Anfield Cemetery

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Anfield Cemetery, also known as the City of Liverpool Cemetery, is on Priory Road, Anfield, Liverpool, England (grid reference SJ365940).

It covers an area of some 110 acres (44.52 ha) and includes axial and circular paths, two chapels and a Gothic style catacomb.[1] The layout of the cemetery was designed by Edward Kemp.[2]

The cemetery is adjacent to Stanley Park and close to the stadia of Everton F.C. and Liverpool F.C. football clubs.[3] The Liverpool Crematorium was opened in 1896.[citation needed]

[edit] Notable internees

Images courtesy of The Friends Of Anfield Cemetery

Michael Holliday

Jem Mace

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Anfield Cemetery. Parks & Gardens Data Services. Retrieved on 2008-04-24.
  2. ^ Pollard, Richard; Nikolaus Pevsner (2006). The Buildings of England: Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West. New Haven & London: Yale University Press, 394. ISBN 0 300 10910 5. 
  3. ^ Liverpool: Explorer 275 map, Ordnance Survey.

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Coordinates: 53°26′19″N 2°57′30″W / 53.43868, -2.95835