Burngreave cemetery

It was a lovely sunny day for the annual Well Dressing events in Burngreave Cemetery on Saturday 5th June. This year’s theme for the Well Dressing was ‘Peace’. Story by Christine Steers. Photos by Christine and Patrick Amber [Read more]

Story by Saleema Imam Burngreave cemetery bees will soon be waking up and becoming active when the weather becomes a little warmer. We urgently need volunteers to help James, who has been the stalwart over [Read more]

Story by Saleema Imam | Photo by Simon Barnett On Wednesday 25th September six intrepid pioneers from the Friends of Burngreave Cemetery and Pitsmoor Adventure Playground, took part in a scything training day led by [Read more]

Story by Saleema Imam Photo by Christine Steers Despite a dire weather forecast, Sunday 6th October saw glorious sunshine for our apple day in Burngreave cemetery. We borrowed the apple press from Sage Green Fingers [Read more]

Story by Richard Belbin | Photo of Jack Reynolds by Albert Wilkes | Cemetery photo by Nico Hall Declan Rice made headlines earlier this year when he was picked for the England football team, despite [Read more]

Story by Christine Steers | Photo by Nico Hall Private David Barry of the Canadian Mounted Rifles, died of septic poisoning in Sheffield on 21 September 1916. Born in Ireland, he was living in Canada [Read more]

Samuel Wardle was born on 19th October 1897 the son of James Wardle and Mary Marshall who already had six children. James died in 1905 and was buried in Burngreave Cemetery. Mary married Edward Hannah in 1906. [Read more]

Story by Graham Jones | Photo by Hayden Senior The Sheffield Victorian Society organised a walk round Pitsmoor to look at historical buildings. Unfortunately the original leader, Graham Hague met with a nasty accident a [Read more]

Dear Sir/Madam, Burngreave Cemetery is unique in having a designated cemetery warden who is responsible for locking and unlocking the gates, and reporting issues back to Bereavement Services. This post was created 25 years ago, [Read more]

Story by Saleema Imam Due to unforeseen circumstances, the Friends of Burngreave Cemetery have had to defer this year’s well dressing launch, planned for Sunday 3rd June. It is hoped to create a well dressing [Read more]

Dear Messenger, As a dog walker who has often let his dog off her lead in the cemetery, I read Amirah Hussain’s letter with concern. I try to be a responsible dog walker. I clean [Read more]

Dear Messenger, I read with interest the letter from Amirah Hussain regarding dog walking in the cemetery. I have lived in Burngreave for over 30 years, have always had a dog and have always walked [Read more]

As a group of Pakistani women we have set up a walking group that uses Burngreave cemetery as a safe space to have a stimulating walk with our children, enjoying the peaceful secure environment full [Read more]

Story and photo by Christine Steers This year Armistice Day was on Saturday so the Upper Chapel Strollers, led by Graham Haque and Patrick Smith, visited the official World War One memorial in Burngreave Cemetery [Read more]