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WELFORD ROAD CEMETERY
The Visitors Centre At The Cemetery
Opening Hours
Every Friday, Saturday & Sunday
10.30am to 3.30pm, commencing Sunday 28th October
2007
Except 21st, 22nd, 23rd, 28th, 29th & 30th
December
(Summer Hours Commencing 30th March 2008 10.00am till
4.00pm)
COMING
EVENTS - CLICK HERE
Welford Road Cemetery, Leicester, covering some
thirty acres, is not just a tranquil resting place for the dead. Here
you will find over 150 years of Leicesters' history written on stone.
Whether it is one's own ancestors or some well-known politician, captain
of industry, reformer, philanthropist, musician or artist, each memorial
and each grave has a story.
The memorials themselves represent style of
architecture and fashion over 150 years and show the skill of the
stonemasons and sculptors who created them. There is a wealth of mature
trees, mosses, lichen, wild flowers, insects, birds and mammals in this
listed conservation area which lies so close to the heart of Leicester.
The Leicester City Council is working to conserve and maintain the
cemetery not just as a sterile monument to the past but as a living
resource for the education and enjoyment of the people of Leicester.
The "Friends Of Welford Road Cemetery" are working
with the City Council and other interested groups towards this end. They
are also working to record the monumental inscriptions and create a
computerised database for a web-site.
The "Friends" need more
volunteers. If you wish to join to help, receive newsletters and meet
for interesting talks and walks click HERE to
view and print a
membership form.
Locating A Grave In Welford
Road Cemetery
The complete records to date of burials are
maintained by the Bereavement Services (BS) Office, Parks & Green
Spaces, Regeneration & Culture, Leicester City Council, New Walk Centre.
The surname index and Burial Register for 1849 to
1943 have been copied on to microfiche and sets are available for public
use at the BS office and at:
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The Record Office For Leicestershire,
Leicester & Rutland,
Long Street, Wigston, Leicester LE18 2AH
Tel: 0116 257 1080 Fax: 0116 257 1120
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The Research Centre &
Library,
Leicestershire & Rutland Family History Society,
Pilot House, King Street, Leicester LE1 6RN
Tel: 0116 285 7211 |
You can now also access burials records at the
Visitors Centre at the Cemetery. Staff are on hand to help you search
for your ancestors, locate the graves for you, and even take you to the
plot. Using the Burial Index CD-Rom created by the Leicestershire &
Rutland Family History Society, they can quickly access the information
for you and point you in the right direction. (You can also purchase a
copy of the CD Rom, containing details of over 200,000 burials from the
Centre.
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COMMONWEALTH WAR GRAVES &
COMMEMORATIONS IN THE CEMETERY
CLICK HERE
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COMING EVENTS
Blue Badge Guide Colin Crosby
All Tours Begin From WRC Gates
"Tomb Trail 1" Sunday 6th January 2008 2-4pm
"Grave Attraction" Sunday 3rd February 2008 2-4pm
"Tomb Trail 1" Thursday 19th June 2008 7-9pm
"Tomb Trail 1" Sunday 7th September 2008 2-4pm
"Grave Attraction" Sunday 5th October 2008 2-4pm
Tickets £3.50 On The Day or £2.50 In Advance.
Telephone 0116 261 1576
VOLUNTEER SESSIONS
Meeting At The Visitor Centre
For Transcription Sessions Autumn 2007 & Winter 2008
1.00-4.00pm
Sunday 18th November 2007
Saturday 8th December 2007
Saturday 19th January 2008
Sunday 10th February 2008
For More Information Contact The Secretary Of FWRC
C.E. John Aston, Gold Hill Gate, One B Cairnsford
Road
West Kinghton, Leicester LE2 6GG
Tel: 0116 288 4132 or 07769 655 727
john.aston@ntlworld.com
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