Overleigh Cemetery

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Coordinates: 53°10′55″N 2°53′42″W / 53.18194°N 2.89500°W / 53.18194; -2.89500
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Overleigh Cemetery
Overleigh Cemetery in 1860
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Details
Established1850
Location
Chester CH4 7HW
CountryEngland
Coordinates53°10′55″N 2°53′42″W / 53.18194°N 2.89500°W / 53.18194; -2.89500
StyleVictorian picturesque
Owned byCheshire West and Chester Council
Find a GraveOverleigh Cemetery
Original entrance to Overleigh Cemetery

Overleigh Cemetery is a large municipal burial ground adjacent to the approaches to

National Register of Historic Parks and Gardens.[1]
Since 2009, it has been owned and managed by the unitary authority Cheshire West and Chester.

History

The original part of Overleigh Cemetery occupies about 11.5 acres (4.7 ha)

The cemetery was laid out between 1848 and 1850 by T. M. Penson. This original part of the cemetery to the north of Overleigh Road is described by the authors of the Buildings of England series as having been "highly romantic", and as still being "eminently picturesque".[2] Overleigh Cemetery was a private development by the Chester General Cemetery Company; it was

Chester City Council, and it was further extended to the south during the 20th century.[1]
Penson's lake, lodges and chapels are no longer present. The West Chapel in the south part of the cemetery was built in 1904 and is Grade II listed. [3] It fell into disuse and is now the Greek Orthodox Church of St Barbara the Great Martyr. [4]

Notable structures

The gates and gate

First World War and are buried in the cemetery.[16]

The chapel is currently used by the Greek Orthodox Community of St. Barbara.[17]

Another notable gravestone in the cemetery, although not listed, exists to

Lily Langtry), who died in a local lunatic asylum in 1897.[18] Also buried in the cemetery and without listed gravestone is the writer Georgina Frederica Jackson, a writer and teacher who compiled a glossary of Shropshire dialect, who died in 1895.[19]

Another notable gravestone in the cemetery, with an epitaph "Far From The Bones Of His Ancestors" in both English and Japanese, is that of the Japanese actor Ishiao Ishimura, one of the acting team "The Mikado Family", who died on stage in December 1915 in the Royalty Theatre in Chester when he fell and broke his neck.[20]

Graves

Frederik Copelston Memorial

The Overleigh Cemetery database lists details of over 60,000 burials.[21] Photographs of some of the more notable memorials are given on the Chester Walls website.[22] The cemetery contains the graves of 197 Commonwealth service personnel, 127 from the First World War (about half of them burials from local hospitals,) and 69 from the Second. Apart from a small war graves plot containing 32 graves from both wars, the graves are dispersed throughout the cemetery.[23]

References

  1. ^ a b Historic England, "Overleigh Road Cemetery, Chester (1001607)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 28 July 2012{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)
  2. ^
    ISBN 978-0300170436
  3. ^ Historic England, "West chapel in south part of Overleigh Cemetery, Chester (1375895)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 28 July 2012{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)
  4. ^ "The Greek Orthodox Church of St. Barbara the Great Martyr". Retrieved 6 March 2019.
  5. ^ Historic England, "Gates and gate piers to old (north) part of Overleigh Cemetery, Chester (1375838)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 28 July 2012{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)
  6. ^ Historic England, "Bridge over Drive, in north part of Overleigh Cemetery, Chester (1375886)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 28 July 2012{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)
  7. ^ Historic England, "Monument to Bishop John Graham in north part of Overleigh Cemetery, Chester (1375888)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 28 July 2012{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)
  8. ^ Historic England, "W M Thackeray cenotaph & Thackeray & Jones Tombs in N part of Overleigh Cemetery, Chester (1375894)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 28 July 2012{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)
  9. ^ Historic England, "Monument to U Larsing SE of Thackeray Cenotaph in Overleigh Cemetery, Chester (1375891)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 28 July 2012{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)
  10. ^ Historic England, "Monument to Richard Knill, S of U Larsing Monument in Overleigh Cemetery, Chester (1375889)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 28 July 2012{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)
  11. ^ Historic England, "Monument to Samuel Venables in north part of Overleigh Cemetery, Chester (1375890)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 28 July 2012{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)
  12. ^ Historic England, "Monument to W Brown in north part of Overleigh Cemetery, Chester (1375892)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 28 July 2012{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)
  13. ^ Historic England, "Tomb and monument to Henry Raikes in north part of Overleigh Cemetery, Chester (1375893)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 28 July 2012{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)
  14. ^ Historic England, "Coplestone Memorial, Overleigh New Cemetery, Chester (1350324)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 28 July 2012{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)
  15. ^ Historic England, "West chapel in south part of Overleigh Cemetery, Chester (1375895)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 28 July 2012{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)
  16. ^ Historic England, "Cenotaph in south part of Overleigh Cemetery, Chester (1375887)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 28 July 2012{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)
  17. ^ "Visit Us". Saint Barbara Greek Orthodox Church. Retrieved 26 June 2024.
  18. ^ [1] Picture with attached story.
  19. ISBN 978-0198614128. Retrieved 4 October 2022. (Subscription or UK public library membership
    required.)
  20. ^ "History of the Wood Green Empire, Wood Green, N22". www.arthurlloyd.co.uk. Retrieved 2 April 2013.
  21. ^ "Overleigh Cemetery Database". Retrieved 7 May 2024.
  22. ^ "Some Notable Memorials in the Overleigh Cemetery, Chester". Retrieved 6 March 2019.
  23. ^ Chester {Overleigh) Cemetery, Commonwealth War Graves Commission, retrieved 2 September 2013
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