Lychgate and chapels, Calderstones Cemetery
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Lychgate and chapels, Calderstones Cemetery
Image: © Alexander P Kapp Taken: 1 Dec 2012
A private cemetery, with the military cemetery, in the distance, through the Lychgate. Military personal were buried here during the First and Second World Wars, when Calderstones Hospital was a military hospital. It was here where some of the patients of Calderstones Hospital were buried when used as a mental hospital. It is not used any more and has been for sale on a number of occasions.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.833847
Longitude
-2.415237