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

Famous quotes containing the words james and/or cemetery:

    “The only obligation to which in advance we may hold a novel, without incurring the accusation of being arbitrary, is that it be interesting.”
    —Henry James (1843–1916)

    “The cemetery of the victims of human cruelty in our century is extended to include yet another vast cemetery, that of the unborn.”
    —John Paul II (Karol Wojtyla)