Welcome to the web site on the Friends of Newtown Road Cemetery.
The Friends were set up in association with Newbury Town Council to help restore the cemetery to its former glory after it was closed in 2000 on health and safety grounds. In the subsequent years, the Friends have undertaken may tasks including assisting with nature surveys and providing information and pictures for display boards.
We are also undertaking a full memorial recording programme to ensure that the information on all the memorials is preserved on the web site where everyone can access it.
Our History Research Group is actively searching through old documents and certificates to try and find out as much as possible about every single person buried there.
If you wish to join the friends or have any information about people buried here, then we would be delighted to hear from you.
If you wish to visit the cemetery, it is open daily (except Christmas Day) between 10am and 3pm.
Dates for your Diary.
The dates listed below are special events being run by The Friends of Newtown Road Cemetery. For more information, please go to the events page.
Event
Date
Time
Location
Midsummer Evening Opening
Friday, June 26, 2020
18:00
- 22:00
Newtown Road Cemetery
Nature
Saturday, June 27, 2020
10:00
- 12:00
NRC Chapel
CORONAVIRUS UPDATE
Due to concerns about the Coronavirus pandemic and in line with government advice, we are having to cancel a number of events.
So far, the following events have been cancelled:
Primrose Day (The spring open day)
Nature walks and talks in the chapel
Open Studios has been cancelled by the organisers.
Newbury VE Day Event has cancelled by the town council
Other events for later in the year are still scheduled, but could be subject to cancellation in accordance with government advice.
In the meantime, please stay safe.
Please try to help your neighbours through this difficult time if it is safe for you (and them) to do so.
This is a zoomable image taken by the RAF in 1950. Note that the now demolished dissenter's chapel is still present in this picture. You can also see the temporary building used for St. John's Church following the bombing in 1943.
On this day the following people were buried in Newtown Road Cemetery.
An asterisk (*) by the date means that the date of death has been used as we do not have a precise date of burial.
