Laceby Cemetery

Owned and maintained by Laceby Parish Council, it is notable for the grade II listed Haagensen Memorial and Vault in its ground, which was erected in 1897.

Janna Haagensen is shown being guided towards heaven by an angel, while her four young children emerge from two tree stumps and reach up to her imploringly.

[1] Such was the fame of the memorial that during the first half of the 20th century it regularly received numerous day trippers arriving by coach from Cleethorpes.

The numbers of visitors were sufficient to support the nearby Laceby Tearooms, and the memorial appeared on numerous picture postcards and was reproduced in glazed Goss pottery replicas.

[1] The marble-lined vault with its segmented arched roof is accessed by steps under twelve cast-iron hinged and padlocked flaps.

The central pair of tombs, at ground level, are those of Peter and Janna Haagensen and are separated by a carved decorated panel in the classical style from the floor to the ceiling.