Summary

By 1843, because of the growing population and a disease called cholera which killed many adults and children too, dead bodies needed to be buried further away from town in new burial grounds. Two Cemeteries were set up outside the town: Mill Road for the Church of England and Histon Road for the other Christian Churches.
This site, then just open fields, became Histon Road Cemetery. Imposing gates, a Lodge for a Caretaker and a Chapel (now gone) were built. Paths were put down and trees planted where we see them today. Only the wealthier people could afford headstones and memorials so many graves are unmarked. There have been 8200 burials, so the Cemetery is now full.