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.
In Remembrance of the Five Servicemen who died during the Second World War in the service of their country and are buried here in Commonwealth War Graves.
1940 Corporal Alfred Charles Jessett Royal Air Force
1941 Sapper Arthur George Crame Royal Engineers
1942 Sergeant Air Gunner Arthur William Pryke Royal Air Force
1943 Chief Baker John Alexander Burton Merchant Navy
1945 2nd Class Naval Airman Stanley Clifford Rawlings Fleet Air Arm, Royal Navy
CORONAVIRUS UPDATE
As far as we are aware the cemetery will remain open during the current crisis but care to protect yourself and others must be adhered to.
Opening times are currently restricted to between 10am and 3pm.
Rules for Visitors
Make sure you have hand sanitiser with you before entering this area.
Clean the gates & touch points before & after use.
Use the one way in and out system at all times.
Move clockwise around the area - do not cross others.
Encourage everyone to wash their hands with hand sanitiser regularly and before and after your visit.
There is no running water in this area, wash your hands when you get home.
Do not bring dogs, except Guide Dogs, into the area.
You MUST maintain social distancing from others unless they are from the same household – maintain at least 2m where possible.
If you are wearing disposable masks or gloves, please take it home with you or use the bins provided – DO NOT LITTER.
Do not enter if you, or any member of your household has coronavirus symptoms, or are self-isolating.
Click here for a poster that contains full details and contact details for Newbury Town Council, should you have any questions or need to report anything you see.
Aerial view of the cemetery
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.
