Hi all,
I just wanted to ask any of you did you ever manage to visit East Lane Cemetery? I have lived in Watford all of my life but have only recently moved into the Leavesden area and never knew that this cemetery existing until I took the dog for a walk with my mum and she took me there and told me how her and her friends would never step foot in the place as kids... I am fascinated by it now! Located at the dead end of a very dark lane that is rarely used and cannot hardly be driven down, It is definitely worth a visit... There are quite a few gravestones still standing, a few have been moved and a few sunk... my mum tells me it used to be filled with headstones and can't quite work out where they have all gone... a strange thing I noticed was that all of the trees' branches grow downwards to the floor... I didn't realise until I google where I came across a report from Three Rivers Council from July this year was that opposite the main Cemetery there is also another one up an embankment. Also, in this report it stated that a lot of the patients didn't have families as they were deemed as outcasts, so they dug the graves to a depth of 18 feet and place up to 17 bodies in each grave.
It would be great if you could go and visit if you haven't already!
Sat Jan 04, 2014 1:48 pm by 
