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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 23 NW 762 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Folkestone old Cemetery - Cheriton Road |
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Summary
First shown in the OS 1st Edition map, it has a Mortuary Chapel for Church of England on one side of the Gatehouse & a Mortuary Chapel for Non-Conformist on the other side of the Gatehouse & one Mortuary in a separate Building next to the non-Conformist Chapel & another on the opposite (South) side of the Cemetary.
| Grid Reference: | TR 2136 3644 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR23NW |
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| Parish: | FOLKESTONE, SHEPWAY, KENT |
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Monument Types
Full description
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First shown in the OS 1st Edition map, it has a Mortuary Chapel for Church of England on one side of the Gatehouse & a Mortuary Chapel for Non-Conformist on the other side of the Gatehouse. It also had one Mortuary in a separate Building next to the non-Conformist Chapel & another on the opposite (South) side of the Cemetary.The Cemetery was extended sometime between OS 2nd Editon & OS 3rd Edition to the size it is today.
<1> Landmark, Ordnance Survey 1:2,500 map (OS 1st edition 1862-1875): Landmark Epoch 1 (Map). SKE30964.
<2> Landmark, Ordnance Survey 1:2,500 map (OS 2nd Edition, 1897-1900): Landmark Epoch 2 (Map). SKE30965.
<3> Landmark, 1907-1923, Ordnance Survey 1:2,500 map (OS 3rd Edition, 1907-1923): Landmark Epoch 3 (Map). SKE30966.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | Map: Landmark. Ordnance Survey 1:2,500 map (OS 1st edition 1862-1875): Landmark Epoch 1. |
| <2> | Map: Landmark. Ordnance Survey 1:2,500 map (OS 2nd Edition, 1897-1900): Landmark Epoch 2. |
| <3> | Map: Landmark. 1907-1923. Ordnance Survey 1:2,500 map (OS 3rd Edition, 1907-1923): Landmark Epoch 3. |
