Introduction To Sheffield General Cemetery

Introduction to Sheffield General Cemetery with Dave, from our Landscape Volunteer Team.
Sheffield General Cemetery Trust was formed by local residents some 30 years ago to help to restore, protect and conserve the historic 13 acre Victorian cemetery, which after 140 years of use had fallen into ruin by the 1970s. With Covid preventing our normal Heritage Open Day guided tours we're releasing 7 new short videos about the cemetery during the 2020 Heritage Open Days week.
We'll kick off with an introduction to the cemetery from its foundation in the 1830s to the present day. Then each day we will release another on a specific topic - birds in the cemetery, trees, managing the cemetery's natural environment, the historic buildings etc.
After each video is released you can leave questions by using the 'Comments' section and our experts will answer. All videos will be available permanently on our KZbin channel to watch at your leisure.
This video was funded by The National Lottery Community Fund and The National Lottery Heritage Fund made possible by National Lottery players across the UK. If you would like to find out more about National Lottery projects visit the links below:
www.tnlcommunityfund.org.uk
www.heritagefund.org.uk

[@simonmitchell1978]

Great videoof a place I love. Walk around here a lot taking photo's and video's.

[@Jay-ru3mu]

City Rd Cemetery Needs Some Love Especially From The Sheffield Council

[@TheMercury-13]

All cemeteries need it, I hate seeing falling down Graves, & they're all like it in Sheffield (Our working poor ancestors who built all we take for granted, deserve far better. If I won the lottery I'd def, fix a few-!)- but it only happens if concerned volunteers get together, donate their time & energy at weekends etc; no use waiting for the Council... :(

[@andrewthornhill7042]

I have just visited here within the last few hours. It's been spruced up since I was last here 11 years ago.

[@TheMercury-13]

💜💜💜

[@lxpart8456]

Fantastic video, I love this place!

[@dentonwilson258]

Hello I need to locate the grave of Elizabeth slater she died in 1852 she was 2 years old and she got murdered by her father....I need to help her please can you look through some history books or something as I've been told she got buried at this site ..thank you and I hope you can help

[@Littlemissx1977]

There’s an Elizabeth Slater who was born in 1850 and lived with her unmarried mother in an institution in Attercliffe in 1851. You can type her name in find my grave. I couldn’t find anyone with her name who died in 1852 in Sheffield General Cemetery.

[@Littlemissx1977]

She’s buried in St Mary’s Church, Bramhall Lane, Highfield, Sheffield

[@dentonwilson258]

@@Littlemissx1977 thank you