King's Lynn Borough Council Cemetery (north)
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King's Lynn Borough Council Cemetery (north)
Image: © Evelyn Simak Taken: 30 Apr 2011
The tall all Arts & Crafts marble headstone seen in the foreground at left has the large relief of a wherry in full sail carved into it. It is signed Ivett-Reed, Cambridge, and marks the grave of Thomas Gunton Bunn (d 1929). Ivett and Reed are well known and established stonemasons in Cambridge. The cemetery was opened in 1846 as a non-denominational extension to one of Kings Lynn's churches and then came under the control of Kings Lynn Burial Board in 1855, being one of the first municipal burial grounds in the country. The site is bisected by Hardwick Road and covers some 20 acres. It retains much of its arboretum layout. The chapels (still marked on OS maps) were demolished in the 1970's. The northern sections contain burials belonging to the parish of All Saints whereas the burials in the southern sections belong to the parish of St Margaret. Some of the sections are on un-consecrated ground, and one section has been given over to Roman Catholic burials.
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Image Location
Latitude
52.74474
Longitude
0.405741