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Beechbrook Cemetery in Gloucester, Massachusetts

Overview

About Beechbrook Cemetery

Beechbrook Cemetery is a cemetery near Gloucester, Essex County, Massachusetts. It lies about 2.6 mi east of Gloucester. The grounds sit at about 43 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 2 notable people buried here, including Charles Olson and Maria Bray. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 602091. The nearest other listed cemetery is Mount Jacob Cemetery, about 0.6 mi to the northwest. The nearest cremation provider we know of is Greely Funeral & Cremation Services in Gloucester, about 2.1 mi away. It is one of 244 cemeteries we list in Essex County, and 47 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. The oldest recorded cemetery in Essex County dates to 1820. 3 of the 244 listings in Essex County have a phone number or website on record.

This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Gloucester. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.

Notable burials

Notable people buried at Beechbrook Cemetery

All in MA

Among them: 2 writers, 1 scientist.

  • Charles Olson1910-1970
    American writer
  • Maria Bray1828-1921
    American lighthouse keeper, botanist, botanical collector, writer and editor

People whose Wikidata entry gives Beechbrook 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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42.61937, -70.71464

Services & features

What Beechbrook 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.

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