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Gravestones in Welford Road Cemetery, Leicester. This is a list of cemeteries in England still in existence. Only cemeteries which are notable and can be visited are included. Churchyards and graveyards that belong to churches and are still in existence are not included. Ancient burial grounds are excluded.
Oakley Down Barrow Cemetery, group of round barrows in Dorset. Pentre Ifan, Neolithic dolmen. The Poind and his Man, burial mound and standing stone in Northumberland. Poor Lot Barrow Cemetery, group of round barrows in Dorset. Seven Barrows, site of bowl barrows, bell barrows, saucer barrows and disc barrows. Spinsters' Rock, Neolithic dolmen.
Anglo-Saxon cemeteries have been found in England, Wales and Scotland. The burial sites date primarily from the fifth century to the seventh century AD, before the Christianisation of Anglo-Saxon England. Later Anglo-Saxon period cemeteries have been found with graves dating from the 9th to the 11th century.
Updown early medieval cemetery in Eastry, Kent, United Kingdom, was used as a burial place in the 7th century. Eastry was an important administrative centre in the Kingdom of Kent. Updown was one of four cemeteries in and around Eastry. The cemetery measures roughly 150 by 80 m (490 by 260 ft) and may have encompassed around 300 graves.
Roman Catholic cemeteries in England and Wales (5 P) S. Cemeteries in Somerset (1 C, 3 P) Cemeteries in South Yorkshire (1 C) Cemeteries in Suffolk (4 P)
Burial in Anglo-Saxon England refers to the grave and burial customs followed by the Anglo-Saxons between the mid 5th and 11th centuries CE in Early Mediaeval England. The variation of the practice performed by the Anglo-Saxon peoples during this period, [ 1 ] included the use of both cremation and inhumation .
The findings, published in a series of articles in Current Archaeology, come from one of the largest ancient DNA projects in Europe involving 460 people who were buried in graves between 200AD and ...
England portal; Monuments and memorials in England. See also Category:Outdoor sculptures in England Related Category:Monuments and memorials in Scotland, Category:Monuments and memorials in Wales, Category:Monuments and memorials in Northern Ireland