Friends of the Welford Road Cemetery
Click on the link above to take you straight to the excellent FoftheWRC Website. The cemetery is absolute enormous and the Friends do a fantastic job!
Welford Road Cemetery Facts
The first burial was of James Page, a hosier, on 28th June. 1843 - Between 1855 and 1901 the cemetery was the only burial ground in Leicester -Leicester (Welford Road) Cemetery contains 286 First World War burials, more than half of them forming a war graves plot with a Screen Wall bearing the names of those buried there. The 46 Second World War burials are scattered throughout the cemetery, which also contains eight Belgian war graves, 1 of which is unknown.
Today there are over 213,000 people buried in the cemetery in about 40 thousand graves. There are around 10,000 memorials.
The first burial was of James Page, a hosier, on 28th June. 1843 - Between 1855 and 1901 the cemetery was the only burial ground in Leicester -Leicester (Welford Road) Cemetery contains 286 First World War burials, more than half of them forming a war graves plot with a Screen Wall bearing the names of those buried there. The 46 Second World War burials are scattered throughout the cemetery, which also contains eight Belgian war graves, 1 of which is unknown.
Today there are over 213,000 people buried in the cemetery in about 40 thousand graves. There are around 10,000 memorials.
Military Burials on the Friends website
Images of Welford Road Cemetery by Alan Rosling
The Who's Who of Radical Leicester and much more is available to look at the Friends site, go and have a look!
36 - August 6th 1852 - George GOODMAN - Gas Street, Leicester - Uncon
71 - November 27th 1852 - Alice GOODMAN - Leicester Union House - CON
71 - November29th 1852 - Charles GOODMAN - Leicester Union House - CON
58 - February 7th 1853 - Tom GOODMAN - Baker Street, Leicester - Uncon
86 - October 16th 1853 - William GOODMAN - Bedford Street, Leicester - Uncon
113 - May 8th 1854 - James GOODMAN - Alexander Street, Leicester - Uncon
122 - June 7th 1854 - Ann GOODMAN - Infirmary - CON
122 - July 27th 1854 - Jane GOODMAN - Pingle Street, Leicester - Uncon
148- February 22nd 1855 - George GOODMAN - Leicester Union House - Uncon
153 - March 28th 1855 - Dinah GOODMAN - Alexander Street, Leicester -Uncon
186 - January 20th 1856 - Robert GOODMAN - Brook Street Leicester - Uncon
167 - February 17th 1856 - William GOODMAN - Gallowtree Gate, Leicester - CON
192 - March 12th 1856 - Sarah GOODMAN - Corah Street, Leicester - Uncon
198 - April 28th 1856 - James GOODMAN - Baker Street, Leicester - Uncon
201 - June 1st 1856 - Mary GOODMAN - Laxton Street, Leicester - Uncon
234 - January 28th 1857 - Hannah GOODMAN - York Street, Leicester - Uncon
245 - April 5th 1857 - George GOODMAN - Cossington Street, Leicester - Uncon
266 - August 18th 1857 - Julia GOODMAN - Russell Street, Leicester - Uncon
273 - September 15th 1857 - Edward GOODMAN - Mill Street, Leicester - Uncon
253 - December 19th 1858 - Henry GOODMAN - Lower Vine Street, Leicester - CON
355 - December 29th 1858 - Job GOODMAN- Gray Street, Leicester - Uncon
396 - August 24th 1859 - Flora Agnes Adeline GOODMAN - Barston Street, Leicester - Uncon
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