ILKESTON

Friends of Stanton Road Cemetery 
website www.friendsofstantonroadcemetery.btik.com/home.ikml
The cemetery, now closed, is the two acre burial ground in the former Ilkeston General Cemetery Company. The cemetery was founded in 1863 by Mathew Hobson who was especially concerned about the need for burial space for non-conformists. Ilkeston flourished in the 19th century with the development of the hosiery and knitwear trade and both the employers and the workforce were in the main non-conformists. As a result, the burials in the cemetery represent a microism of Ilkeston social history ranging from monuments to the town's industrial and civic leaders to the unmarked graves of paupers. The cemetery was acquired by Ilkeston BC [now part of Erewash BC] in 1968 and the Friends group was formed in 2000.