Uttoxeter Road Cemetery, DERBY, DERBYSHIRE, ENGLAND, UK


A view within the four and a half acre burial ground.
With about 3,000 graves and a total of 6 - 8,000 burials, this little known site holds a vast amount of local history. Many notable local dignatories are buried here, some whose stories have been long forgotten and have need to be retold. All the records for Uttoxeter Road Cemetery are held at the offices of Nottingham Road Cemetery. Requests for information should include surname, first name(s), occupation and if possible date of death and date of funeral. The cemetery is open to the public in the daytime, there is no charge for entry. The local tourist office offer a 'Blue Badge - Tomb Trail' (a guided tour) at a cost of Ł2.00 per person. The cemetery was opened in 1842 about twenty years after England's very first one at Bunhill Fields in London. The Chapel of Rest was demolished in the 1940's probably because the cemetery was full and the chapel became little used. The area where the chapel stood is now used for car parking. The lodge at the entrance to the cemetery will not suffer a similar fate as it is protected as a Grade II listed building.
Thomas Madeley Died 1853, from a family of millowners. He was Mayor of Derby and became a property developer. He built the Talbot Street, Kensington Street area of the city. Madeley Street off Normanton Road is named after him.	Tomb of Thomas Madeley (Photo soon)
Tomb of Jesse Walkerdine The stone building in the background is the cemetery lodge, built in 1842 and is now Grade II listed.	Jesse Walkerdine Family of property developers, well known in Derby to this day. Mary, wife of Jesse, died 1865. The tombstone was carved by Joseph Barlow Robinson, a famous local sculpter/stone mason. The draped urn was a popular design of the time.
Frederick Longdon Prosperous mill owning family. Their mills in Agard Street were demolished in 1995 and replaced with student accommodation for Derby University. The tombstone is an ornately carved celtic style cross.	Tomb of Frederick Longdon
Grave of Thomas and Theresa Blood	Thomas Died 1937 Theresa Ann Died 1955 I have included this photograph to show how fashion pervades style, even in the most unlikely of areas. This headstone clearly displays the current fashion of the day at the end of the Art Deco period, sometimes refered to as Odeon Style (after the cinemas of the same name). I know nothing of the Blood family.
There is a lot more to add to this page if I am to give a full account of this cemetery. I will add more in the near future.
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