- Crookes Cemetery
-
The cemetery's entrance gate.
The cemetery chapel.Crookes Cemetery is a cemetery between Crosspool and Crookes in the city of Sheffield, England. It was opened in 1906, and covers 29 acres (120,000 m2).
The cemetery's chapel was Grade II listed on 12 December 1995. Over 29,000 burials have taken place since its opening.[1] Many of the older graves are those of local people who died serving in and during World War I and World War II.[2]
A central alley runs through the cemetery and separates the consecrated grounds to the north and the unconsecrated grounds to the south.
References and notes
- ^ "Cemeteries - Details". Sheffield City Council. 10 Dec 2009. http://www.sheffield.gov.uk/sys_upl/templates/PT_Directory/PT_Directory_details.asp?esLtr=S&ItemId=29930&action=Display&pgid=109563&tid=154&DirectoryKeywords=&CategoryID=&OrderDir=ASC&OrderFld=. Retrieved 5 May 2010.
- ^ "Crookes Cemetery Sheffield - The War Dead". Chris Hobbs. 4 Aug 2009. http://www.chrishobbs.com/sheffield2/crookescemeterywardead.htm. Retrieved 5 May 2010.
External links
Coordinates: 53°22′58″N 1°31′02″W / 53.3827°N 1.5171°W
Cemeteries in England General Aldershot Military (Village) • Allerton • Anfield • Arnos Vale • Ascension Parish • Bishopwearmouth • Brandwood End • Cannock Chase • Carleton • City Road • Crookes • Everton • Ford Park • Gildencroft Quaker • Greenhaven Woodland • Hamilton Road • Harrogate (Stonefall) • Holywell • Jesmond • Key Hill • Layton • Linthorpe • Locksbrook • Lodge Hill • Mount • Norton • Osney • Rosary • Royal Burial Ground (Frogmore) • Sheffield General • Southampton Old • Southern • St Andrews Church • St James • St Sepulchre's • South Stoneham • St. Michael's • Tinsley Park • Toxteth Park • Warstone Lane • West Derby • Witton • Wolvercote • York
By city Brighton and Hove • LondonCategories:- Cemeteries in Sheffield
- Anglican cemeteries
- Grade II listed buildings in Sheffield
- South Yorkshire geography stubs
Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.
