Description: The Cemetery 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. This view is looking from the rear of Canning Terrace (out of view), located on the South-West boundary of Canning Cemetery, on the north-eastern edge of Canning Circus. Canning Terrace provided almshouses and a gatehouse to the General Cemetery. Built 1837-40 by the General Cemetery Company, during the outward expansion of Nottingham in the mid 19th century, and named after George Canning, Prime Minister in 1827. The range are finished in stucco with stone banding, lintels and cills in a classical villa style. The central gatehouse is particularly imposing with central rusticated carriage arch and raised clock tower and flanking Almshouses (all listed Grade II) were designed by S S Rawlinson.