File:Berkhamsted cemetery commemoration stone.jpg

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English: Commemorative stone in Three Close Lane, Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, UK. The cemetery was opened in 1842 by the Countess of Bridgewater for the Church of St Peter, Great Berkhamsted. Inscription is as follows:

In the year of our Lord 1842
this land was presented for a burial ground to the parish of Berkhamsted St Peter by Carlotte Catherine Anne Countess of Bridgewater.
The walls enclosing the same were erected without the aid of a rate by the following. voluntary contributions.
The rev. John crofts £50 0s
The Rt. Hon. Mark Lord Somerville £25 0s
The Hon. Harriot Grimston £50 0s
Sir Charles Deacon KCB £5 0s
James Smith esq £25 0s
Lond. & Birm. Railway Company £10 0s
Grand Junction canal Comp. £6 10s
in smaller sums £30 0s.
Consecrated by John, Lord Bishop of Lincoln on the fourtheenth day of October of the same year
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JOHN CROFTS RECTOR
AUGUSTUS SMITH CHURCHWARDEN
HENRY LANE CHURCHWARDEN

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