Overleigh Cemetery

Overleigh Cemetery
Overleigh Cemetery in 1860
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Details
Established1850
Location
Chester CH4 7HW
CountryEngland
Coordinates53°10′55″N 2°53′42″W / 53.18194°N 2.89500°W / 53.18194; -2.89500
StyleVictorian picturesque
Owned byCheshire West and Chester Council
Find a GraveOverleigh Cemetery
Original entrance to Overleigh Cemetery

Overleigh Cemetery is a large municipal burial ground adjacent to the approaches to Grosvenor Bridge on the south side of the River Dee in Chester, Cheshire, England. The cemetery was created in the mid-19th century by a private company but was taken into public ownership in the 1930s. The original part of the cemetery is listed at Grade II in the National Register of Historic Parks and Gardens.[1] Since 2009, it has been owned and managed by the unitary authority Cheshire West and Chester.

  1. ^ Historic England, "Overleigh Road Cemetery, Chester (1001607)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 28 July 2012{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)