- main cemetery in St. George’s (on Hospital Hill), Grenada
Grenada, main cemetery in St. George’s (on Hospital Hill), Grenada, Grenada, Cemetery notes and/or description:
The largest cemetery on Grenada is Saint George's Cemetery. It is situated close to both the cruise liner terminal and the Queen's Park sports stadium in St George's. The cemetery is divided into separate lower, middle and upper sections:
the upper plot is north of River Road and covers 1.67 acres (over 6755.55 m² (72716.11 feet²). called Top Cemetery
the middle and largest plot is south of River Road stretching up along the west side along Cemetery Hill and covers 4.36 acres (17651.81 m² or 190002.55 feet²) Called Center Cemetery
the lower plot lies south of the largest section in the fork of Church Street to its west and Cemetery Hill into Old Fort road to the north-east which covers 0.76 acres (3079.83 m² or 33151.07 feet²). This site is called Wilberforce Cemetery after William Wilberforce (1759–1833) in appreciation of great efforts by he and others in securing emancipation of the slave from 1838.
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