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Wrexham Cemetery

Introduction

Wrexham Cemetery is a late-19th-century garden cemetery with surviving layout and planting. The planting consists of ornamental trees and shrubs, both deciduous and coniferous.

Visitor Access, Directions & Contacts

Access contact details

The site is open from 9am during the week and from 10am at weekends and bank holidays.

Associated People
Features & Designations

Designations

  • CADW Register of Landscapes Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in Wales

  • Reference: PGW(C) 67
  • Grade: II
  • CADW Register of Listed Buildings in Wales

  • Reference: Gate piers, gates and railings to cemetery
  • Grade: II
  • CADW Register of Listed Buildings in Wales

  • Reference: Lodge
  • Grade: II

Features

  • Chapel (featured building)
  • Description: Twin gothic cemetery chapels linked by a central arch, designed by William Turner of Wrexham.
  • Earliest Date:
  • Latest Date:
  • Gate Lodge
  • Entrance
Key Information

Type

Cemetery

Purpose

Cemetery

Principal Building

Cemetery

Survival

Extant

Hectares

7.2

Open to the public

Yes

References

References

  • Cadw and ICOMOS UK, 'Wrexham: Wrexham Cemetery' in {Register of Landscapes, Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in Wales: Clwyd} (Cardiff: Cadw, 1995), pp. 284-5
  • Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales, 'Cemetery Garden, Wrexham', [accessed 1 October 2007]
  • Wrexham Advertiser 8 July 1876