2007

TL1706 : Looking towards the Old Oak, Hill End Hospital Cemetery, St Albans

taken 16 years ago, 3 km from St Albans, Hertfordshire, England

Looking towards the Old Oak, Hill End Hospital Cemetery, St Albans
Looking towards the Old Oak, Hill End Hospital Cemetery, St Albans
Note the broken seat in the abandoned cemetery in 2007. The grand old oak tree stands on the northern boundary - which is now a footpath which follows a disused railway line. In 2007 the untended cemetery contained many young oak seedlings.
Hill End Hospital Cemetery, St Albans

Hill End Mental Asylum opened in 1899 and a small plot of land was set aside as a cemetery. The first few burials were given gravestones but undoubtedly because of the expense later graves were given numbered iron grave markers. When the hospital was transferred to the NHS burials ceased and when the hospital closed in the 1990s the cemetery was forgotten. However people started to feel this was inappropriate and in 2007 moves were made to manage the area in a more respectful manner.
Further information on the cemetery LinkExternal link : on the hospital LinkExternal link and for the mental hospitals in the St Albans area LinkExternal link and LinkExternal link .


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Geographical Context: Burial ground, Crematorium Hospital: Hill End Trees: Oak other tags: Cemetery Former Mental Hospital Garden of Rest St Albans Click a tag, to view other nearby images.
This photo is linked from: Automatic Clusters: · Hill End Hospital Cemetery [11] · Oak Tree [3] Other Photos: · Returning to Nature at Hill End Hospital Cemetery, St Albans ·
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TL1706, 26 images   (more nearby 🔍)
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Chris Reynolds   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Wednesday, 7 November, 2007   (more nearby)
Submitted
Thursday, 21 June, 2012
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! TL 1742 0696 [10m precision]
WGS84: 51:44.9424N 0:18.0292W
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OSGB36: geotagged! TL 1743 0695
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