New Cemeteries for New Times: The founding stories of Westgate Hill and St John’s Cemeteries

As well as the many thousands of human stories St John’s Cemetery contains, research unearthed some stories and curios about animals too.

Nature and wildlife play an important role in the present-day use of Georgian and Victorian garden cemeteries like Westgate Hill and St Johns, offering not just a place of rest, but also a sanctuary for the living.