Cementerio Inglés
Cementerio Inglés stands in Spain as a walled Protestant burial ground with a small chapel inside. Its enclosing wall frames rows of marked graves. The chapel carries the dedication to San José, added in 1905.
Founded for Protestant burials in 1834, the cemetery received its first interments in 1835. The burial ground predates the local Anglican parish, founded in 1887. Workers completed the outer wall in 1902, while the site joined the island’s cultural and historical patrimony in 2010. Public restoration led to solemn re-hallowing on 2 March 2012. Regional funding of €91,000 repaired facades, flooring, waterproofing, electricity and bathrooms.
Rows of headstones carry British family names alongside sailors, missionaries and merchants. Swanston, Houghton, Miller and Blandy appear among them. Other graves connect Africa, Scandinavia, Asia and the Americas through lives shaped by maritime travel. Together, these stones trace the international shipping routes that passed along this coast.
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