Anfield Cemetery

Anfield Cemetery

Anfield Cemetery, also known as the City of Liverpool Cemetery, is on Priory Road, Anfield, Liverpool, England (gbmapping|SJ365940).

It covers an area of some AcreAndHectare |110| round=2 and includes axial and circular paths, two chapels and a Gothic style catacomb. [cite web |url=http://www.parksandgardens.ac.uk/index.php?option=com_parksandgardens&task=site&id=99&Itemid=293 |title=Anfield Cemetery |accessdate=2008-04-24 |publisher=Parks & Gardens Data Services ] The layout of the cemetery was designed by Edward Kemp. [cite book | last =Pollard| first =Richard | authorlink = | coauthors =Nikolaus Pevsner | title =The Buildings of England: Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West |edition= | publisher =Yale University Press | date =2006 | location =New Haven & London | pages =394 | url = | doi = | id = | isbn =0 300 10910 5 ]

The cemetery is adjacent to Stanley Park and close to the stadia of Everton F.C. and Liverpool F.C. football clubs. ["Liverpool: Explorer 275 map", Ordnance Survey.] The Liverpool Crematorium was opened in 1896.fact|date=April 2008

Notable internees

* Bill Shankly
* Joe Fagan
* James Maybrick
* Michael Holliday
* Jem Mace
* Michael James Whitty

Images courtesy of [http://www.anfieldcemetery.co.uk The Friends Of Anfield Cemetery]

Notes

External links

* [http://archive.liverpool.gov.uk/leaflets/RO_leaflet_6.pdf Liverpool Records Office: Burial Records] (PDF)
* [http://www.anfieldcemetery.co.uk The Friends of Anfield Cemetery]


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