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 people buried at Beechbrook Cemetery
Among them: 2 writers, 1 scientist.
- Charles Olson1910-1970American writer
- Maria Bray1828-1921American 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
42.61937, -70.71464
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.
Nearby cemeteries
- Mount Jacob CemeteryGloucester, MACemetery0.6 mi
- Old Beechbrook CemeteryGloucester, MACemetery0.6 mi
- Sumner Station CemeteryEssex, MACemetery1.3 mi
- Lincoln Street CemeteryEssex, MACemetery1.3 mi
- Dolliver CemeteryEssex, MACemetery1.3 mi
- Cherry Hill CemeteryGloucester, MACemetery1.8 mi
- Washington CemeteryGloucester, MACemetery1.9 mi
- Clark CemeteryGloucester, MACemetery2.0 mi
- First Parish Burial GroundGloucester, MAChurch cemetery2.1 mi
- Wesleyan CemeteryGloucester, MACemetery2.1 mi
Funeral homes near Beechbrook Cemetery
- Greely Funeral & Cremation Services2.1 miCremation provider · Gloucester · (978) 283-0698
- Campbell Funeral Home of Cape Ann2.6 miFuneral home · Gloucester · (978) 283-0884
- Mount Pleasant Memorials3.9 miMonument dealer · Gloucester · (978) 283-7841
- Morris Funeral Home7.6 miFuneral home · Ipswich · (978) 356-2422
- Campbell-Porter Funeral Home7.6 miFuneral home · Ipswich · (978) 356-3442
- Campbell Funeral Home9.5 miFuneral home · Beverly · (978) 922-1113
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