About Village Cemetery
Village Cemetery is a municipal cemetery near Chester, Rockingham County, New Hampshire. The grounds sit at about 443 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 7 notable people buried here, including Samuel Bell, John Bell and Amos Tuck French. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 870621. The nearest other listed cemetery is Great Hill Cemetery, about 0.6 mi to the east. The nearest cremation provider we know of is Peabody Funeral Homes & Crematorium in Derry, about 6.3 mi away. It is one of 183 cemeteries we list in Rockingham County, and 48 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. The oldest recorded cemetery in Rockingham County dates to 1600. 3 of the 183 listings in Rockingham County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Chester. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Village Cemetery
Among them: 2 governors, 1 business leader, 1 inventor or engineer, 1 scientist, 1 US senator, 1 World War I veteran.
- Samuel Bell1770-1850American politician
- John Bell1765-1836Governor of New Hampshire 1828-9
- Amos Tuck French1863-1941American banker
- Louis Bell1864-1923American physicist
- Louis Bell1836-1865
- Stuyvesant LeRoy French1895-1974
People whose Wikidata entry gives Village 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
42.95785, -71.25562
What Village 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
- Great Hill CemeteryChester, NHCemetery0.6 mi
- Lane CemeteryChester, NHCemetery2.7 mi
- Wells CemeterySandown, NHCemetery2.8 mi
- Long Meadow CemeteryAuburn, NHCemetery3.2 mi
- North CemeterySandown, NHCemetery3.4 mi
- Branch CemeteryFremont, NHCemetery3.8 mi
- Sanborn CemeteryFremont, NHCemetery3.9 mi
- Pine Grove CemeterySandown, NHCemetery4.0 mi
- Center CemeterySandown, NHCemetery4.2 mi
- Forest Hill CemeteryDerry Village, NHCemetery5.0 mi
Funeral homes near Village Cemetery
- Peabody Funeral Homes & Crematorium6.3 miCremation provider · Derry · (603) 432-2801
- Brewitt Funeral & Cremation Services6.5 miCremation provider · Raymond · (603) 895-3628
- Peabody Funeral Homes & Crematorium8.5 miCremation provider · Londonderry · (603) 432-2801
- Hepworth Memorials8.6 miMonument dealer · Londonderry · (603) 434-0112
- LEBLANC BROS MONUMENTS10 miMonument dealer · Manchester · (603) 509-2712
- Carrier Family Funeral Home & Crematory10 miCremation provider · Windham · (603) 898-9552
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