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About the Cemetery

A major event in local life took place in 1873 - the opening of the new Frant Forest Cemetery at Hawkenbury - later renamed Tunbridge Wells Borough Cemetery.

 

Designed by William Brentnall, the town surveyor, it was described as "one of the most beautiful cemeteries in England". Its landscaping and historic memorials have over the years, like the earlier and much smaller Woodbury Park Cemetery, become a major Tunbridge Wells heritage site and peaceful green haven for wildlife.

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Our Heritage

 

Since 2010, a small group launched by the Local History Group of the Civic Society has been transcribing, researching and photographing the oldest memorials.

 

Booklets are available with suggested walks. The Memorial Inscriptions Group has now recorded some 5,500 individuals.

 

 

 

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