Measham Cemetery, Measham, Derbyshire, Church History

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Measham Cemetery, Measham

Measham Cemetery,
Bosworth Road, DE12 7LQ,
Measham, Derbyshire.

Church History

This Cemetery or Burial Ground was founded in 1883, and we understand it is still open.

Kelly's Directory of 1895 tells us that the cemetery in Measham was formed in 1880, under the control of a burial board of 9 members, to which a keeper's lodge and board room were to be attached. It was to cost £1,900.
In 1895, ownership of the Cemetery was transferred to Measham parish council, and 2 years later, in 1897, Measham itself was transferred to Leicestershire. The District Council of North West Leicestershire, of which Measham is part, administer some cemeteries in the area, but ownership of Measham Cemetery itself remains under the control of its parish council.
With that in mind, there is further information about the Cemetery, a Cemetery Map, and a register of burials in the Cemetery (1883-2001) available (in pdf format) on the Measham Parish Council website.
Interestingly, the Royal Mail Postcodes website tells us that the postal town for an address of "Cemetery Lodge, Bosworth Road, Measham", is Swadlincote, and its postcode of DE12 is for Derbyshire! So in spite of the changes in 1897, it seems the parish has not managed to escape entirely from the clutches of its "ancient" county after all!

Denomination

Now or formerly a Cemetery.

In most cases this will be a record of its original consecration.

Maps

This Cemetery is located at OS grid reference SK3399811982. You can see this on various mapping systems. Note all links open in a new window:

Measham Cemetery, Measham shown on a Google Map.
Places of Worship in Measham shown on a Google Map.
Streetmap.co.uk (arrow on map shows the Place of Worship's location) (verified 2018-10-15)
Bing (Ordnance Survey option) (verified 2018-10-13)
Bing Maps ('Bird's Eye' View) (verified 2018-10-15)
Ordnance Survey "getamap" (NB some of the 'Change Map' options may require a subscription) (verified 2018-10-15)
OpenStreetMap (Maps © OpenStreetMap contributors, CC-BY-SA) (verified 2018-10-15)
A Vision of Britain Through Time - useful for Boundary Changes (verified 2018-10-15)
www.magic.gov.uk (Modern Maps with various overlays) (verified 2018-10-15)

Resources

I have found many websites of use whilst compiling the information for this database. Here are some which deserve mention as being of special interest for Measham, and perhaps to Local History and Places of Worship as a whole.

The Local Government website of Measham Parish Council (null) (verified 2018-10-24)

The above links were selected and reviewed at the time I prepared the information, but please be aware their content may vary, or disappear entirely. These factors are outside my control.

Information last updated on 24 Oct 2018 at 15:08.

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This Report was created 24 Nov 2024 - 21:43:11 GMT from information held in the Derbyshire section of the Places of Worship Database. This was last updated on 13 Oct 2021 at 14:33.

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