2009

SP9211 : The Old Grave Yard at Tring

taken 16 years ago, near to Tring, Hertfordshire, England

The Old Grave Yard at Tring
The Old Grave Yard at Tring
The western side of the path that run through the graveyard has only this one stone left. Beyond is the Dolphin Square card park, constructed in the 1960s by demolishing a slum area of the town. On the other side of the street you can see an old chapel, now offices.
The Old Graveyard at Tring

When the old churchyard got full in Victorian times a new plot was opened in 1853 next to what was then the Rectory Garden. This rapidly filled with burials and when I arrived in Tring in the mid 1960s this was a solid sea of gravestones. Shortly afterwards the area was developed and the graveyard was opened up as an open space in 1973 - and only a few of the gravestones were retained.

The Tring & District Local History Society produced a booklet in about 2005 listing the surviving graves, and (surnames only) the graves removed in 1973.

Dolphin Square Shopping Area, Tring

Dolphin Square is at the centre of a small commercial development in the centre of Tring, adjoining the parish church, and with an archway connection to the High Street.
There are a small number of shops onto the square, plus a few in the adjoining Frogmore Street. Immediately behind the square is one of the town centre car parks.
There are often things going on in the square.


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Geographical Context: Burial ground, Crematorium
This photo is linked from: Automatic Clusters: · Tring Park [101] · Tring Town [67] · Yard at Tring [29] · Dolphin Square [24] · Old Graveyard at Tring [5] Other Photos: · The Old Graveyard at Tring in Autumn ·
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SP9211, 869 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
Chris Reynolds   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Friday, 11 September, 2009   (more nearby)
Submitted
Friday, 16 March, 2012
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SP 9238 1152 [10m precision]
WGS84: 51:47.6827N 0:39.7126W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SP 9239 1153
View Direction
Southwest (about 225 degrees)
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