Blackburn Cemetery

Blackburn Cemetery, sometimes known as Blackburn Old Cemetery, is a public cemetery in the town of Blackburn, Lancashire which lies on Whalley New Road with views over the town. It opened on 1 July 1857.

Noteworthy interments

 * James Dixon (1855–1936) – philanthropist, known as "The Blackburn Samaritan", he founded the Ragged School and the orphanage at Wilpshire
 * Frederick Kempster, the "English Giant" or "Blackburn Giant" (1889–1918) – over 7 feet tall and worked in showbusiness as a "giant"
 * Elizabeth Ann Lewis (1849–1924) – celebrated as the "Temperance Queen" or "Drunkard's Friend"
 * John Lewis (1855–1926) – football referee and founder of Blackburn Rovers
 * James Pitts VC (1877–1955) – Victoria Cross recipient, a hero of the Siege of Ladysmith in the Boer War
 * Fergus Suter (1857–1916) – Arguably the first recognised professional footballer
 * Thomas Thwaites (c. 1809–1871) – owner of Thwaites Brewery
 * George Dewhurst (1789-1857), Radical, Reformer and Reedmaker. "One of Blackburn's most remarkable sons".
 * June Anne Devaney (1944-1948) – three-year-old victim of murder, which resulted in the first-ever mass fingerprinting operation in history