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Hill End Hospital Cemetery, St Albans

Hill End Mental Asylum opened in 1899 and a small plot of land was set aside as a cemetery. The first few burials were given gravestones but undoubtedly because of the expense later graves were given numbered iron grave markers. When the hospital was transferred to the NHS burials ceased and when the hospital closed in the 1990s the cemetery was forgotten. However people started to feel this was inappropriate and in 2007 moves were made to manage the area in a more respectful manner.
Further information on the cemetery LinkExternal link : on the hospital LinkExternal link and for the mental hospitals in the St Albans area LinkExternal link and LinkExternal link .
by Chris Reynolds

Created: Thu, 21 Jun 2012, Updated: Thu, 21 Jun 2012


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TL1706 : Returning to Nature at Hill End Hospital Cemetery, St Albans by Chris Reynolds
TL1706 : Samuel Adrian Lomas's grave, Hill End Hospital Cemetery, St Albans by Chris Reynolds
TL1706 : The Grave Stones in Hill End Hospital Cemetery, St Albans by Chris Reynolds
TL1706 : At the Entrance - Hill End Hospital Cemetery, St Albans by Chris Reynolds
TL1706 : The Grave Stones in Hill End Hospital Cemetery, St Albans by Chris Reynolds
TL1706 : Overgrown Burial Plots at Hill End Hospital Cemetery, St Albans by Chris Reynolds
TL1706 : The Seat has been repaired at Hill End Hospital Cemetery, St Albans by Chris Reynolds
TL1706 : Looking towards the Old Oak, Hill End Hospital Cemetery, St Albans by Chris Reynolds
TL1706 : Emily Evans Grave, Hill End Hospital Cemetery, St Albans by Chris Reynolds
TL1706 : Along the path through the Hill End Hospital Cemetery, St Albans by Chris Reynolds
TL1706 : Hill End Garden of Rest - Hill End Hospital Cemetery, St Albans by Chris Reynolds


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