The cemetery opened in 1856 and had two chapels of ease designed by Michael Drury in the Gothic Revival style.

[1] Following the Public Health Act 1848, areas of open land on the outskirts of Lincoln designated for use as cemeteries.

The size and initial building of the cemetery proved controversial with local residents but was eventually passed through the planning stages and built by the architect Michael Drury.

The Lincoln Crematorium opened in 1968 in the nearby St Swithins Graveyard on Washingborough Road and this is likely when the chapels were closed although no official date has been listed.

[4] The cemetery still sees occasional burials but all services now take place at nearby churches, chapels or the crematorium.