Crewe and Nantwich Borough Council ceased to exist on April 1st 2009 when its services
and responsibilities transferred to
Cheshire East Council. This website is available for information only.
Memorialisation
All of our cemeteries contain a large variety of memorials, many of
which date back to the Victorian Era, an age when memorialisation
could be considered an art form. Some definitions of the symbols
that can be found on the memorials within our cemeteries are given
below:
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ANCHOR
The symbol of Hope
ANGEL
The agent of God
BOOK
A representation of Faith
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CIRCLE
Means eternity
DOVE
God; The Holy Ghost;
Innocence and Purity
HANDS
A symbol of Farewell
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IVY
Representing Mortality
and Friendship
I.H.S.
The first three Greek
letters
in the spelling of JESUS
LAMB
Symbolises Innocence
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LILY
Purity and Immortality
SUNDIAL
The passage of time
URN
Symbolic of Death
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Why not visit our Cemeteries and see
how many symbols you can recognise.
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