Bath Union Workhouse Graveyard
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Bath Union Workhouse Graveyard

Also known as St Martin's Hospital Chapel

Bath, Bath and North East Somerset Unitary Authority, Somerset, England

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    Bath, Bath and North East Somerset Unitary Authority, Somerset BA2 5RP England
    Coordinates: 51.35842, -2.37111
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The Bath Union Workhouse opened in 1838, amalgamating a series of parish-based poorhouses. It had its own chapel which has the year 1846 in stone above the western door. The foundation stone for the chapel was laid on 8 Feb 1843, it finally opened in 1846. John Plass, an inmate of the workhouse, was responsible for placing every stone. The Bath Chronicle of Thu 29 Jul 1847 carried the following at the end of an article on the dedication of St Matthew's, Widcombe: "A half-past three o'clock, the Bishop proceeded to the Union Workhouse and consecrated a piece of ground for the interment of such poor persons as may die within the house. Thus the inconvenience of removing the bodies to different parishes will in future be obviated."

The original graveyard was an area of flat land to the south-east of the chapel and there are about 1,100 burials there. It now contains just two memorials (a sundial and a headstone) which are to the singer Eddie Cochran (1938-1960) who died at Rowden Hill, Chippenham when returning with others from Bristol to London to go to the USA. He was buried at Cypress, California. In April 1858 a second burial ground was opened by the Radstock Road. This has over 3,100 burials and was closed in 1899. Thereafter burials of inmates were in the cemeteries of the individual wards, administered by burial boards. This second burial ground has no memorials.
The Bath Union Workhouse opened in 1838, amalgamating a series of parish-based poorhouses. It had its own chapel which has the year 1846 in stone above the western door. The foundation stone for the chapel was laid on 8 Feb 1843, it finally opened in 1846. John Plass, an inmate of the workhouse, was responsible for placing every stone. The Bath Chronicle of Thu 29 Jul 1847 carried the following at the end of an article on the dedication of St Matthew's, Widcombe: "A half-past three o'clock, the Bishop proceeded to the Union Workhouse and consecrated a piece of ground for the interment of such poor persons as may die within the house. Thus the inconvenience of removing the bodies to different parishes will in future be obviated."

The original graveyard was an area of flat land to the south-east of the chapel and there are about 1,100 burials there. It now contains just two memorials (a sundial and a headstone) which are to the singer Eddie Cochran (1938-1960) who died at Rowden Hill, Chippenham when returning with others from Bristol to London to go to the USA. He was buried at Cypress, California. In April 1858 a second burial ground was opened by the Radstock Road. This has over 3,100 burials and was closed in 1899. Thereafter burials of inmates were in the cemeteries of the individual wards, administered by burial boards. This second burial ground has no memorials.

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