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Originally called Trinity Church Upper Grave Yard, the burial ground was established by Holy Trinity Catholic Church in 1832. It was enlarged between 1850 and 1870, and renamed Holy Rood Cemetery. (Rood is an old English word for Cross.) [1] The cemetery walls were torn down in 1901 and new ones erected, and many trees were removed to prevent ...
Holy Rood Cemetery; J. Georgetown University Jesuit Community Cemetery; M. Mount Olivet Cemetery (Washington, D.C.) This page was last edited on 14 September 2022, at ...
Der Stadt Friedhof, Fredericksburg – pioneer cemetery; Founders Memorial Cemetery, Houston – oldest cemetery in Houston; Jackson Ranch Church Cemetery and Eli Jackson Cemetery, Hidalgo County, Texas [7] Olivewood Cemetery, Houston – the city's earliest African-American cemetery, founded around 1870; Texas State Cemetery, Austin
Morristown American Legion Post 59 will participate in the Wreaths Across America project and place wreaths on 750 graves at Holy Rood Cemetery in Morris Township.
Graves in Section 7 Graves in Sections 19 and 20 Mausolea in Sections 6 and 7 September 11 memorial and graves Graves in the St. Brigid Section. The oldest part of the cemetery was originally the burial grounds of Saint Brigid's Cemetery (formerly a part of Saint Brigid's Roman Catholic Church), a cemetery founded in 1856 that was eventually absorbed into the assets-management of Cemetery of ...
Holy Rood Cemetery with the Washington Monument in the background. College Ground closed to new burials because Holy Trinity Church acquired a new, larger burying ground in 1832: Holy Rood Cemetery. [1] Originally called the Upper Grave Yard, this cemetery was at the southern terminus of Tunlaw Road NW.
Pages in category "Burials at the Cemetery of the Holy Rood" The following 34 pages are in this category, out of 34 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B.
The Holyrood or Holy Rood is a Christian relic alleged to be part of the True Cross on which Jesus died. The word derives from the Old English rood, meaning a pole and the cross, via Middle English, or the Scots haly ruid ("holy cross"). Several relics venerated as part of the True Cross are known by this name, in England, Ireland and Scotland.