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Plaque No. 88

Arthur WakerleyBorn in Melton Mowbray,

Arthur Wakerley was a

famous Leicester architect

and Mayor who designed

a number of buildings

around the city that still

exist today; these include

the ‘Turkey Café’ on

Granby Street, the ‘Singer

Building’ in High Street

and the Synagogue on

Highfield Street.

Plaque No. 13Thomas Cook Probably the most famous person buried in the Cemetery, Thomas Cook was the pioneer of today’s travel agencies. In 1841 he commissioned a whole train from the new Midland Counties Railway, charging one shilling (five pence) a head to take a party to a Temperance meeting in Loughborough - the first publicly advertised excursion train in England. His business expanded with the increasing popularity of excursions, foreign travel and package holidays, whilst the travel agency he founded

still bears his name. He is also known for inventing traveller’s cheques. He died in 1891.

He also designed

the first councilhouses in the city

- these triangular

shaped houses are

prominent still to

this day. ArthurWakerley died in

1931.

Plaque No. 9

Dorothy Cain‘Dot’ Cain died in 1926,attempting a parachute jumpover the Leicester RoyalAgricultural Showground,Blackbird Lane. As she jumped,her parachute became caught onthe plane’s undercarriage and shefell free from the harness, plummeting to her death in frontof thousands of people.

WelfordRoad

Cemetery,LeicesterA Guide to 100

Memorial Plaques

There are regular bus services along University Road and Welford Road.For details of services call Traveline on 0870 6082608. (local rate charges)

51 BETSY ISLIP52 HENRY JAMES53 WILLIAM A. JENNINGS54 JOSEPH JESSOP55 JOSEPH JOHNSON56 T. FIELDING JOHNSON57 WILLIAM KEMPSON58 HENRY LANKESTER59 JAMES LEAVESLEY60 Rev. GEORGE LEGGE61 HARRY LINDLEY62 GEORGE A LÖHR63 EDWARD LOSEBY64 Sir HERBERT MARSHALL65 E. MEADOWS / W. JOYCE66 THOMAS MOXON67 Rev. JAMES P. MURSELL68 WILLIAM NEALE69 HENRY NICHOLSON Jnr.70 SAMUEL NOON71 Sir JONATHAN NORTH72 JAMES PAGE73 JAMES CAREY PIKE74 FRANCIS PTACEK75 GEORGE HENRY QUINN76 RICHARD RAWSON77 ALBERT T. ROBERTS78 WILLIAM T. ROWLETT79 MARY ROYCE80 WILLIAM RUSHIN81 ELEANOR RUSSELL82 ALBERT E. SAWDAY83 FRANK STAYNES84 CLEMENT STRETTON85 BENJAMIN SUTTON86 LOUISA UPTON87 Canon DAVID VAUGHAN88 ARTHUR WAKERLEY89 Rev. JOHN E WAKERLEY90 ROBERT WALKER91 FANNY WHEELER92 CHARLES WHEATLEY93 JOSEPH WHETSTONE94 KATE MARY WHITLEY95 ELIZA CLARK WIGG96 Rev. JOSEPH F. WINKS97 JOHN WINTERTON98 Sir EDWARD WOOD99 Sir THOMAS WRIGHT100 WORLD WAR I MEMORIAL

1Rev. WILLIAM BAILEY2SAMUEL BARFIELD3WILLIAM BARFOOT4ISAAC BARRADALE5JOHN BIGGS6WILLIAM BILLINGS7BENJAMIN BROADBENT8PERCY LIONEL BROWN9DOROTHY CAIN10EWEN CAMERON11JULIUS St. T. CLARKE12JOHN MASON COOK13THOMAS COOK14JOSEPH DARE15SAMUEL DEACON16WILLIAM DICKISSON17EDWARD SHIPLEY ELLIS18JOHN ELLIS19WILLIAM ELY20Sir SAMUEL FAIRE21WILLIAM FLINT22JOHN FLOWER23GEORGE FOXTON24FANNY FULLAGAR25ANGUS GALBRAITH26CYRUS BERTIE GAMBLE27WILLIAM GARDINER28JOSIAH GIMSON29SAMUEL GINNS30EDITH GITTINS31HENRY GODDARD32JOSEPH GODDARD33FREDERICK GOODYER34JOSEPH GORDON35GEORGE GREEN36WILLIAM GREEN37ARTHUR ISAAC GROVES38JOSEPH ISAAC HALLAM39FRANCIS HAMES Snr.40CHARLES HANCOCK41HENRY HARDING42THOMAS HENRY HARDY43ALBERT WALTER HARRIS44RICHARD HARRIS45ARTHUR HAWKES46GREY HAZELRIGG47ROBERT WALLACE-HENRY48GEORGE MOORE HENTON49THOMAS Wm. HODGES50WILLIAM HUTCHINSON

This leaflet is an introduction to the livesand histories of some notable people buriedat Welford Road Cemetery, Leicester.

After 1849, until the opening of Gilroes andSaffron Hill Cemeteries in the 20th century,this was the only burial ground for citizensof Leicester. Notable Victorians andEdwardians are buried here and many haveinteresting histories.

As part of the Restoration Project in 2005, onehundred notable citizens have been selectedand are commemorated on memorial plaqueson the site of the former chapels. Each plaqueis displayed on a granite slab and has anabbreviated obituary with grave number.

The 100 memorial plaques are listed below,including their grave numbers. The mapoverleaf shows their location in the Cemetery.

Completed in 2006 and supported by theHeritage Lottery Fund and the Leicester CityCouncil, the Welford Road CemeteryRestoration Project includes the provision of a new Visitor Centre and an interpretationarea on the site of the former chapels withmemorial plaques to 100 notable peopleburied there. Drives and pathways have beenresurfaced, with new railings on UniversityRoad and Welford Road.

The Restoration ProjectIntroductionThe Memorial Plaques

The main entrance to the Cemetery is located on the A5119 Welford Road, Leicester,approximately 1.5 miles from the city centre.Parking is allowed on the main carriageway in the Cemetery. There is an entrance forpedestrians only next to the Chaplaincy opposite Mayor’s Walk on University Road.

How to find the Cemetery:

On two lecterns are maps with the approximatelocations of these graves which are orderedalphabetically and numbered from 1 to 100.

uB.802cG.643cD.181+cE.872uB.34uB.128+uB.101+uA.904uD.384uA.482uO1.79cG.821cI.12cA1.17cF.119 & 212cI.32+uC.138+uK.467+cH.272cG.689+cD.171uH.288+uA1.42cC.54uI.75cA1.164cD.250AuB.242uA.483cC.668uD.390uD.225cD.3cA.21+cA1.157+cG.465cB.612uD.23uD.65+uC.429cI.36+cE.617uA.159uC.91uB.28uC.202cE1.131uD.271+cD.326uO1.196+

uB.334cC.690uD.1+cA1.38uB.163cH.924uI.1+cC.35uD.84uD.70cE1.90cD.295+uB.335uE.49uB.244cA1.212uC.167uC.142uM.1294uD.228+cA.343uB.100+cF.1220cH.56uQ.2006cD.130uE.467uG.10+uG.57uC.233cA.314+uC.51cI.15cC.4uH.59uL.23uD.327cA1.215+cA.34cA.11cG.522+uO1.803uA.35uC.65+uD.8+cI.349uK.939cB.30uC.38+uC.221

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