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Cemeteries
National Federation of Cemetery Friends
- The Federation, founded in 1986, acts as a link between
Cemetery Friends and gives advice to potential Friends
wishing to set up their own group.
Abney Park Cemetery
- Abney Park Cemetery in the London Borough of Hackney
Abney Park Cemetery Indexing Project
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Find out who is buried in this cemetery and how far the
project to index the 194,815 burials in the registers is
progressing.
Brookwood Cemetery
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Once served by railway from the Necroplis station at
Waterloo when it opened this was the largest cemetery in the
world.
Kensal Green Cemetery, London
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The official Friends site of this cemetery. The resting
place of painter John Waterhouse, and author Wilkie Collins.
Kensal Green Cemetery, London
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Beautiful Photographs and a wealth of historical
information.
Kensal Green Cemetery, London
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A personal site outlining the development of the garden
cemetery.
Nunhead Cemetery
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Nunhead Cemetery in the London Borough of Southwark - 52
acres opened in 1840.
Ryde Cemetery
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Website of Ryde Cemetery, on the Isle of Wight, which was
ended in 1841.
Undercliffe Cemetery - The website and it's contents are based on the book by Colin
Clark and Reuben Davison "In Loving Memory - The Story of
Undercliffe Cemetery".
West Norwood Cemetery
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West Norwood Cemetery is one of the metropolitan cemeteries
founded to deal with the expanding population of London in
the early 19th century. It was opened in 1837.
York Cemetery -
York Cemetery
is a working burial ground. At the same time, it provides
opportunities for conservation, education, and informal
recreation within a protected environment close to York city
centre.
Other links
Creative Action Network is a
celebratory arts organisation aiming to bring
creativity to the streets of Sheffield and beyond.
It is particularly well known for organising and
putting on a yearly lantern parade in the Sharrow
area, terminating at the General Cemetery.
New
Roots sells vegetarian & vegan
snacks, whole foods, fruit & veg, organics, Fair
Trade .. and a few other special things as well. It
is a volunteer run, non-profit organisation. Click
here to jump to their Facebook page
CoCo
Catering is a local catering business
providing seasonal, home-made food which has
supported the Sheffield General Cemetery Trust in
various practical ways.
Commonwealth War Grave Commission - "Their name liveth for evermore". Search the registers for
details and whereabouts of service-men killed in two world
wars.
Cemetery Listings
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Fantastic listings page of cemeteries on the world wide web
by country. Maintained by Klaus Medeke.
Sheffield City Council Bereavement
Services -
Bereavement Services are responsible for two crematoria in
Sheffield - City Road and Hutcliffe Wood (including the
Gardens of Remembrance) and for 16 cemeteries within the
city boundary. We also manage the closed General Cemetery in
partnership with the Sheffield General Cemetery Trust.
Sheffield City Council
Family History -
Introductory material on tracing your family
tree on this site including International Genealogy Index on
microfiche, books on family crests, coats of arms, the
peerage and landed gentry, magazines include Family History
News and Digest and Genealogists Magazine, dictionaries of
names and selected printed parish registers series.
Steve Withington's Photographs
- Photographs of the General Cemetery, taken by a local
artist.
Mourning and funeral usages - Information about Victorian mourning practices
UK Graves
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A photographic tour of some of the South of England's
graveyards, cemeteries and other places of burial.
The Workhouse
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Dedicated to the workhouse - its buildings, its inmates, its
staff and administrators, and even its poets...

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