St Peter's Church Cemetery, Berkhamsted in 1966
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St Peter's Church Cemetery, Berkhamsted in 1966
Image: © John Baker Taken: Unknown
By 1842 when little space remained for further burials in St Peter's churchyard, the Countess of Bridgewater gave a piece of land of approximately an acre to the parish for a new burial ground between the Old Rectory and the present Three Close Lane. Allowance was made for further expansion and in 1921 the south west wall was demolished and the adjoining piece of ground was consecrated. By the late 1940s much of this land had been used and a new civic cemetery was opened at Kingshill. The cemetery lies between Rectory Lane and Three Close Lane.
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