Friends of Mill Road Cemetery The Friends of the Cemetery is a group of local residents, families of those buried in the Cemetery and others who enjoy and take pleasure from Mill Road Cemetery. Their aims are: To protect and enhance Mill Road Cemetery for the public benefit as a place of remembrance, spirituality, history and nature. To speak and act with Cambridge City Council, the trustees and other organisations on behalf of all who care for Mill Road Cemetery as such a place, particularly those who cherish the memory of one buried there. To ensure continued public access to Mill Road Cemetery and to increase awareness, appreciation and enjoyment thereof within the local community and in the wider city.

If you would like to become a member of Friends of Mill Road Cemetery, then click here to download a membership form, print it, fill it in, and send to the address on the form. Diane Barnes is membership secretary. We also welcome your comments, suggestions and offers of help; contact FOMC Chairman Frank Dean.

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Email friendsofmillroadcemetery@gmail.com to contact Friends of Mill Road Cemetery.

Click here to see proposals for a new art work in the cemetery. You can email your opinions on these proposals at publicart@cambridge.gov.uk

What and where is Mill Road Cemetery? Nature Damage to gravestones History of Cemetery including parishes covered Historic Map Demolished chapel Current status of the Cemetery How to trace graves

Listed graves in the cemetery Photos of wildlife in the cemetery Friends of Mill Road Cemetery on Facebook Forms to download Membership Form to join the Friends Questionnaire about commemorating the chapel layout

What and where is Mill Road Cemetery? Mill Road Cemetery is a large and peaceful garden cemetery hidden between Mill Road, Norfolk Street and Gwydir Street, in Cambridge, England. It is owned by the Church of England and maintained by Cambridge City Council. It is listed by English Heritage in the Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest as a grade II site. There are many beautiful and interesting monuments and gravestones, including eight listed monuments. Please respect the spirit of the Cemetery when you visit: we are sure that you will enjoy it!

Nature The Cemetery has a diverse ecology and is home to a great variety of plants, trees and birds. Chemical free maintenance is practised. The Friends have worked with the Council in instigating alternative grass-cutting regimes that will further increase the diversity within the cemetery.

Damage to gravestones Much of the damage to gravestones of 1998/9 has now been repaired thanks to a £5000 council grant awarded to Friends of Mill Road Cemetery. With this, the help of the Council and the care of all those who use the cemetery, it is now looking better than it has in years.

History of Cemetery Mill Road Cemetery was consecrated in 1848 as the burial grounds of the parishes of central Cambridge when the churchyards had become full. It was established by public subscription, and held in trust by the parishes, their incumbents acting as trustees. The parishes were: All Saints Holy Sepulchre (the Round Church) Holy Trinity St Andrews the Great St Andrews the Less (including St Barnabas, St Matthew and St Philip) St Bene't (Benedict) St Botolph St Clement St Edward St Mary the Great St Mary the Less St Michael St Paul

Historic Map

Current status of the Cemetery Since 1949, the cemetery has itself been full, and therefore closed except for burials in family graves with space remaining. It is still held in trust, and managed by the Trustees, but its maintenance is the responsibility of the Cambridge City Council. Many graves are still visited and tended regularly. The Cemetery is open every day.

How to trace graves Those wanting to trace graves may consult the County Record Office in person, where many of the parish registers are held. Written enquiries should include as much detail as possible of name, date and address or parish of the deceased; whether the enquiry is handled directly by the Record Office or referred to a particular parish, a fee may be charged depending on the scale of the search requested. The County Record Office also has information about the history of the Cemetery, and holds the transcripts of the Cambridge Family History Society, whose members have recorded the names on the graves in conjunction with the National Association of Decorative and Fine Art Societies.

Gwydir Street website