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Oystermouth Cemetery

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Oystermouth Cemetery

Oystermouth Cemetery (Welsh: Mynwentydd Ystumllwynarth) is a municipal cemetery in the village of Oystermouth, Swansea, South Wales. It was opened in 1883 and remains in use today, administered by the Cemeteries and Crematorium Division of the City and County of Swansea. It contains 14,162 grave spa

ces. The cemetery contains the Commonwealth war graves of 83 service personnel, 28 from the First World War and 55 from the Second World War. The cemetery offers a "woodland burial ground" as an alternative to traditional burial or cremation, the first of its kind in south-west Wales.

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