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Norfolk Collection: Norwich City Cemeteries

Burial records for Rosary and Earlham Cemeteries, both owned and run by  Norwich City Council , have just been published on  www.deceasedonline.com . Above: Both Norwich cemeteries contain many beautiful and historic memorials. Rosary Cemetery was established by non-conformist minister Thomas Drummond in 1819, and was the UK's first non-denominational burial ground. In 2010, this beautiful, historic cemetery was granted Grade II* listed status. Train driver, John Prior , and fireman, James Light , are both buried in Rosary Cemetery after being killed in the 1874 Thorpe rail accident at Thorpe St Andrew in Norfolk, in which the 20:40 mail train from Yarmouth and the 17:00 express from London collided head-on whilst travelling on a single-track line between Norwich and Brundall. In total the driver and firemen of both trains and 21 passengers were killed, and many more seriously injured. After the horrific accident, as a preventative measure, engineer Edward Tyler de...