The History and Residents of the General Cemetery
7th September 2008
Sheffield General Cemetery
Start Time: 2:00pm
End Time: 3:30pm
An Introduction to the history and residents of the general cemetery. Meet at the cemetery gatehouse, at the end of Cemetery Avenue off Ecclesall Road.
The General Cemetery opened in 1836 'at some distance in the countryside' in a 'remote and undisturbed' location. It became established as the principal burial ground in Victorian Sheffield containing the graves of 87,000 people.
The site today is a Conservation Area, one of only six sites in South Yorkshire. It is listed on the English Heritage Register of Historic Parks and Gardens.
One of the earliest commercial cemeteries in Britain, it contains some unique catacombs, nine listed monuments and buildings, including the gatehouse, a chapel and the Egyptian gateway, each listed at Grade II*. It is also home to many important figures in Sheffield history such as Mark Firth, the steel manufacturer, and Samuel Holberry, the Chartist.
Meet at the cemetery gatehouse, at the end of Cemetery Avenue off Ecclesall Road.
Pricing
FREE
Venue
Sheffield General Cemetery
Cemetery Avenue
Sheffield
S11 8NT
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