Frome Dissenters Cemetery
Frome Dissenters' Cemetery

HISTORY

A meeting was called in 1850 to discuss buying a plot of land for a new cemetery. A week later the paymasters of the vestry recommended to the town that a general subscription be raised to assist the Dissenters in their quest. Most Anglican burial grounds in Frome were closed to new burials at the time, partly because they were full but also because they were in the centre of town and were therefore a health risk (as in the cholera epidemics in London in this period, caused by the pollution of drinking water by nearby burial grounds.) When the dissenters' cemetery was built, it was right on the edge of town, in fact it was a simple field. There were open fields (owned by the Earl of Cork and Orrery) running all the way to Spring Gardens. The Earl, who owned Marston House, sold the field to the Trustees in January 1851. The first burial was in September 1851. cont’d
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HISTORY

A meeting was called in 1850 to discuss buying a plot of land for a new cemetery. A week later the paymasters of the vestry recommended to the town that a general subscription be raised to assist the Dissenters in their quest. Most Anglican burial grounds in Frome were closed to new burials at the time, partly because they were full but also because they were in the centre of town and were therefore a health risk (as in the cholera epidemics in London in this period, caused by the pollution of drinking water by nearby burial grounds.) When the dissenters' cemetery was built, it was right on the edge of town, in fact it was a simple field. There were open fields (owned by the Earl of Cork and Orrery) running all the way to Spring Gardens. The Earl, who owned Marston House, sold the field to the Trustees in January 1851. The first burial was in September 1851. cont’d
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