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King's Chapel Burying Ground was founded in 1630 as the first graveyard in the city of Boston. According to custom, the first interment was that of the land's original owner, Isaac Johnson.
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New Jewish Cemetery, Prague – built next to the Olšany Cemetery to alleviate the space problems faced by the Old Jewish Cemetery, it is the burial place of Franz Kafka; Vyšehrad cemetery, Prague – the Czech Republic's most important cemetery, it is the burial site for Antonín Dvořák, Alphonse Mucha and Bedřich Smetana, amongst others.
The Granary Burying Ground in Massachusetts is the city of Boston's third-oldest cemetery, founded in 1660 and located on Tremont Street.It is the burial location of Revolutionary War-era patriots, including Paul Revere, the five victims of the Boston Massacre, and three signers of the Declaration of Independence: Samuel Adams, John Hancock, and Robert Treat Paine.
Mount Richmond Cemetery, Richmondtown (second cemetery of the Hebrew Free Burial Association; Ocean View Cemetery, Richmondtown; Saint Peter's Cemetery, West New Brighton. Oldest Catholic Cemetery on Staten Island, dating from 1848. Silver Lake Cemetery, Silver Lake (first cemetery of the Hebrew Free Burial Association) United Hebrew Cemetery ...
See also Category:Monuments and memorials, cenotaph, monument, catacombs, cemetery, pyramid, list of Cemeteries, list of mausoleums, list of Memorials, list of pyramid mausoleums in North America. This is a list of tombs and mausoleums that are either notable in themselves, or contain the remains of a notable person/people. Tombs are organized ...
A natural cemetery, eco-cemetery, green cemetery or conservation cemetery, is a new style of cemetery as an area set aside for natural burials (with or without coffins). Natural burials are motivated by a desire to be environmentally conscious with the body rapidly decomposing and becoming part of the natural environment without incurring the ...
The present church building was built c. 1860, incorporating material from the medieval church (c. 1600). [ 7 ] The placename dates to the 19th century, when many English workers were brought over to work at Celbridge mill; the locals noted the large amounts of tea they drank, and the tealeaves that they threw into the roadway, [ 8 ] and Church ...