Sheffield General Cemetery Jan 12

[ROYALBOB]

Because of KR98's obssesion with graveyards we stopped off here on route to Hallam Towers. It's, er, basically an abandoned Victorian cemetery with a (sealed) church and summat else with big pillars.

Wikinicked-
The General Cemetery was one of the first commercial landscape cemeteries in Britain. Its opening in 1836 as a Nonconformist cemetery was a response to the rapid growth of Sheffield and the relatively poor state of the town's churchyards. The cemetery, with its Greek Doric and Egyptian style buildings, was designed by Sheffield architect Samuel Worth (1779–1870) on the site of a former quarry. Landscaping was managed by Robert Marnock, who also designed Sheffield Botanical Gardens (1836) and Weston Park (1873). The first burial was of Mary Ann Fish, a victim of tuberculosis. An Anglican cemetery was consecrated alongside the Nonconformist cemetery in 1846—the wall that divided the un-consecrated and consecrated ground can still be seen today. By 1916 the cemetery was rapidly filling up and running out of space, burials in family plots continued through the 1950s and 1960s, but by 1978 ownership of the cemetery had passed to Sheffield City Council and it was closed to all new burials. In 1980 the council got permission by Act of Parliament to clear 800 gravestones to make a recreation area. Through the 1980s and 1990s most of the rest of the cemetery was left untouched, becoming overgrown and an important sanctuary for local wildlife. Unfortunately, many of the buildings also fell into disrepair. In early 2003 work began to restore the gatehouse and catacombs funded by a £500,000 grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund.

[scrappy]

looking good, that place looks well over grown! i like!

[blueink]

^^^ what he said proper like this ^^^

[simonix]

Why have grave yards always got the eeriest trees, love the first shot!

[KelseyRebecca98]

Last shots class

[coops]

love the close up shot with all the old writing ..quality mate

[Nicola]

Love this

[yorkietommo]

Niiiiiice

[dannyday58218195]

i like the last one with the just the yellow stickin out :P first pic looks qualiteeeee! kinda shameful this is just left to overgrow but i guess all those people and everyone who decended from them are gone and forgotten...

[Kachïe]

Awesome shots! - Sheffield General Cemetery is a lovely cemetery - as far as cemeteries go