Crookes Cemetery is a

cemetery A cemetery, burial ground, gravesite or graveyard is a place where the remains of dead people are buried or otherwise interred. The word ''cemetery'' (from Greek , "sleeping place") implies that the land is specifically designated as a bu ...

between Crosspool and Crookes in the city of

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, South Yorkshire, England. Its main entrance is on Headland Road with additional access from Mulehouse Road. It was opened in 1906, and covers . By 2009, over 29,000 burials had taken place since its opening. A central alley runs through the cemetery and separates the

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grounds to the north and the unconsecrated grounds to the south.

Cemetery chapel

The foundation stone for the chapel was laid by the Lord Mayor of Sheffield, Harry P. Marsh J.P., on Friday 18 September 1908 at 12.30 pm. He was then presented with a silver trowel by the architects Messrs C. and C.M. Hadfield. The building is constructed from locally quarried stone from the

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, while the dressings around the windows, the

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and doorways are in

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from the Monk's Park quarry in

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. The roof is covered with heavy

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s from the

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Green Slate Company in

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while the mortuary aisle is roofed with arched ribs and slabs from Stuart's Granolithic Stone Co. Ltd. in

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. The chapel ceiling is groin vaulted while the floor is of

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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.''"It Comes To Us All - A Portrait Of Crookes Cemetery"'', Julie Stone, self published, , page 23 - details of chapel and burials. The chapel was

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in 1995.

War graves

Seventy of the older graves, registered and maintained by the

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, are those of armed services personnel who died serving in and during the

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and the

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Notable interments

Henry Boot Henry Boot (1851–1931) was the founder of Henry Boot PLC. Henry Boot was the eldest surviving son of Charles and Ann Boot. He was born on 9 December 1851 in Heeley, a small village two miles outside Sheffield. Henry's father had described him ...

(1851–1931), founder of Henry Boot plc, a construction company * Sir

Stuart Goodwin Sir Stuart Coldwell Goodwin (19 April 1886 – 6 June 1969) was a Sheffield steel industrialist and philanthropist who gave away over £500,000 to charities, particularly in south Yorkshire and north Nottinghamshire. He was head of the Neepsend St ...

(1886–1969), industrialist and philanthropist * Tommy Ward (1853–1926), Master Cutler and founder of Thos. W. Ward, a shipbreaking company

References

External links

Sheffield Bereavement services
{{Cemeteries in England Crookes Anglican cemeteries in the United Kingdom Grade II listed buildings in Sheffield