Monument record MDO32771 - Cemetery, Parkstone, Poole

A cemetery with a lodge building to the east is first shown on the OS 2nd edn 25in map (1902) <1>, with the 4th edn 1:2500 map (1933) <2> showing a substantial extension to the west.

Parkstone Cemetery opened in the late 19th Century (c. 1890) and spans 10 hectares. There is a Cemetery Lodge at the entrance. The Cemetery Chapel was demolished in the late 20th Century. There is a large pillared grave commemorating Florence Edith MacNaughton (1878 - 1946). Planted with trees, shrubs. Located on Sandbanks Road and Elgin Road. Prominent tomb of Florence Edith MacNaughton (1878 - 1946). The cemetery was considered for inclusion in the Register of Parks and Gardens, but was not added to the Register. <3>

Opened 1894. <4>

<1> Ordnance Survey, 1900, Ordnance Survey 25-inch map, epoch two (Map). SDO11594.

<2> Ordnance Survey, 1934-38, Ordnance Survey 25-inch map, epoch four (Map). SDO11596.

<3> English Heritage, English Heritage Schedule Entry (Scheduling record). SDO17387.

English Heritage Registry File HB/ 000002/0078 Gardens Register Cemeteries Project Site Details

<4> Higginbotham, P, 2000, World Wide Web page andlt;http://www.workhouses.org.uk/ (Digital archive). SDO17705.

The Dorset Page. 2000. Dorset Civil Cemeteries <http://www.thedorsetpage.com/Genealogy/info/dorset_civil_cemeteries.htm> [Accessed 13-SEP-2005]

<5> National Record of the Historic Environment (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Apr 5 2022 1:58PM