Southgate Cemetery and Board Room, Hornsea
Southgate Cemetery, Hornsea, is managed by Hornsea Town Council. The two acre site was purchased in 1884 from Mr Ringrose-Ion for £1000. The Driffield Times reported:
The contracts for the Chapel and Board Room have been let, and the work is being pushed forward. They will be in the Gothic style of architecture, built of white pressed bricks, with red stock rustics and strings, and large boards at the front. There will be a central entrance, with a pair of iron gates recessed inwards, hung to brick pillars mounted with stone caps; the dwarf wall which is on the curve, being finished with iron palisading. On the east side of the entrance will stand the Cemetery Chapel, the dimensions of which are 30 feet by 18 feet, and 15 feet in height. The pulpit, catafalque or coffin rest, and mourners seats are provided for in the contract. The Board Room (20ft by 18ft) and Committee Rooms (18ft by 10ft), will be built on the west side of the entrance.
The photo above shows the Board Room in 2007 after its conversion to a house.
The first burial took place on Monday 8th December 1885 - a little girl, under a year old, named Florence Dean. By 1953 the cemetery was almost full, so the urban district council bought the land for a new burial ground at Edenfield off Marlborough Avenue.
The left hand property at the cemetery entrance is currently on the market at £225,000. It was with one agent from February 2025, and moved to a new agent, Dee Atkinson and Harrison, Beverley, in July. Both agent stated that this was one of a pair of chapels, but the above description proves otherwise, and this is confirmed by the 1909 and 1927 Ordnance Survey maps, which clearly show that only the right hand building was a chapel.
Southgate, Hornsea, HU18 1RE, £225,000.
