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| Name: | Spalding Cemetery |
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| HER Number: | MLI125648 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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Summary
Spalding Cemetery was established in 1854. It remains in use to the current day.
| Grid Reference: | TF 249 237 |
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| Map Sheet: | TF22SW |
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| Parish: | SPALDING, SOUTH HOLLAND, LINCOLNSHIRE |
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Full description
Spalding Cemetery was established in 1854 by the town's Improvement Commissioners, at a cost of about £4500. It originally consisted of about 6 acres, with a keepers lodge (see MLI125653), entrance gateway (see MLI125652) and two chapels. The Anglican chapel (see MLI125649) and half the ground was consecrated by the Bishop in November 1854, with the other part of the cemetery and the second chapel being for the use of nonconformists (see MLI97743). {1}{2}
Overcrowded conditions at the original church burial ground within Spalding had prompted increasing calls for a new burial ground to be established within the town. Residents in the neighbourhood of the church complained in 1851 about the overcrowding and exposure of dismembered bodies and smell coming from the churchyard, resulting in an official visit by a government inspector to report on the situation. The site for the cemetery off Pinchbeck Road was chosen in 1852, following investigations about other sites which were found to be waterlogged and unsuitable. {3}
The original area of the cemetery (6 acres) was expanded northwards at least two times during the first half of the 20th century, as is visible on later Ordnance Survey mapping. {4}
<1> William White, 1856, History, Gazetteer and Directory of Lincolnshire (Second Edition), p.845 (Bibliographic Reference). SLI886.
<2> Nikolaus Pevsner and John Harris, with Nicholas Antram, 1989, Buildings of England: Lincolnshire (Second Edition), p.674 (Bibliographic Reference). SLI1062.
<3> Spalding Parochial Church Council, 1997, The Parish of St Mary and St Nicholas, Spalding: The History of a Fenland Parish, pp.34, 38 (Bibliographic Reference). SLI16499.
<4> Landmark Information Group, 2007->, Old Maps, Accessed 17/01/2020 (Website). SLI11851.
Monument Types
- CEMETERY (Post Medieval to Modern - 1854 AD to 2050 AD)
Sources and further reading
| <1> | Bibliographic Reference: William White. 1856. History, Gazetteer and Directory of Lincolnshire (Second Edition). p.845. |
| <2> | Bibliographic Reference: Nikolaus Pevsner and John Harris, with Nicholas Antram. 1989. Buildings of England: Lincolnshire (Second Edition). p.674. |
| <3> | Bibliographic Reference: Spalding Parochial Church Council. 1997. The Parish of St Mary and St Nicholas, Spalding: The History of a Fenland Parish. pp.34, 38. |
| <4> | Website: Landmark Information Group. 2007->. Old Maps. www.old-maps.co.uk. Accessed 17/01/2020. |
Related records
| MLI125649 | Parent of: Anglican Cemetery Chapel, Spalding Cemetery (Building) |
| MLI125653 | Parent of: Cemetery Lodge, Spalding Cemetery (Building) |
| MLI125652 | Parent of: Gateway, Spalding Cemetery (Building) |
| MLI125654 | Parent of: Johnson Mausoleum, Spalding Cemetery (Building) |
| MLI97743 | Parent of: Nonconformist Cemetery Chapel, Spalding Cemetery (Building) |
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