Cathays Cemetery
Cathays Cemetery | |
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Established | 1859 |
Location | |
Country | Wales |
Coordinates | 51°30′06″N 3°10′51″W / 51.5017°N 3.1808°W |
Owned by | Cardiff Council |
Website | Cathays Cemetery |
Find a Grave | Cathays Cemetery |
The Cathays Cemetery is one of the main cemeteries of Cardiff, Wales. It is in the Cathays district of the city, about 1.5 miles (2.4 km) north of Cardiff city centre. At 110 acres it is the third largest cemetery in the United Kingdom.[1] It is listed on the Cadw/ICOMOS Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in Wales.
History
The cemetery was opened in 1859 and originally had two chapels: one
In the
The two chapels, the cemetery house, and the gateway and forecourt walls, are Grade II listed buildings.[4][5][6] The cemetery itself is listed at Grade II on the Cadw/ICOMOS Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in Wales.[7]
War graves
The cemetery has a
The war graves section includes a number of graves of Australian and Canadian servicemen, one New Zealander who died while serving in the
Notable interments
- Robert Bird, Liberal Party politician[10]
- Sir James Cory, 1st Baronet,[10] shipowner and Conservative Partypolitician
- Jim Driscoll,[10] boxer
- John Emlyn-Jones,[10] shipowner and Liberal politician
- John Humphrey England, founder of Edward England Potatoes.
- Louisa Maud Evans,[10] a young girl who died in a ballooning accident in 1896.
- Archibald Hood,[10] colliery owner
- Thomas Rowland Hughes,[10]writer
- David (Dai) Lewis, professional boxer murdered by Driscoll and Rowlands in 1927 (contested)
- Hilary Marquand,[10] Labour Party politician
- Sir William Henry Seager,[10]shipowner and Liberal politician
- Frances Batty Shand, founder of Cardiff Institute for the Blind
- Sir William Reardon Smith, 1st Baronet,[10] shipowner
- William Tatem, 1st Baron Glanely,[10] shipowner
- Sir Tudor Thomas,[10] ophthalmic surgeon
- Alfred Thomas, 1st Baron Pontypridd,[10] Liberal politician
- Maurice Turnbull,[10] Glamorgan and England cricketer
- Ernest Willows,[10] aviation pioneer and airship builder
- Several Senghenydd Colliery Disaster victims[10]
Notes
- ^ a b "Cardiff cemeteries are home to many stories". Wales Online. 9 December 2010. Retrieved 7 December 2014.
- ^ a b c d "History of the Cemetery". The Friends of Cathays Cemetery. Retrieved 10 June 2013.
- ^ a b Cardiff Council 2006, p. 6.
- National Historic Assets of Wales. Retrieved 22 February 2023.
- National Historic Assets of Wales. Retrieved 22 February 2023.
- National Historic Assets of Wales. Retrieved 22 February 2023.
- National Historic Assets of Wales. Retrieved 24 February 2023.
- ^ "CWGC Casualty record, Jacques Vaillant de Guelis".
- ^ a b "CWGC Cemetery Report".
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q "People Buried At The Cemetery". The Friends of Cathays Cemetery. Retrieved 11 June 2013.
- ^ "Bishop Hedley's Cathays Cemetery memorial restored and rededicated". BBC News. 31 January 2012. Retrieved 20 June 2013.
Sources and further reading
- Cathays Cemetery Cardiff on its 150th Anniversary. Cardiff: Friends of Cathays Cemetery. 2009.
- "Cathays Cemetery Heritage Trail". Cardiff Council. 2006. Archived from the original (pdf) on 26 September 2007.
External links
- The Friends of Cathays Cemetery
- "Cathays Cemetery". Find a Cemetery. Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
- Ryall, Gemma (21 March 2013). "Commonwealth war graves: 8,000 Wales plots signposted". BBC News. Retrieved 20 June 2013.
- Jones, Martyn. "Cathays Cemetery". Flickr. – photographs
- "Search Results: Cathays Cemetery". Geograph. – photographs
- Prior, Neil (24 July 2021). "Girl's tragic balloon accident death marked 125 years on". BBC News story of Louisa Maud Evans' death and commemoration. Retrieved 16 February 2023.