Photo by Krysia Zajac
The Friends of Burngreave Chapel & Cemetery group was set up to
"make the cemetery and chapel buildings accessible to everybody and to educate and enlighten visitors into not only its history, but its wildlife, trees and plants, which overlap and interact."
The group is made up entirely of unpaid volunteers who have expertise in various subjects and skills and without whom, the group could not function.
PRIVACY POLICY
We will not use or pass on your personal
information to any third party.
Great Sheffield Flood 1864
Exhibition explaining what happened and presenting profiles of the families whose death was caused by this calamity.
11.am - 3 pm
Sunday 17th March 2024 until first Sunday in April 2024
There will be a walk in the cemetery past the graves at 1-00 pm
Maps showing the position of the graves will be available so that visitors can follow the Leader, Vicki, or go at their own pace - faster or slower!
We welcome all visitors and will do our best to help you find your family's grave.
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Chapel open on Sundays
April to October from 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
November to March from 12:00 noon to 2:00 p.m.
Also on Wednesday by request
. Email: Christine Steers: chris.burngreave@blueyonder.co.uk
Phone: Christine Steers: 0114 2816950
MAPS & INSCRIPTIONS:
The ‘Maps’ page contains all the section maps for the cemetery which can be downloaded or printed.
Thanks to Dave Noon for these maps.
A searchable index of inscriptions completed by John W. Cooper with help from members of the Sheffield and District FHS.
PUBLICATIONS:
Details of our books etc. and details of how to purchase them.
GUESTBOOK:
We would welcome your comments did you visit the chapel/cemetery did you find the Friends helpful?
CONTACT US:
If you have a question relating to Burngreave Cemetery or its occupants then please contact us,we will endeavour to answer any queries quickly.
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Transcripts of Burials and Purchase Books have now been completed
and can be found at:-
www.sheffieldindexers.com/BurialRecords_Search.html
Please direct any transcription queries to Kenneth Wild at email address below.
Handsworth – Church Lane Cemetery & Orgreave Lane Cemetery
For anyone wanting information relating to the headstones in this section of
Handsworth Cemetery or Orgreave Lane Cemetery,
Trevor Spencer is willing to help.
He can be contacted at this address:-
tgspencers@netscape.net
This is a poem written by Henry Rogers.
A few years ago on a photographic course, he found himself wandering, one November day, round the huge derelict Abney Wood cemetery in NE London. He was rather overcome by the extremely photogenic dereliction, so with those epitaphs in mind he wrote a few lines of his own:
“What I am, you were... Oh yes, I know!
And what we all become, I know that too.
And what that is, is not the essential you,
Or will be me, when it's my turn to go.
Across your stones, brambles and ivy grow,
Tree trunks swell round them, roots are fingering through
Seeking your bones, branches above them strew
Garlands of leaves for autumn winds to blow.
"In sure and certain hope..." Why then the stones?
What stones do you expect still to stand there
On Judgement Day as evidence of worth?
Till trumpets sound, till reassembled bones
Await their turn in hope, or perhaps despair,
Unmarked or splendid, earth lies in the earth.”