Old Ipswich Cemetery

It is one of a group of cemeteries run by Ipswich Borough Council.

[1] Following the passage of the Burial Act 1854 (17 & 18 Vict c 87), Municipal Borough of Ipswich was empowered to establish a Burial Board.

This they did in AUgust of that year, and arranged to buy some land to the North East of the town from John Cobbold.

[2] William Hunt described it in 1864 thus: There are two religious buildings in the Old cemetery, both built by Cooper and Peck in time for the opening cemetery in 1855.

Located about 50 metres apart, there is a very large spruce tree between them.