| Old Protestant Cemetery | |
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 Grave of Capt. Francis Light | |
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| Details | |
| Established | 1786 |
| Location | |
| Country | Malaysia |
| Type | Protestant cemetery |
| No. of graves | 5°25′21″N 100°20′00″E / 5.42255°N 100.333231°E |
| Find a Grave | Old Protestant Cemetery |
The Old Protestant Cemetery (Malay: Tanah Perkuburan Protestan Lama), also known as Northam Road Cemetery, is a disused Protestant cemetery in George Town, Penang, Malaysia. After more than a century of neglect, it is now listed as a Class 1 Heritage Site and is maintained by the Penang Heritage Trust.
The cemetery lies in a grove of frangipani trees[1] along Northam Road (now Jalan Sultan Ahmad Shah) near the historic core of George Town, only metres away from the beachfront and a short walk from the Eastern & Oriental Hotel.
Established in 1786, the cemetery is of significant historic interest: it is older than many better-known burial grounds such as Père Lachaise in Paris, Powązki in Warsaw, the Zentralfriedhof in Vienna, and Highgate Cemetery in London. It is also 35 years older than the Old Protestant Cemetery in Macau. In 2012, conservation works were undertaken to protect and preserve the site, although there was some concern about how the restoration was done.[2]
- ^ Simon Gardner, Pindar Sidisunthorn and Lai Ee May, 2011. Heritage Trees of Penang. Penang: Areca Books. ISBN 978-967-57190-6-6
- ^ "Protestant Cemetery damage due to lack of supervision, disregard". 8 November 2012.