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Building for the future

19th October 2020

Story and photo by Drew Dallen Both Burngreave Cemetery chapels have had their roofs repaired this month. This is another step on the road to getting these chapels functioning for community use. Now the roofs [Read more]

Cemetery headstones and charred Japanese knotweed

Accidental vandalism at the cemetery?

26th April 2019

Story by Christine Steers | Photos by Nico Hall Whilst out walking his dog, local resident Nico Hall noticed that someone had been setting fire to the Japanese knotweed that had been recently cut down. [Read more]

Strolling through Victorian Pitsmoor

18th June 2018

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]

Well Dressing 2017. Photo by Dave Yates.

Cemetery big lunch and well dressing cancelled

23rd May 2018

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]

Remembering lost souls

19th March 2018

Story by Victoria Smith | Photos by Frankie Currie, Victoria Smith and Richard Belbin I became artist in residence at Burngreave Cemetery Mortuary Chapel in the summer of 2014, the weekend the Tour de France [Read more]

Bikers in the cemetery

14th September 2017

Story and photo by Christine Steers On Sunday 13th Aug 2017, about noon, a parade of motorcycles drove in to the cemetery. We looked at each other in trepidation, but they sounded like “proper” motor [Read more]