Holy Trinity Church Cemetery - Oakengates, Telford, Shropshire - Churchyard Cemeteries on Waymarking.com

This Cemetery is located in the churchyard of the Holy Trinity Church on Holyhead Road in Oakengates, Telford, Shropshire.

The graves in this churchyard range in age with the oldest headstones well spaced and quite scattered. The newer memorial plaques are located in the memorial garden adjacent to the church building. It is not a very large churchyard, but the older gravestones are very intricate. There is a large memorial enclosed within black metal railings.

The mid 1800's saw a rapid increase in the local population of Oakengates. Due to a rich abundance of coal and iron seams, workers migrated here to mine the ores. To fulfil the spiritual needs of these workers the Church of England responded to the need by deciding to create a new parish under the recently passed New Parishes Act. Following an appeal for donations to build a new church, £3100 was raised by public subscription during the following five years and Holy Trinity was consecrated on 25th January 1855 by Bishop Lonsdale of Lichfield. The architect was George Sidebotham.

Name of church or churchyard: Holy Trinity Church, Oakengates Approximate Size: Medium (51-100)

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