Grant Gardens

Grant Gardens
Type Public park
Location Liverpool
Coordinates 53°24′56″N 2°57′44″W / 53.415562°N 2.962330°W / 53.415562; -2.962330
Area 5 acres (0.020 km2)
Created 22 April 1914
Operated by Liverpool City Council
Status Open all year round

Grant Gardens previously Liverpool Necropolis, is a park and former cemetery in Liverpool, United Kingdom. It is named after Alderman J. R. Grant, J.P, chairman of the Corporation Parks and Gardens Committee.[1][2]

The Necropolis opened in 1825, with buildings by John Foster Jr, it closed in 1898 and was transferred to the council who reopened it as a park in 1914.[1] While the memorials and structures above ground have been removed, the graves themselves are intact.

Notable residents

References

  1. 1 2 "Necropolis Home Page". Toxtethparkcemetery.co.uk. 1914-04-22. Retrieved 2016-07-28.
  2. "Liverpool & South West Lancs Genealogy • View topic - Necropolis/Grant Gardens". Liverpool-genealogy.org.uk. Retrieved 2016-07-28.
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