St James Cemetery

St James Cemetery

St James's Cemetery is an urban park behind the Liverpool Cathedral that is below ground level. Until 1825, the space was a stone quarry, and until 1936 it was used as the Liverpool city cemetery. It has been designated a Grade I Historic Park by English Heritage.

Read more about St James Cemetery:  History, The Quarry, The Cemetery, The Park

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    —William James (1842–1910)

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