About West Cemetery
West Cemetery is a church cemetery near Bristol, Hartford County, Connecticut. The grounds sit at about 456 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 11 notable people buried here, including Edward Howard Griggs, G. B. Ward and Elias Ingraham. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 211938. The nearest other listed cemetery is Saint Josephs Cemetery, about 0.7 mi to the west. The nearest funeral home we know of is Barnes Chapel in Bristol, about 0.2 mi away. It is one of 201 cemeteries we list in Hartford County, and 89 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. The oldest recorded cemetery in Hartford County dates to 1640. 6 of the 201 listings in Hartford County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Bristol. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at West Cemetery
Among them: 2 writers.
- Edward Howard Griggs1868-1951American lecturer
- G. B. Ward1878-1942American football player
- Elias Ingraham1805-1885American clockmaker
- Edward Ingraham1830-1892American clockmaker
- Edward Ingraham1887-19721887-1972
- Electa Churchill1818-1873
- Florence Emlyn Muzzy1851-1939American poet and author
- Henry Albert Seymour1818-1897American banker and clockmaker
- Tracy Peck1785-1862American lawyer and politician
- Walter A. Ingraham1855-1939
- William S. Ingraham1857-193025 Apr 1857 - 1930
People whose Wikidata entry gives West Cemetery as their place of burial, ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions cover them. Names link to Wikipedia where an English article exists. Plot locations are not included; ask the cemetery office.
Map
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What West Cemetery offers
Not available: we have no confirmed information yet about accepting new burials, cremation options, cremation niches, mausoleum, columbarium, chapel, green burial, veterans section, office on site, parking, wheelchair accessible, restrooms. If you work there or know it well, tell us what it offers.
Nearby cemeteries
- Saint Josephs CemeteryBristol, CTChristian cemetery0.7 mi
- Saint Thomas CemeteryBristol, CTChristian cemetery0.7 mi
- Old Saint Josephs CemeteryBristol, CTCemetery0.7 mi
- Old Episcopal CemeteryQueen Street, Bristol, CTChristian cemetery0.7 mi
- Down Street CemeteryBristol, CTCemetery1.5 mi
- Saint Michaels CemeteryTerryville, CTChristian cemetery2.2 mi
- Lake Ave CemeteryBristol, CTCemetery2.4 mi
- Lake Avenue CemeteryBristol, CTCemetery2.4 mi
- Saints Cyril and Methodius Orthodox CemeteryTerryville, CTOrthodox cemetery2.5 mi
- Beth Israel CemeteryBristol, CTJewish cemetery2.6 mi
Funeral homes near West Cemetery
- Barnes Chapel0.2 miFuneral home · Bristol
- Carlyle Barnes Memorial Chapel0.2 miFuneral chapel · Bristol · (860) 583-6133
- Dunn Funeral HomeFrank Meyers0.5 miFuneral home · Bristol · (860) 583-9219
- Funk Funeral Home0.7 miFuneral home · Bristol · (860) 583-4107
- DuPont Funeral Home0.7 miFuneral home · Bristol · (860) 582-8129
- Scott Funeral Home Inc2.8 miFuneral home · Terryville · (860) 583-7358
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