Wigston Cemetery, Wigston, Leicestershire, England: The Craxford Family Genealogy Magazine

Latitude: 52.5757761778484, Longitude: -1.102452278137207

Notes:
The Wigston Cemetery is located on Welford Road in the town. All new burials now take place in the cemetery's lawn sections. There is a chapel on site.
"In 1795 an Anglo-Saxon cemetery was found at Wigston Magna and some of the objects from it drawn. The recording of surviving objects from the site has allowed a reappraisal, including relatively recent fieldwork. This suggests a sequence of occupation from the Iron Age to the early/middle Saxon. The cemetery material is principally sixth century a.d. in date and includes a high status element."
from: - An Anglo Saxon Cemetery at WigstonMagna, Leicestershire Peter Liddle and Samantha Middleton
Wigston Cemetery chapel photograph: © Chris Shaw, and licenced for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence

Headstones

Thumb	Description	Status	Location	Name (Died/Buried)
	HS: Bruce, John and Sarah Ann; Eda Bruce; William and Emma Jane Bruce; Frank and Kathleen Southern; Rhoda Bruce The caskets of William and Emma Jane Bruce and the ashes of Frank and Kathleen Southern are buried in the Smith family plot with no headstone. John and Sarah Ann Bruce, and Eda Bruce are buried elsewhere in this cemetery without a headstone. The ashes of Rhoda Bruce are scattered in the Garden of Remembrance	Not yet located		Eda Bruce (d. 23 Oct 1923) Kathleen Ida Bruce (d. 2 Aug 1993) Marjorie Rhoda Bruce (d. 7 Feb 1977) William Bruce (d. 1965) Emma Jane Smith (d. 1963) Frank Southern (d. 1998)
	HS: Bruce, Morris Smith In Loving Memory of our Dad MORRIS SMITH BRUCE Died 22nd June 1999 Aged 79 years Thank you that for our tomorrows you gave your todays Colwendiro	Located		Morris Smith Bruce (d. 22 Jun 1999)
	HS: Smith, George and Sarah; Stanley C Griffin Sacred to the memory of GEORGE SMITH died March 2nd 1935 in his 89th year SARAH JANE beloved wife of George Smith who died Octr 29th 1917 Aged 65 years "Having served her day and generation by the will of God she 'fell asleep'" also PTE STANLEY C GRIFFIN 2nd Leicestershire Regt Grandson of the above died in Mesopotamia, Sept 6th 1916 "Faithful unto death"	Located		Sarah Jane Craxford (d. 29 Oct 1917) Stanley Craxford Griffin (d. 6 Sep 1916) George Smith (d. 2 Mar 1935)

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