Ford Park Cemetery

Ford Park Cemetery is a 34.5-acre in size, but a further 16.5 acres were added in 1875. It came into use during one of the largest outbreaks of cholera in the country and during its first year it saw over 400 burials related to that disease.

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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Home Park and Plymouth railway station.

Home Park

Stadium

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Home Park is a football stadium in the area of Milehouse, Plymouth, Devon, England. With a capacity of 17,900, the ground has been the home of Plymouth Argyle Football Club since 1903, and was also used between 1900 and 1903 by Argyle Athletic club and Argyle F.C. and for athletics and rugby. Home Park is situated 2,400 feet northwest of Ford Park Cemetery.

Plymouth railway station

Railway station

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Plymouth railway station serves the city of Plymouth, Devon, England. It is on the northern edge of the city centre, close to the North Cross roundabout. Plymouth railway station is situated 2,000 feet south of Ford Park Cemetery.

Central Park

Park

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Plymouth's Central Park is situated to the north-east of Plymouth city centre in south-west Devon, England. Covering 68 hectares, Central Park is the largest park in Plymouth. Central Park is situated 1,500 feet northwest of Ford Park Cemetery.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Pennycomequick and Mutley.

Pennycomequick

Suburb

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Pennycomequick is the site of a former Devonport prison that today forms part of the inner suburbs of the city of Plymouth, Devon, England. It is mostly known for its eccentric name, taken, locals believe, from The Penny pub situated by the roundabout north of the railway bridge over Saltash Road.

Mutley

Suburb

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Mutley is a suburb.

Milehouse

Suburb

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Milehouse is a late Victorian and 1930s suburb of Plymouth. It is now notable for a substantial traffic junction, the vast depot base of the local city bus company, a Wetherspoons pub and an undertaker.

Ford Park Cemetery

Type: Cemetery
Description: cemetery in Plymouth, Devon, England, UK
Category: burial
Location: Plymouth, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

50.38356° or 50° 23′ 1″ north

Longitude

-4.14373° or 4° 8′ 37″ west

Open location code

9C2Q9VM4+CG

OpenStreetMap ID

way 32767358

OpenStreetMap feature

amenity=grave_yard

Wikidata ID

Q5467891

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