Hawley Cemetery

On Monday 11th December 1961 a Parish Meeting was called in the Memorial Hall, the business to be transacted at this meeting was that the Parish Council provide a Burial Ground under the Burial Act 1852.

On Thursday 14th May 1964, some three years since the original meeting, a further meeting was called of the Parish to confirm the recommendation of the Parish Council to purchase one acre of Glebe Land as a cemetery. This land was purchased from the Parochial Church.

Throughout 1965 and 1966 various drawings and specifications were drawn up and these included a small building to hold records, a waiting room and a tools and lawn motor room.

The Hawley Cemetery opened in 1968 and is classed as a ‘closed’ cemetery; this means that only those residents who live within the boundary of Blackwater and Hawley, or have a blood relative already buried in the cemetery, can be buried there.