Description: The Cemetery seen here was set up by the Nottingham General Cemetery Company established by a special Act of Parliament for which Royal Assent was given on 9th May 1936 and comprised of fourteen acres. A further four acres was added under the 1845 Enclosure Act and is shown on the Enclosure Award Map of 1865. Dissenters' extensions were added in 1865 both with their own mortuary chapels, and have since been demolished. The cemetery is also noted for Canning Terrace; almshouses and a gatehouse to the General Cemetery, built 1837-40 by S S Rawlinson.