Spion Kop Cemetery
Cemetery in Hartlepool, County Durham, England
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Spion Kop Cemetery, originally known as Hartlepool Cemetery, is a disused cemetery on the coast in Hartlepool in England. It was opened in 1856 to replace St Hilda's Church, Hartlepool churchyard and designed by John Dobson.[1][2] The area took its name from the Battle of Spion Kop in 1900 during the Boer War.[3]
The cemetery was formed from a combination of sand dune and ship's ballast. It is closed to new burials and is now managed as a local nature reserve. Species found there include thrift, the pyramidal orchid, and the lesser meadow-rue.[4]
