Old Ipswich Cemetery


Old Ipswich Cemetery is a cemetery in Ipswich, Suffolk, which was opened in 1855. It is one of a group of cemeteries run by Ipswich Borough Council.

History

Following the passage of the Burial Act 1854, Municipal Borough of Ipswich was empowered to establish a Burial Board. This they did in August of that year, and arranged to buy some land to the North East of the town from John Cobbold. The cemetery was laid out by William Davidson, with access provided by Cemetery Road. William Hunt described it in 1864 thus:

Religious buildings

There are two religious buildings in the Old cemetery, both built by Cooper and Peck in time for the opening cemetery in 1855. Located about 50 metres apart, there is a very large spruce tree between them. They are to a great the same as one another. However the westerly chapel is Anglican and has a copper spire, whilst the easterly chapel is non conformist.

War graves

The cemetery contains 366 war graves of Commonwealth service personnel from the First and Second World War which are registered and maintained by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Notable people buried in Old Ipswich Cemetery