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Letchworth Cemetery (properly the Icknield Way Cemetery) was the first burial ground for
Letchworth Garden City
Letchworth Garden City, commonly known as Letchworth, is a town in the North Hertfordshire district of Hertfordshire, England. It is noted for being the first garden city. The population at the time of the 2011 census was 33,249.
Letchworth ...
in
Hertfordshire
Hertfordshire ( or ; often abbreviated Herts) is one of the home counties in southern England. It borders Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire to the north, Essex to the east, Greater London to the south, and Buckinghamshire to the west. For govern ...
.
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.
[ 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.][Icknield Way Cemetery, Letchworth on the North Herts District Council website]
/ref> It has 15 military graves from World War II
World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...
which are maintained by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) is an intergovernmental organisation of six independent member states whose principal function is to mark, record and maintain the graves and places of commemoration of Commonwealth of Nations mil ...
.
Today burials in Letchworth take place at the nearby Wilbury Hills Cemetery.Wilbury Hills Cemetery, Letchworth - North Herts District Council website
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In 2013 the cemetery featured in an episode of the BBC series '' Who Do You Think You Are?'' when the actress Una Stubbs
Una Stubbs (1 May 1937 – 12 August 2021) was an English actress, television personality and dancer who appeared on British television and in the theatre, and occasionally in films. She became known after appearing in the film '' Summer Holiday ...
visited the grave of her great-grandfather, garden city pioneer Sir Ebenezer Howard.
Notable burials
*Adrian Fortescue
Adrian Henry Timothy Knottesford Fortescue (14 January 1874 – 11 February 1923) was an English Catholic priest and polymath. An influential liturgist, artist, calligrapher, composer, polyglot, amateur photographer, Byzantine scholar, an ...
, Roman Catholic
Roman or Romans most often refers to:
*Rome, the capital city of Italy
*Ancient Rome, Roman civilization from 8th century BC to 5th century AD
*Roman people, the people of ancient Rome
*'' Epistle to the Romans'', shortened to ''Romans'', a lette ...
priest, liturgist
Liturgy is the customary public ritual of worship performed by a religious group. ''Liturgy'' can also be used to refer specifically to public worship by Christians. As a religious phenomenon, liturgy represents a communal response to and partic ...
, Byzantine
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scholar, and adventurer.
* William Henry Gaunt, English transport engineer.
*Ebenezer Howard
Sir Ebenezer Howard (29 January 1850 – 1 May 1928) was an English urban planner and founder of the garden city movement, known for his publication '' To-Morrow: A Peaceful Path to Real Reform'' (1898), the description of a utopian city in whi ...
, founder of the garden city movement
The garden city movement was a 20th century urban planning movement promoting satellite communities surrounding the central city and separated with greenbelts. These Garden Cities would contain proportionate areas of residences, industry, and ...
.
Gallery
File:Ebenezer Howard Grave.jpg, The grave of Sir Ebenezer Howard
Sir Ebenezer Howard (29 January 1850 – 1 May 1928) was an English urban planner and founder of the garden city movement, known for his publication '' To-Morrow: A Peaceful Path to Real Reform'' (1898), the description of a utopian city in whi ...
in Letchworth Cemetery
File:Adrian Fortescue Grave Letchworth.jpg, Grave of Adrian Fortescue
Adrian Henry Timothy Knottesford Fortescue (14 January 1874 – 11 February 1923) was an English Catholic priest and polymath. An influential liturgist, artist, calligrapher, composer, polyglot, amateur photographer, Byzantine scholar, an ...
File:William Henry Gaunt Grave Letchworth.jpg, Grave of William Henry Gaunt
File:Letchworth Cemetery Chapel.jpg, The Chapel at Letchworth Cemetery
File:Letchworth Cemetery Chapel Interior.jpg, The interior of the Chapel
References
External links
Letchworth Cemetery
on Find a Grave
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Letchworth Cemetery Rules and Regulations - North Herts District Council
Photographs of the Cemetery Chapel - Hertfordshire Churches website
Cemeteries in Hertfordshire
World War II cemeteries in the United Kingdom
Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemeteries in England
Letchworth
Buildings and structures in Letchworth
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