Winston Churchill Memorial Gardens in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire

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Market Street
Cheltenham, Cheltenham Borough, Gloucestershire England

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The gardens started life as a cemetery when the Parish Vestry acquired a small orchard on the southern side of the lower high street for use as a new burial ground between May 1830 and January 1831. The ground was cleared, leveled and enclosed by a perimeter wall. St. Mary's mission was built in 1831 to serve the new burial ground and the building is now a Grade II Listed Building. The first burial took place on 19 September 1831 and remained in use until 1864 when the new cemetery opened in Prestbury. Following a period of neglect, the cemetery was purchased by the council in 1965 and developed into a garden. Most of the tombstones were cleared at this time but some are still visible.