Old gravestones in Thorpe Cemetery
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Old gravestones in Thorpe Cemetery
Image: © Evelyn Simak Taken: 17 Feb 2018
The cemetery was opened in 1859. The two acres of land had been purchased for £500, with half the amount having been raised by voluntary rate and the remainder was contributed from the funds of the Lunatic Asylum, situated a short distance further to the east, to which one acre was appropriated. The asylum buried its dead there until 1903 and the old graves have since been re-used.
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Image Location
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