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Vineyard Passage Burial Ground is a cemetery on Vineyard Passage in Richmond in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames.Established in 1790 and consecrated in 1791, [1] it was enlarged in 1823. [2]
Our Lady Queen of Peace Catholic Cemetery Loma Linda 34°03′01″N 117°17′05″W / 34.0503°N 117.2848°W / 34.0503; -117.2848 ( Our Lady Queen of Peace Catholic
The cemetery was opened in 1878 and laid out by the architect Christopher Crabb Creeke. [2] St Augustin's Church stands across the road from the cemetery. Cemetery Junction is a major intersection of the A347 road. The cemetery contains the war graves of 48 Commonwealth service personnel of World War I and 38 of World War II. [3]
Initially, each grave was marked with a tin marker; however, by the 1930s, the markers were gone. The Patrick R. Cleburne Confederate Cemetery has 712 headstones with only three marked headstones. The three known soldiers in this cemetery are Agnatius Brooke, Robert Lindsay and Abner Joel Yancey. [1]
During the 19th century, garden cemeteries [5] began to appear that encouraged visitors to stay and visit in the cemetery. Famous among these is the Père Lachaise cemetery [6] in Paris, France, which continues to invite tourists to visit and see elaborate memorials not only to the world famous, but to lesser known individuals as well.
Was part of Stanley Cemetery, adjacent to Santa Rosa Rural Cemetery. 38°27′19″N 122°42′10″W / 38.4552780°N 122.70277°W / 38.4552780; -122.70277 ( County of Sonoma 18
The cemetery was established in 1852 and opened on 1 June 1853, and the Old Melbourne Cemetery (on the site of what is now the Queen Victoria Market) was closed the next year. The grounds feature several heritage buildings, many in bluestone, including a couple of chapels and a number of cast iron pavilions.