Notable Graves in Bromsgrove Cemetery
For locations of these graves, see the Cemetery Walk Leaflet.
| Thomas Tudor Sanders (1805-1881) The son of Benjamin Sanders, a button manufacturer, he ran his father's business. In 1864 he inherited the Cotton Pool Estate and later drained the enormous pool, of which a small pool now remains in Sanders Park. |
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Benjamin Hadley Sanders (1830-1910) The son ofThomas Tudor Sanders. He was articled to a solicitor in London and became a partner with Luke Minshall, solicitor of Steps House, St John's Street. He was Clerk to the Improvement Commissioners, and subsequently to the Local Board and the Urban District Council, resigning in 1903. He founded the Bromsgrove Rovers FC. He demolished the cotton mill and built the first open air swimming pool in the town. When he died at Oakdene, Kidderminster Road (now the Conservative Club), the town's people erected a horse trough and drinking fountain in the High Street in his memory. |
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Lucy Mary Maude Sanders (1864-1945) & Mary Beatrice Sanders (1856-1951) The two daughters of B.H. Sanders never married and like their father showed great generosity and a well developed social conscience, donating Sanders Park to the town. Plot no. 1274, S09563/7087 |
