Recent news and stories of interest are listed below:-
- Mill Road Winter Fair December 2020Because of Covid restrictions the annual Mill Road Winter Fair held on the street had to be cancelled, but an online Fair was created in its place with all the usual participants in the Fair invited to take part. Friends of Mill Road Cemetery produced three films and a slide show of photographs through the ...
- A tribute to Alan BulwinkleThe FOMRC History Group is indebted to the work of the Cambridge Family History Society who painstakingly recorded and mapped the inscriptions in the Cemetery in the early 2000’s. The work was led by Alan Bulwinkle and John Jennings who kindly gave FOMRC full access to their data. Alan died last year; Gill Shapland who wrote ...
- Part of History Happening on Mill Road on Sunday July 21stPart of History Happening on Mill Road on Sunday July 21st Friends of Mill Road Cemetery invite you to: 11.30 Tour led by Mary Naylor: Latest Stories from our Research 2.15 pm Tour led by Diana Cook: History, People and Nature in Mill Road Cemetery Please meet at the Mill Road Entrance to the Cemetery (by the Mackenzie Road ...
- Path Dedication Service Saturday 9 March 2019Dedication of paths service 9 March 2019
- Dedication of Chapel Outline on Saturday January 14th . 11.0amThe outline in stone of the former mortuary chapel that stood in the middle of the Cemetery is now complete, and will be officially dedicated at a short service in the cemetery on SATURDAY 14 JANUARY at 11 am. All are welcome, and we look forward to seeing you to celebrate the completion of this long-awaited ...
- Donate buttonA new Donate button which connects to PayPal has been added to the home page. Friends of Mill Road Cemetery welcome any donations which are automatically paid to their account, and which will be used to help with restoration and repair of monuments. Decisions about monuments to be repaired are made by the Mill Road Cemetery Working Group which ...
- Further damage; angel monument vandalisedAt some point in the evening of May 19th, the head of the angel was chipped or cut off from the monument to Isabel Mary Hopkins. Following, as it does, the recent spate of vandalism to other graves, this has caused both grief and outrage, especially as the head cannot be found. If you ...
- Recent Vandalism in Mill Road CemeteryWe regret that there has been more vandalism in the Cemetery. The police and other authorities have been informed. We will hope to undertake restoration work to at least some of the damaged monuments. Please support the Friends’ fund raising activity in the Avenue of Limes from 5.30pm on Saturday July 2nd or email friendsofmillroadcemetery@gmail.com If you ...
- The Lime Trees on Parker’s PieceMembers of the Friends of Mill Road Cemetery History Group are delighted to have been informed, by his relative, that, in 1867, John Odell Pain, (Herbert Thomas Odell Pain; John Odell Pain; Maria Odell Pain) paid for the planting of a row of lime trees along the Parkside edge of Parker’s Piece to commemorate the ...
- Grave restorations
January 2015 saw the beginning of a very welcome programme of monumental restoration undertaken by the stonemasons Fairhurst Ward and Abbotts. 26 of the graves are graves where WW1 soldiers are commemorated by their families, although they themselves are buried in France or elsewhere (see earlier post on this website). In some cases this has inspired ... - HLF funded WW1 projectWW1 map without names For the last few years the History Group of Friends of Mill Road Cemetery have been researching the WW1 soldiers buried in the cemetery, some in War Graves Commission Graves and the many more who died and are buried abroad but are commemorated by an inscription on their Family Grave. As this ...