Overgrown graves, Beverley
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Overgrown graves, Beverley
Image: © Paul Harrop Taken: 15 Jul 2024
Graves in the area at the western end of the former graveyard, most of which is now the Coronation Gardens. Given that the rest of the site is well maintained, I guess that this area has been minimally tended as a wildlife area, rather than subject to genuine neglect. Burials here started in 1829. The cemetery was closed to new burials in 1869 except for those in existing plots. In 1955, St Mary parish transferred the North Bar Within burial ground to the council. which used the eastern portion of the burial ground to create a green space known as The Coronation Gardens to commemorate the 1953 Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.844154
Longitude
-0.436286