Winterton Hospital Cemetery in Sedgefield, County Durham

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Get directions Salters Lane, Sedgefield, County Durham
Sedgefield, Durham Unitary Authority, County Durham TS21 3DZ England

Coordinates: 54.66778, -1.44718
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Winterton hospital opened as the Durham County Asylum or Sedgefield Asylum on 13 April 1858 occupying a site north of the town. Initially inmates were buried in the parish churchyard and later Beacon Lane Cemetery both of which became rapidly filled. A small cemetery was laid out to the east of the main building adjacent to farmland and staff cottages and was set aside primarily for the burial of inmates from October 1891. Since the closure of the hospital in 1996 the site has been maintained and remains accessible although few of the graves are marked by headstones. The mortuary chapel has been demolished, having suffered many years of neglect and vandalism.