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LocationThe cemetery lies south of Eccles New Road (A57 road) and is approached via Cemetery Road. HistorySalford was one of the earliest British municipalities to recognise that churchyards were getting full and that alternative burial grounds were required. When originally opened the cemetery included four chapels and a glazed summer house, which have since all been demolished.[2] The first interment was that of the very popular MP, Joseph Brotherton, who had campaigned for the cemetery and died just before its completion. In the circumstances his burial was allowed to take place before the cemetery had been officially opened.{{cn|date=June 2014}} Then known as Salford Borough Cemetery, the site was extended by {{convert|16|acres|ha}} in 1887, by which time there had been 124,500 burials. The original {{convert|21|acre|ha}} site was becoming full and a {{convert|2.5|acre|ha}} area bought earlier with the intention of being used as an addition had been compulsorily purchased for development of the Manchester Ship Canal. At that time, the cemetery was making a profit of around £2,500 per annum.[3] During the Second World War at Christmas 1940, a German bomb fell on the cemetery during a raid on the nearby docks. Several headstones are still peppered with marks and holes caused by the shrapnel.[4] Salford Council have mapped out a heritage trail for the cemetery and noteworthy graves have been provided with information panels. Occasional guided tours of the cemetery also take place. Several of the monuments in the cemetery are Grade II listed.[5] Notable interments
War gravesThe cemetery contains the graves of 373 Commonwealth service personnel who died during the First and Second World Wars, plus numerous memorials to servicemen buried abroad. Some of the 274 First World War dead lie in war grave plots in both the Church of England and Roman Catholic sections, each plot having a Screen Memorial listing the dead buried within them, while the 99 Second World War dead are scattered amidst the cemetery and there is also a special memorial listing 7 personnel buried in graves that could not be marked.[6] References{{commonscat|Weaste Cemetery}}1. ^ {{cite web|url = http://www.salford.gov.uk/weastecemetery.htm|title= Weaste cemetery|publisher= Salford City Council|accessdate = 1 October 2013}} {{Cemeteries in England}}{{coord|53.477|-2.303|type:landmark_region:GB|display=title}}2. ^ {{cite web|url = http://www.weasteheritagetrail.co.uk/about/the-history-of-weaste-cemetery/index.htm|title= History of Weaste cemetery|accessdate = 1 October 2013}} 3. ^{{cite newspaper |newspaper=Manchester Courier and Lancashire General Advertiser |date=11 August 1887 |page=6 |title=Extension of the Salford Borough Cemetery |publisher=British Newspaper Archive |url=http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000206/18870811/066/0006 |accessdate=2014-06-28}} {{subscription required}} 4. ^ {{cite web| url = http://aircrashsites.co.uk/air-raids-bomb-sites/weaste-cemetery-salford/| title= Weaste Cemetery, Salford|accessdate = 1 October 2013}} 5. ^ {{cite web|url = http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/england/salford/salford|title= Listed Buildings in Salford|accessdate = 1 October 2013}} 6. ^ {{cite web| url = http://www.cwgc.org/find-a-cemetery/cemetery/41156/SALFORD%20%28WEASTE%29%20CEMETERY|title = SALFORD (WEASTE) CEMETERY|publisher= Commonwealth War Graves Commission|accessdate = 9 October 2013}} 3 : Cemeteries in Greater Manchester|Buildings and structures in Salford|1857 establishments in England |
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