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Esker Burial Ground

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Esker Burial Ground
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Roman Catholic cemetery, established c.1890. Low rubble stone wall with rounded coping divides central area from outer portion of cemetery. Within central area stands Celtic cross inscribed with date ‘1889’. Detached four-bay single-storey caretaker's house present within grounds, with uPVC windows and timber door set into roughcast rendered walls with stone quoins and smooth rendered base course. Pitched slate roof with brick chimney stacks. Perimeter wall to road of rubble construction with angular coping and cast-iron gates. Modern cemetery extension on opposite side of road.
Well-maintained cemetery in suburban area of town containing a variety of finely carved head stones dating from early 1900s to present, indicating cemetery is still in use.

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