Buckingham Road Cemetery and St Mary the Virgin Church, Great Ilford
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Buckingham Road Cemetery and St Mary the Virgin Church, Great Ilford
Image: © Marathon Taken: 4 May 2016
Ilford Burial Board, established in 1880, laid out Buckingham Road Cemetery as an extension of the burial ground of St Mary the Virgin Great Ilford and initially the cemetery was known as Great Ilford Cemetery. It had its own chapel. The first burial took place on 4th September 1881. In the background is St Mary the Virgin Church, Great Ilford. St Mary the Virgin is the old parish church of Ilford. It was built between 1829 and 1831. The chancel dates from 1920. The building of a new parish church at Ilford was under discussion in 1823 although the division of the parish of Barking was first proposed in 1650. Due to strong opposition it did not get built until 1830 when the new ecclesiastical parish of Great Ilford was created. The parish churchyard of St Mary the Virgin, Great Ilford is now closed to new burials, but has a collection of early century headstones. In 1863 the Vicar's wish to extend the churchyard was opposed by some parishioners. Today it adjoins Buckingham Road Cemetery.
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