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Cemeteries in Calcutta

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Fort William Burial Ground
==Fort William Burial Ground==
As a result of new construction in the Fort in the 1880s, the ‘old’ burial ground is no longer in existence, and some of the headstones were moved and are now mounted on the walls at South Park Cemetery. <ref>Evers, Maureen [https://web.archive.org/web/20200118055550/https://lists.rootsweb.com/hyperkitty/list/india.rootsweb.com/thread/2240541/ Kolkata research] ''Rootsweb India Mailing List'' 21 November 2009. Retrieved 25 October 2018, archived. The original advice was from Dr John Roberts, co-author of ''Malabar Christian Memorials at Cannanore, Tellicherry and Mahe 1723-1990'' and ''Nilgiri Hills Christian Memorials 1822-2006'', who has researched in Calcutta.</ref> The ‘new' burial ground is part of the military base and is closed to the public.<ref>Murphy, Sylvia [https://web.archive.org/web/20200118055402/https://lists.rootsweb.com/hyperkitty/list/india.rootsweb.com/thread/2240456/ Kolkata research] ''Rootsweb India Mailing List'' 18 November 2009. Retrieved 25 October 2018, archived.</ref>
These burial grounds are different burial grounds to those at Bhowanipore Cemetery, the old (separate) part of which is known as the Military Burial Ground.
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