Rosary Cemetery
TUCKED away just outside Norwich city centre is a cemetery that just oozes family history. Thanks to the Internet, it is now an easy matter to check whether you have relatives in the Rosary Cemetery in Rosary Road, Norwich
The Rosary was the first non-denominational cemetery in England and was licensed for burials by the Bishop of Norwich in 1821 when the first interment took place. It was a cemetery with few rules when it came to religious services as there was no compulsion to have any. It was opened by Thomas DRUMMOND (1765-1852) a retired Unitarian minister. He was born in Norwich. But also worked in Derby and Ipswich
The first burial in the Rosary was the re-interment of DRUMMOND’S wife Ann in November 1821. She had previously been buried at Norwich Octagon. Burials started slowly with just five in the years up to 1824.
The number of burials increased slowly but by 1850 over 100 people were being interred annually. By 1900 there were 18,000 people buried in the five acre cemetery and it was later extended northwards to take in a further eight acres which are still in use.
Amongst the people buried at the Rosary were many of the individuals who made major contributions to the life of Norwich, particularly in the 19th century. These include industrialist Jeremiah James COLMAN; industrialist, philanthropist and politician, Richard Hanbury GURNEY;banker, James SILLETT; -Norwich School artist, Frederick RINGER; Norwich born businessman Jacob Henry TILLETT; reformer and founder of the Norfolk News, Robert WEBSTER; the first Chairman of Norwich City Football Club, George WHITE; and survivor of the Charge of the Light Brigade George WIDE
There are many useful websites on the Cemetery, both from an historic perspective and also from a family research point of view.
The Norwich Heritage site at http://www.heritagecity.org/ gives an historic overview and Wikipedia also covers the story of the Rosary at. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosary_Cemetery,_Norwich
Of particular use and interest is http://www.gravestonephotos.com/ an excellent resource for cemeteries throughout the world. From this site you can search for individual family names and view photographs of graves.
TUCKED away just outside Norwich city centre is a cemetery that just oozes family history. Thanks to the Internet, it is now an easy matter to check whether you have relatives in the Rosary Cemetery in Rosary Road, Norwich
The Rosary was the first non-denominational cemetery in England and was licensed for burials by the Bishop of Norwich in 1821 when the first interment took place. It was a cemetery with few rules when it came to religious services as there was no compulsion to have any. It was opened by Thomas DRUMMOND (1765-1852) a retired Unitarian minister. He was born in Norwich. But also worked in Derby and Ipswich
The first burial in the Rosary was the re-interment of DRUMMOND’S wife Ann in November 1821. She had previously been buried at Norwich Octagon. Burials started slowly with just five in the years up to 1824.
The number of burials increased slowly but by 1850 over 100 people were being interred annually. By 1900 there were 18,000 people buried in the five acre cemetery and it was later extended northwards to take in a further eight acres which are still in use.
Amongst the people buried at the Rosary were many of the individuals who made major contributions to the life of Norwich, particularly in the 19th century. These include industrialist Jeremiah James COLMAN; industrialist, philanthropist and politician, Richard Hanbury GURNEY;banker, James SILLETT; -Norwich School artist, Frederick RINGER; Norwich born businessman Jacob Henry TILLETT; reformer and founder of the Norfolk News, Robert WEBSTER; the first Chairman of Norwich City Football Club, George WHITE; and survivor of the Charge of the Light Brigade George WIDE
There are many useful websites on the Cemetery, both from an historic perspective and also from a family research point of view.
The Norwich Heritage site at http://www.heritagecity.org/ gives an historic overview and Wikipedia also covers the story of the Rosary at. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosary_Cemetery,_Norwich
Of particular use and interest is http://www.gravestonephotos.com/ an excellent resource for cemeteries throughout the world. From this site you can search for individual family names and view photographs of graves.