Quote Originally Posted by ThePenkethPedant View Post
Thanks -the book states that it was closed in 1895. I don`t think it became a park as early as 1912 - as I said, in the mid-50s it was still a cemetery with all its monuments,albeit maybe closed to further burials. My cheif enquiry is -what happened to the monuments? Nobody seems to know, although I had heard that someone came across some in a Welsh field.....
Sorry,but whatever book you've got,it's incorrect!

p.s. if you look at the park pic' I've posted,it states quite clearly,1913!