Record Details
| NHER Number: | 63573 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Site of New Burial Ground, St James' End |
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Summary
This is the site of the 'New Burial Ground', a cemetery established in 1805 to serve the parish of St Margaret's, Lynn. It was superseded by the Hardwick Road Cemetery (NHER 33509) in 1855.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TF 6215 1987 |
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| Map Sheet: | TF61NW |
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| Parish: | KING’S LYNN, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
This is the site of a 'New Burial Ground' obtained for the parish of St Margaret in 1805. The burial ground was laid out and a new chapel erected at a cost of £697. It was superseded in 1855 by the Hardwick Road cemetery (NHER 33509).
Information from (S1).
(S2) shows the extent of this burial ground in 1846 and also shows a chapel located at approximately TF 6216 1992.
Some of the human skeletal remains found around the site of St James' Chapel (NHER 5484) may be from this cemetery.
A. Cattermole (King's Lynn UAD), 28 February 2020.
Monument Types
- CEMETERY (19th Century - 1805 AD to 1855 AD)
Associated Finds - none
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| <S1> | Monograph: Hillen, H. J. 1907. History of the Borough of King's Lynn. pp 543-544. |
| <S2> | Map: Burnet, W. 1846. Plan of King's Lynn. |
Related records
| 5484 | Part of: Site of St James' Chapel (Monument) |