest Glade Cemetery
Forest Glade Cemetery is the oldest cemetery in Somersworth, New Hampshire. Set on on Maple Street, it is a good example of the popular mid-19th century rural cemetery movement. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2017, and the New Hampshire State Register of Historic Places in 2021. Description and history Forest Glade Cemetery is located southwest of downtown Somersworth, on the west side of Maple Street between Tates Brook Road and Bartlett Avenue. While the road frontage of the property is roughly straight, the rear line of the developed portion of the cemetery follows a broad curve. The rolling landscape has circulation roads laid out harmoniously with the terrain, which is dotted with mature plantings. The cemetery's prominent architectural features are the Furber Chapel, a stone English country chapel designed by Henry Vaughan and built in 1898, and the entrance gate, a stone arch bearing the inscription "Until the day dawns and the shadows fle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Portsmouth African Burying Ground
The Portsmouth African Burying Ground is a memorial park on Chestnut Street in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, United States. The memorial park sits on top of an 18th century gravesite containing almost two hundred freed and enslaved African people. It is the only archeologically verified African burying ground for the time period in New England. The site was discovered in 2003 when construction workers discovered the buried while trying to dig a manhole. Remains of eight individuals were exhumed and determined to be of African diaspora, African descent. Of the eight remains, four were men, one was a female, one a child, and the rest were unable to be determined. History Although the exact date of the first burial in the African Burying Ground is unknown, maps dating back to 1705 have included the cemetery. The gravesite went out of use in the late 18th century but was mentioned in a newspaper written sometime in the mid-1800s. Maps of the city continued to include the cemetery un ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Point Of Graves Burial Ground
Point of Graves Burial Ground is a small historic cemetery in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, dating to the 17th century. It was the final resting place for many of Portsmouth's prominent residents including the Wentworth family, the Vaughan family, the Rogers, and the Lears. It is the oldest known surviving cemetery in Portsmouth, and one of the oldest in the state. It has about 125 gravestones. Previously neglected, it is now well maintained by the Mayor's Committee and the city. The cemetery plot was on a point of land that directly overlooked the Piscataqua River in earlier times. History Captain John Pickering II agreed to let the town have half an acre "upon the neck of land on which he liveth, where the people have been wont to be buried, which land shall be impropriated forever unto the use of a burying place." The earliest legible gravestone is dated 1682. There are ghost stories related about the cemetery. Putative hauntings are part of tourist appeal. It is believed th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Plains Cemetery
Plains Cemetery, also known as Village Cemetery, is a historic cemetery on Cemetery Lane in Kingston, New Hampshire. Established circa 1725, it includes the resting place of Josiah Bartlett, the second signer of the Declaration of Independence. The cemetery was added to the National Register of Historic Places in December 2021. See also *National Register of Historic Places listings in Rockingham County, New Hampshire This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Rockingham County, New Hampshire. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Rockingham County, Ne ... References Kingston, New Hampshire Cemeteries on the National Register of Historic Places in New Hampshire National Register of Historic Places in Rockingham County, New Hampshire 1725 establishments in the Thirteen Colonies Cemeteries established in the 18th century {{NewHampshire-NRHP-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Old North Cemetery (Portsmouth, New Hampshire)
Old North Cemetery is a historic cemetery on Maplewood Avenue in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. It is a roughly parcel of land north of the city center on the shore of North Mill Pond. Its earliest burials are dated to 1751, although it was not formally established as a cemetery until 1753. It is the largest of the city's 18th century cemeteries, and is remarkable for the relatively distant locations some of the stonecarvers came from whose work appears in it. The cemetery was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. Setting Old North Cemetery is located north of downtown Portsmouth, on the southwest side of Maplewood Avenue. It is bounded on the southeast by a railroad yard, and the northwest by Union Cemetery. To the west it borders a portion of the North Mill Pond. This setting is in stark contrast to its historical surroundings. At the time of its founding, it was essentially laid out on a peninsula, and the pond was more of a tidal inlet of the Piscataqu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chester Village Cemetery
Chester Village Cemetery is a historic cemetery at the junction of New Hampshire Routes 102 and 121 in the center of Chester, New Hampshire. Established in 1751, it is one of the state's older cemeteries, and is particularly unusual for the large number of grave markers that were signed by their carvers. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1979. Description and history The Chester Village Cemetery is located in the town center of Chester, at the eastern corner of Routes 102 and 121. The property is about in size, and roughly rectangular in shape. The long side, along Route 121, is also its oldest portion; known as the "Revolutionary Quarter", it is about in size, and has many graves dating to the period of the American Revolutionary War. Monuments in this older section are predominantly of either slate or sandstone, although there are some that are marble. The cemetery was established in 1751, and became the town's main burying ground. Prior to t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Old North Cemetery (Concord, New Hampshire)
Old North Cemetery is a historic cemetery on North State Street in Concord, New Hampshire. Established in 1730, it is the city's oldest cemetery. Franklin Pierce, fourteenth president of the United States, is buried in the cemetery, as are his wife Jane Pierce, Jane and two of his three sons. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on November 9, 2008. (114 pages including site plans and 12 photos) The cemetery continues to accept new burials. Description and history The Old North Cemetery is located north of modern downtown Concord, and a short way west of Concord's Concord Historic District, historic early town center. It is a roughly L-shaped property, about in size, bounded on the east by North State Street and the west by Bradley Street. Iron fencing lines both of these street-facing boundaries, with a gate flanked by stone piers on North State Street serving as the main pedestrian access point. Vehicular access is through an entrance at the northern end of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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