Welford Road Cemetery, Leicester

The Leicester General Cemetery Company was founded in 1845, and the cemetery itself opened in 1849. The original parts of the cemetery were built to a symmetrical plan. Two adjacent chapels were built, serving both Anglicans and non-Anglicans. Similarly, the original cemetery contained roughly equal areas of consecrated and unconsecrated ground. The two chapels have now been demolished, as has a gothic lodge near the main entrance. The gardener's lodge survives as the University of Leicester chaplaincy, and the 1895 ornate entrance gates are still in place. A modern visitor's centre is located near the cemetery's main entrance. The cemetery contains several war graves, and has a war memorial.