Macclesfield Cemetery and chapel from east of crematorium

Macclesfield Cemetery, is a Victorian cemetery located on Prestbury Road,

Macclesfield Macclesfield () is a market town and civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire East, Cheshire, England. It is sited on the River Bollin and the edge of the Cheshire Plain, with Macclesfield Forest to its east; the town lies south of Ma ...

Cheshire Cheshire ( ) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in North West England. It is bordered by Merseyside to the north-west, Greater Manchester to the north-east, Derbyshire to the east, Staffordshire to the south-east, and Shrop ...

, England. It was opened on 17 May 1866 and consists of of land including gardens of remembrance, cemetery walks take place three times a year.
Macclesfield Cemetery website The site contains three chapels, terrace walks overlooking a stream and examples of monumental stone masonry. Macclesfield Crematorium is located within the grounds, the cemetery lodge is on Prestbury Road.

Old Chapel

The Old Chapel was the Church of England chapel for the cemetery. It was built in the 1866 and is in the Neo-Gothic style. The chapel is no longer used for services and is now used as office space. It is a Grade II

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War graves

There are 82 Commonwealth service personnel buried in this cemetery, 49 from

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and 33 from

World War II World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the wo ...

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CWGC Cemetery Report. Breakdown obtained from casualties record.

Notable interments

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, (cremated) musician. * George Harold Eardley, (cremated) World War II

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recipient.

References

External links

* * {{Cemeteries in England Cemeteries in Cheshire Macclesfield