Wrexham Cemetery

The earliest record of the site where the cemetery now stands was from 1535, where it was mentioned in the Valor Ecclesiasticus, a survey under Henry VIII, on the finances of the Church of England, following the Acts of Supremacy. Part of the site was known as . It was also mentioned in a 1840 lease from the Bishop of St Asaph, which is it referred to as . By the 19th century, Wrexham was in the need of a new cemetery, with the existing graveyard of St Giles' Church being full by the end of the 18th century. Additional land for extending the cemetery was purchased to its east to Empress Road in 1886, with it being extended by 1890. In 2016 and 2017, restoration works were performed on the…

The Victorian cemetery occupies a rectangular site on the western outskirts of Wrexham, bounded by the B5099 and A5152 roads and, to the west, by the Great Western Railway (now the Shrewsbury–Chester line). It is set on gently undulating ground. Housing borders the cemetery to the south and east, a college lies to the north, and an industrial estate adjoins its western side. Wat's Dyke, a scheduled monument, traverses the cemetery along one of its internal paths The cemetery, which covers an area of 7.2 ha, is the principal burial site for Wrexham. It can be divided into two distinct sections, a Victorian section and a more modern section, separated by internal access paths. near Pandy. The…