| Crookes Cemetery | |
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| Details | |
| Established | 1906 |
| Location | |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Coordinates | 53°22′58″N1°31′02″W / 53.382700°N 1.517100°W /53.382700; -1.517100 |
| Type | Anglican cemetery |
| Style | Edwardian |
| Owned by | Sheffield City Council |
| Size | 29 acres |
| No. of graves | 29,000+ |
| Website | Sheffield City Council |
| Find a Grave | Crookes Cemetery |
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Crookes Cemetery is acemetery betweenCrosspool andCrookes in the city ofSheffield, South Yorkshire, England. Its main entrance is on Headland Road with additional access from Mulehouse Road. It was opened in 1906, and covers 29 acres (120,000 m2). By 2009, over 29,000 burials had taken place since its opening.[1]
A central alley runs through the cemetery and separates theconsecrated grounds to the north and the unconsecrated grounds to the south.
It is one of 16 cemeteries across the city that is maintained bySheffield City Council.[2]
The land was originally owned byCouncillor John Maxfield.[3]Sheffield Corporation paid a total of £8,050 (£350 per acre for over 23 acres in extent) for the land which covers the cemetery itself as well as multiple surrounding allotments.[3]
Maxfield was the first interment at the site for at least two full years before the cemetery was opened for burials, his epitaph was recorded as such.[3] He was given special dispensation by the Corporation to be buried there.[3]
The foundation stone for the chapel was laid by theLord Mayor of Sheffield, Harry P. Marsh, on Friday 18 September 1908 at 12.30 pm. He was then presented with a silvertrowel by the architects Messrs C. and C.M. Hadfield. The building is constructed from locally quarried stone from theRivelin Valley, while the dressings around the windows, thetracery and doorways are inBath stone from the Monk's Park quarry inCorsham,Wiltshire. The roof is covered with heavyslates from theButtermere Green Slate Company inCumbria while the mortuary aisle is roofed with arched ribs and slabs from Stuart's Granolithic Stone Co. Ltd. inEdinburgh. The chapel ceiling isgroin vaulted while the floor is ofterrazzo and wood. Messrs Hadfield's design was carried out by the building contractors D. O'Neill and Son, with C. Heywood as clerk of works.[4] The chapel wasGrade II listed in 1995.[5]
In 1998, a monument was placed at Crookes Cemetery to commemorate theIrishNavvies who lost their lives whilst working on theTotley Tunnel. Scores died between 1888 and 1894 due tosmallpox[6][7] andcholera[6] (as a result of poor living conditions) as well as a number of workplace accidents including in particular collapsed tunnels.
It is located near the main entrance on Headland Road, on the left opposite the south facing wall. The plaque reads:
"To Commemorate The Unknown Irish Navvies Who Died Building The Totley Tunnel Circa 1880 R.I.P."
It was placed inCrookes as opposed toDore Churchyard as it was close to the traditional centre of the Sheffield Irish Community based in the St. Vincent Quarter.[6]
Seventy of the older graves, registered and maintained by theCommonwealth War Graves Commission,[8] are those of armed services personnel who died serving in and during theFirst World War and theSecond World War.[9]
A number of television shows and films have been filmed within the cemetery itself including most notablyThe Full Monty film starringRobert Carlyle in 1997 which lead to a boost in tourism due to its global appeal.[12][13] Other films includeX+Y starringAsa Butterfield in 2014.[14]
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