Tewksbury Cemetery
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Tewksbury Cemetery

Also known as New Center Cemetery

Tewksbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA

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In the late 18th century the small old burying ground on the south side of East Street began to run out of room for additional burials and an additional half-acre of land was acquired across the street. Unlike the older burying ground with slate markers, this newer section featured slate and marble markers laid out in a more organized linear manner, typical of the times. In 1859 the expanded section on East Street had run out of space for additional burials and the town voted to acquire another adjacent lot in the center of town. The Cemetery Corporation was incorporated in 1859. The Corporation took over the older portion of the cemetery and the land surrounding the cemetery was expanded and laid out in 1860. The new section of the cemetery was planned in the style typical of the Rural Cemetery movement.

The expansion of the cemetery like other cemeteries in New England during the mid-1800s was laid out to emulate the romantic English landscape style of large country estates. Also typical of the era, the name of the new burial ground became known as "The Center Cemetery", unlike the use of the older term burial ground. The Soldiers Lot near the rear (southwest) section of the 1860 cemetery contains a rifled gun donated by Congresswoman Edith Nourse Rogers. The cemetery was again expanded in the 20th century to the east with lineal rows of graves, separated by gravel drives.

This cemetery sits on about 10.00 acres. The earliest death date is 1796. It is still in use today.

The Massachusetts Historical Commission refers to this cemetery in MACRIS as TEW.802 Tewksbury Centre Burial Grounds.

This cemetery is referred to as GR2 Tewksbury Cemetery in the "Vital Records of Tewksbury Massachusetts to the end of the year 1849."







In the late 18th century the small old burying ground on the south side of East Street began to run out of room for additional burials and an additional half-acre of land was acquired across the street. Unlike the older burying ground with slate markers, this newer section featured slate and marble markers laid out in a more organized linear manner, typical of the times. In 1859 the expanded section on East Street had run out of space for additional burials and the town voted to acquire another adjacent lot in the center of town. The Cemetery Corporation was incorporated in 1859. The Corporation took over the older portion of the cemetery and the land surrounding the cemetery was expanded and laid out in 1860. The new section of the cemetery was planned in the style typical of the Rural Cemetery movement.

The expansion of the cemetery like other cemeteries in New England during the mid-1800s was laid out to emulate the romantic English landscape style of large country estates. Also typical of the era, the name of the new burial ground became known as "The Center Cemetery", unlike the use of the older term burial ground. The Soldiers Lot near the rear (southwest) section of the 1860 cemetery contains a rifled gun donated by Congresswoman Edith Nourse Rogers. The cemetery was again expanded in the 20th century to the east with lineal rows of graves, separated by gravel drives.

This cemetery sits on about 10.00 acres. The earliest death date is 1796. It is still in use today.

The Massachusetts Historical Commission refers to this cemetery in MACRIS as TEW.802 Tewksbury Centre Burial Grounds.

This cemetery is referred to as GR2 Tewksbury Cemetery in the "Vital Records of Tewksbury Massachusetts to the end of the year 1849."







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