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Monument details

HER Number:TR 23 NW 762
Type of record:Monument
Name:Folkestone old Cemetery - Cheriton Road

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 6214 1364
Map Sheet:TR61SW
Parish:FOLKESTONE, SHEPWAY, KENT

Monument Types

Protected Status:Selected Heritage Inventory for Natural England: Folkestone post-medieval - modern cemetery and mortuary chapels, Cheriton Road

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) (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).