About Holyhood Cemetery
Holyhood Cemetery is a cemetery near Chestnut Hill, Norfolk County, Massachusetts. It lies about 0.7 mi north of Chestnut Hill. The grounds sit at about 210 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 43 notable people buried here, including Joseph P. Kennedy Sr., James Connolly and Thomas Burke. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 607214. The nearest other listed cemetery is Evergreen Cemetery, about 1.3 mi to the north. The nearest funeral home we know of is Lehman, Reen & McNamara Funeral Home in Brighton, about 1.9 mi away. It is one of 124 cemeteries we list in Norfolk County, and 127 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. The oldest recorded cemetery in Norfolk County dates to 1651. 12 of the 124 listings in Norfolk County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Chestnut Hill. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Holyhood Cemetery
Among them: 7 writers, 4 journalists, 3 football players, 3 baseball players, 3 US representatives, 2 business leaders, 2 governors, 2 physicians.
- Joseph P. Kennedy Sr.1888-1969American businessman, politician and diplomat
- James Connolly1868-1957American triple jumper
- Thomas Burke1875-1929American sprinter
- Rose Kennedy1890-1995American philanthropist and Kennedy family matriarch
- Rosemary Kennedy1918-2005Younger sister of John F. Kennedy
- Arthur Blake1872-1944American middle distance runner
- Beals Coleman Wright1879-1961American tennis player
- Francis Ouimet1893-1967American amateur golfer
- John Wright1909-1979American cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church
- Edward J. King1925-2006Governor of Massachusetts
- Foster Furcolo1911-1995US politician
- Kenneth O'Donnell1924-1977American political aide
Show all 43 notable burials
- John Boyle O'Reilly1844-1890Irish-born poet and novelist
- Michael LeMoyne Kennedy1958-1997American lawyer and businessman
- David A. Kennedy1955-1984American journalist
- George Wright1847-1937Major League Baseball player, manager; Cricket player
- John Geoghan1935-2003Catholic priest from Massachusetts
- Kara Kennedy1960-2011American filmmaker and television news producer
- James Jeffrey Roche1847-1908American journalist
- John Horne Burns1916-1953American writer
- Patrick Andrew Collins1844-1905American politician
- William Francis Murray1881-1918American politician
- Ed Crane1862-1896Major League Baseball player
- Katherine Eleanor Conway1853-1927American journalist, editor, poet
- Frederick Mansfield1877-1958American politician
- Hugh O'Brien1827-1895American politician
- Joe McKenney1905-1995American football player and coach
- Thomas Dwight1843-1911American anatomist
- Owen A. Galvin1852-1897American politician
- Patrick H. Grace1832-1896United States Navy Medal of Honor recipient
- Patrick Robert Guiney1835-1877Union Army officer
- Francis Connolly1873-1936American long and triple jumper
- Hank Garrity1900-1972American football player and coach, basketball coach, baseball player and coach, college athletics administrator
- Sarah J. F. Johnston1850-1925American painter, 1850-1925
- Stephen O'Meara1854-1918Canadian-born American journalist and political figure
- Thomas Francis Harrington1866-1919American physician and public health educator
- Thomas John Gargan1844-1908Politician in Massachusetts, US
- Dorothy Nolan1895-1971
- George Francis Fogerty1859-1905
- George Holland1897-1947American columnist and playwright
- Joseph M. Daly1883-1968American composer
- Michael Freebern Gavin1844-1915Irish-American physician
- Michael Joseph Murray1867-1944Politician, lawyer in Massachusetts, US (born 1867)
People whose Wikidata entry gives Holyhood 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 Holyhood 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
- Evergreen CemeteryChestnut Hill, MACemetery1.3 mi
- Boston Catholic CemeteryOak Hill Park, MACatholic cemetery1.4 mi
- Walnut Hills CemeteryBellevue, MACemetery1.6 mi
- Mount Benedict CemeteryBrook Farm, MACatholic cemetery1.6 mi
- Saint Josephs CemeteryOak Hill Park, MACatholic cemetery1.9 mi
- East Parish Burying GroundNewton, MAChurch cemetery1.9 mi
- Old Burying GroundBrookline, MACemetery2.1 mi
- Walnut Street CemeteryBrookline, MACemetery2.1 mi
- Saint Josephs CemeteryOak Hill Park, MACemetery2.1 mi
- Mount Lebanon CemeteryOak Hill Park, MACemetery2.1 mi
Funeral homes near Holyhood Cemetery
- Lehman, Reen & McNamara Funeral Home1.9 miFuneral home · Brighton · (617) 782-1000
- Stanetsky Memorial Chapel2.0 miFuneral chapel · Brookline · (617) 232-9300
- McNamara Funeral Home2.0 miFuneral home · Brighton · (617) 782-9636
- Bell-O'Dea Funeral Home2.5 miFuneral home · Brookline · (617) 277-7652
- Eaton & Mac Kay Funeral Home2.6 miFuneral home · Newton · (617) 244-2034
- Levine Chapels2.7 miFuneral home · Brookline · (617) 277-8300
Listings from our sister site, Funeral Home Directory USA, sorted by straight-line distance. Call ahead: services, prices and hours are not shown here.
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