by Steven Horton | Nov 1, 2016 | Blogs
Celebrated annually by Roman Catholics on 2nd November (unless that date is on a Sunday when it is instead the 3rd), All Souls’ Day remembers all those who have died but who are not yet sanctified and ready to go to Heaven. All Souls’ Day’s official...
by Steven Horton | Oct 26, 2016 | Blogs, Uncategorized
Prescot Cemetery, which is situated in Manchester Road and a short walk of Prescot town centre, is administered by Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council, one of six local authorities in the Liverpool city region. The cemetery opened in 1923 when the graveyard at St...
by Steven Horton | Oct 19, 2016 | Blogs
Liverpool City Council administers six cemeteries in the city, but they don’t all offer the same options when it comes to burials. Not all of them offer plots solely for cremated remains, while some now only allow burials in existing graves. Two of the six Liverpool...
by Steven Horton | Oct 10, 2016 | Blogs, Uncategorized
Toxteth Park Cemetery which is situated off Smithdown Road is one of six administered by Liverpool City Council. The cemetery was opened in 1856 by the Toxteth Burial Board, who had bought the land for £15,000 and spent a further £11,000 preparing it. In today’s...
by Steven Horton | Sep 21, 2016 | Blogs, Uncategorized
West Derby Cemetery, situated in the Croxteth district of Liverpool is administered by Liverpool city council. Towards the end of the 1870s it was becoming apparent that neighbouring burial boards would no longer be able to accommodate interments for the residents of...
