Скачать или смотреть Retford Cemetery at Sunset - August 2017

Retford cemetery is a Victorian era cemetery, with the sites first burial dating back to 1854 (when it was built).

Prior to the cemetery, maps dating back to 1835 confirm that the area was covered by farmland. It is approximately 25 acres (10 ha) in size, situated between Babworth Road and North Road.

The Chesterfield canal runs alongside the eastern border and to the west of the cemetery, there is a primary school and a railway line.

It is maintained by Bassetlaw District Council (BDC), of which they have freehold ownership of the site.

The cemetery contains 14 Commonwealth war graves from the First World War, and 16 from the Second World War.