Sheffield Cathedral: A History
Sheffield Cathedral: A History
Sat, Sep 3, 10:30
Carpenter Room Sheffield Central Library • Sheffield City Centre
Free
Sheffield's Hidden Necropolis
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Location
Carpenter Room, Sheffield Central Library
Central Library
Surrey Street
Sheffield
S1 1XZ
United Kingdom
Tucked away on a hillside just off Ecclesall Road lies a hidden Victorian city of the dead, Sheffield’s very own Highgate.
About this event
Tucked away on a hillside just off Ecclesall Road lies a hidden Victorian city of the dead, Sheffield’s very own Highgate. Sheffield General Cemetery, a Grade II* listed heritage and conservation site, is a museum of people which tells the story of Sheffield’s past through its 87,000 residents and 10 listed monuments and structures.
In this illustrated talk by Janet Ridler, you will discover one of England’s earliest landscaped Garden Cemeteries as we meet steel barons, radicals, soldiers, an elephant trainer, and a Russian aristocrat when we travel back in time to 1836 on a very Sheffield story of life – and death – in Victorian times.