Mark Firth
Together with his
father, Mark Firth built up a steel works and became a
very rich man. His monument is one of the grandest in
the cemetery and the decorative ironwork was forged in
his own works.
He was the founder of
Firth College, which later became the University of
Sheffield. He also achieved the great honour of being
Lord Mayor and Master Cutler of Sheffield. A unique feature of
the General Cemetery is the quality of its monuments'
ironwork - a physical reminder of Sheffield's supremacy
in the Victorian steel industry.
Images of steel workers
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