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UNIVER
WELFORD ROAD
CEMETERY
FROM
CITY CENTRE
PEDESTRIAN
ENTRANCE
FROM
CITY CENTRE
The main entrance to the Cemetery is
located on the A5119 Welford Road, Leicester,
approximately 1.5 miles from the city centre.
Parking is allowed on the main carriageway
in the Cemetery. There is an entrance for
pedestrians only next to the Chaplaincy
opposite Mayor’s Walk on University Road.
How to find the Cemetery:
Completed in 2006 and supported by the
Heritage Lottery Fund and the Leicester City
Council, the Welford Road Cemetery
Restoration Project includes the provision
of a new Visitor Centre and an interpretation
area on the site of the former chapels with
memorial plaques to 100 notable people
buried there. Drives and pathways have been
resurfaced, with new railings on University
Road and Welford Road.
A Guide to 100
Memorial Plaques
The Memorial Plaques
Introduction
The Restoration Project
Welford
Road
Cemetery,
Leicester
This leaflet is an introduction to the lives
and histories of some notable people buried
at Welford Road Cemetery, Leicester.
After 1849, until the opening of Gilroes and
Saffron Hill Cemeteries in the 20th century,
this was the only burial ground for citizens
of Leicester. Notable Victorians and
Edwardians are buried here and many have
interesting histories.
As part of the Restoration Project in 2005, one
hundred notable citizens have been selected
and are commemorated on memorial plaques
on the site of the former chapels. Each plaque
is displayed on a granite slab and has an
abbreviated obituary with grave number.
Plaque No. 13
Thomas Cook
Probably the most famo
us
person buried
in the Cemetery, Thomas
Cook was the
pioneer of today’s
trave
l
agencies. In 1841
he commissioned a who
le train from the new
Midland Counties Railw
ay, charging one
shilling (five pence) a
head to take a party to
a Temperance meeting
in Loughborough
- the first publicly adve
rtised excursion train
in England. His business
expanded with the
increasing popularity
of excursions, foreign
travel and package holid
ays, whilst the travel
agency he founded
still bears his name.
He is also known for
inventing traveller’s
cheques. He died
in 1891.
Plaque No. 88
Arthur Wakerley
,
Born in Melton Mowbray
Arthur Wakerley was a
itect
famous Leicester arch
and Mayor who designed
a number of buildings
around the city that still
de
exist today; these inclu
the ‘Turkey Café’ on
er
Granby Street, the ‘Sing
t
Building’ in High Stree
and the Synagogue on
Highfield Street.
Plaque No. 9
Dorothy Cain
‘Dot’ Cain died in 1926,
attempting a parachute jump
over the Leicester Royal
Agricultural Showground,
Blackbird Lane. As she jumped,
her parachute became caught on
the plane’s undercarriage and she
fell free from the harness,
plummeting to her death in front
of thousands of people.
He also designed
the first council
houses in the city
- these triangular
shaped houses are
prominent still to
this day. Arthur
Wakerley died in
1931.
On two lecterns are maps with the approximate
locations of these graves which are ordered
alphabetically and numbered from 1 to 100.
uB.802
cG.643
cD.181+
cE.872
uB.34
uB.128+
uB.101+
uA.904
uD.384
uA.482
uO1.79
cG.821
cI.12
cA1.17
cF.119 & 212
cI.32+
uC.138+
uK.467+
cH.272
cG.689+
cD.171
uH.288+
uA1.42
cC.54
uI.75
cA1.164
cD.250A
uB.242
uA.483
cC.668
uD.390
uD.225
cD.3
cA.21+
cA1.157+
cG.465
cB.612
uD.23
uD.65+
uC.429
cI.36+
cE.617
uA.159
uC.91
uB.28
uC.202
cE1.131
uD.271+
cD.326
uO1.196+
A51
BETSY ISLIP
HENRY JAMES
WILLIAM A. JENNINGS
JOSEPH JESSOP
JOSEPH JOHNSON
T. FIELDING JOHNSON
WILLIAM KEMPSON
HENRY LANKESTER
JAMES LEAVESLEY
Rev. GEORGE LEGGE
HARRY LINDLEY
GEORGE A LÖHR
EDWARD LOSEBY
Sir HERBERT MARSHALL
E. MEADOWS / W. JOYCE
THOMAS MOXON
Rev. JAMES P. MURSELL
WILLIAM NEALE
HENRY NICHOLSON Jnr.
SAMUEL NOON
Sir JONATHAN NORTH
JAMES PAGE
JAMES CAREY PIKE
FRANCIS PTACEK
GEORGE HENRY QUINN
RICHARD RAWSON
ALBERT T. ROBERTS
WILLIAM T. ROWLETT
MARY ROYCE
WILLIAM RUSHIN
ELEANOR RUSSELL
ALBERT E. SAWDAY
FRANK STAYNES
CLEMENT STRETTON
BENJAMIN SUTTON
LOUISA UPTON
Canon DAVID VAUGHAN
ARTHUR WAKERLEY
Rev. JOHN E WAKERLEY
ROBERT WALKER
FANNY WHEELER
CHARLES WHEATLEY
JOSEPH WHETSTONE
KATE MARY WHITLEY
ELIZA CLARK WIGG
Rev. JOSEPH F. WINKS
JOHN WINTERTON
Sir EDWARD WOOD
Sir THOMAS WRIGHT
WORLD WAR I MEMORIAL
RAILWAY LINE
51
52
53
54
55
56
57
58
59
60
61
62
63
64
65
66
67
68
69
70
71
72
73
74
75
76
77
78
79
80
81
82
83
84
85
86
87
88
89
90
91
92
93
94
95
96
97
98
99
100
The 100 memorial plaques are listed below,
including their grave numbers. The map
overleaf shows their location in the Cemetery.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
Rev. WILLIAM BAILEY
SAMUEL BARFIELD
WILLIAM BARFOOT
ISAAC BARRADALE
JOHN BIGGS
WILLIAM BILLINGS
BENJAMIN BROADBENT
PERCY LIONEL BROWN
DOROTHY CAIN
EWEN CAMERON
JULIUS St. T. CLARKE
JOHN MASON COOK
THOMAS COOK
JOSEPH DARE
SAMUEL DEACON
WILLIAM DICKISSON
EDWARD SHIPLEY ELLIS
JOHN ELLIS
WILLIAM ELY
Sir SAMUEL FAIRE
WILLIAM FLINT
JOHN FLOWER
GEORGE FOXTON
FANNY FULLAGAR
ANGUS GALBRAITH
CYRUS BERTIE GAMBLE
WILLIAM GARDINER
JOSIAH GIMSON
SAMUEL GINNS
EDITH GITTINS
HENRY GODDARD
JOSEPH GODDARD
FREDERICK GOODYER
JOSEPH GORDON
GEORGE GREEN
WILLIAM GREEN
ARTHUR ISAAC GROVES
JOSEPH ISAAC HALLAM
FRANCIS HAMES Snr.
CHARLES HANCOCK
HENRY HARDING
THOMAS HENRY HARDY
ALBERT WALTER HARRIS
RICHARD HARRIS
ARTHUR HAWKES
GREY HAZELRIGG
ROBERT WALLACE-HENRY
GEORGE MOORE HENTON
THOMAS Wm. HODGES
WILLIAM HUTCHINSON
uB.334
cC.690
uD.1+
cA1.38
uB.163
cH.924
uI.1+
cC.35
uD.84
uD.70
cE1.90
cD.295+
uB.335
uE.49
uB.244
cA1.212
uC.167
uC.142
uM.1294
uD.228+
cA.343
uB.100+
cF.1220
cH.56
uQ.2006
cD.130
uE.467
uG.10+
uG.57
uC.233
cA.314+
uC.51
cI.15
cC.4
uH.59
uL.23
uD.327
cA1.215+
cA.34
cA.11
cG.522+
uO1.803
uA.35
uC.65+
uD.8+
cI.349
uK.939
cB.30
uC.38+
uC.221
KEY:
1,2…100
- Location of individual graves
uA, cB etc - Burial areas
- Unconsecrated (Non Anglican) land
- Consecrated (Anglican) land