Church Cemetery was founded in 1848 and was designed by Edwin Patchitt, clerk to the County Magistrates.

The construction works involved the removal and relocation of some 20,000 tons of earth and the laying out of paths and suitable planting including Cedars of Lebanon.

It was consecrated by the Bishop of Lincoln, Right Revd John Jackson on 18 June 1856[2] A mortuary chapel to the designs of the architect Edward William Godwin[3] opened on 14 August 1879.

A bell turret surmounted the chapel, and in the archway through which mourning coaches passed, there was a waiting room.

It was demolished in 1965 A war memorial designed by Sir Reginald Blomfield was added in 1920 and is Grade II listed.