City Road Cemetery

Cemetery in Sheffield, England

City Road Cemetery

Cemetery and Catholic mortuary chapel

Location| Sheffield, South Yorkshire
Coordinates| 53°22′11″N 1°26′24″W﻿ / ﻿53.36972°N 1.44000°W﻿ / 53.36972; -1.44000
Founded| 1881
Built for| Sheffield Township Burial Board
Architect| Messrs M E Hadfield and Son

National Register of Historic Parks and Gardens

Official name| City Road Cemetery
Designated| 13 November 2002
Reference no.| 1001655

Location of City Road Cemetery in Sheffield

The City Road Cemetery is a cemetery in the City of Sheffield, England, which opened in May 1881 and was originally called Intake Road Cemetery. Covering 100 acres (40 ha), it is the largest of the municipal cemeteries in Sheffield[1] and contains the head office for Bereavement Services in Sheffield. The cemetery contains Sheffield Crematorium, whose first cremation was on 24 April 1905.[1]

In 2002 it was designated by Historic England as a Grade II registered park or garden.[2]

## Location

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The cemetery is located to the east of central Sheffield. It is in the district called Manor, on a gentle hillside. The cemetery is mainly bordered by housing, on the north, east and south faces, and by City Road on the west. On City Road is the main entrance which features Grade II listed gatehouse which houses the reception and halls of remembrance.

## War graves

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There are 220 burials or commemorations of Commonwealth servicemen at the cemetery who died in the First World War. A Screen Wall memorial in Section Q, near the main entrance, lists those buried in graves that could not be individually marked by headstones.[3]

There are 147 burials or commemorations of servicemen and women who died in the Second World War, many in a war graves plot in Section H. The plot has a Screen Wall memorial listing servicemen buried in the defunct Sheffield General Cemetery and St Phillip Ward End Church Cemetery whose graves could no longer be maintained by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission. The Commission also erected a memorial, on the west side of the plot, listing 30 servicemen who were cremated at Sheffield Crematorium during the same war and it cares for 9 war graves of foreign nationalities,[3] of which the Belgians have a focal War Memorial in the cemetery.[4]

Also buried in the cemetery are civilian victims of air raids, the largest group (134 who died in the Sheffield Blitz of December 1940) being buried in a communal grave with memorial.[5]

## Notable buildings and structures

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* The Gatehouse, Grade II listed[6]
* The Crematorium and chapel, Grade II listed[7]
* The Catholic Chapel, Grade II listed[8]
* The Harwich Road gate and gatehouse, Grade II listed[9]
* Belgian War Memorial, Grade II listed[4]
* The Blitz grave, Grade II listed[10]
* War Memorial by Sir R Blomfield, Grade II listed[11]

Listed buildings in City Road Cemetery

* City Road Gatehouse

* Crematorium and chapel

* Catholic chapel

* Harwich Road gates

* Belgian War Memorial

* Blitz Grave

* Blomfield War Memorial

## Notable burials or cremations

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* Reverend Arthur Herbert Procter (1890–1973), First World War Victoria Cross recipient, was cremated here – ashes buried at Sheffield Cathedral.[12]
* Thomas Worsley Staniforth (1845–1909), hymn writer.

## References

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1. ^ a b "Sheffield City Council – City Road Cemetery History". Archived from the original on 3 December 2008. Retrieved 9 June 2008.
2. ^ Historic England. "City Road Cemetery, Sheffield (Grade II) (1001655)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 26 July 2024.
3. ^ a b "Sheffield (City Road) Cemetery". CWGC. Retrieved 3 December 2016.
4. ^ a b Historic England. "Belgian War Memorial at City Road Cemetery (Grade II) (1247245)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 23 April 2015.
5. ^ License, Paul (2000). Sheffield Blitz – in words, pictures and memories. Sheffield Newspapers Ltd.
6. ^ Historic England. "Gatehouse, offices, lodges and screen walls at City Road Cemetery (Grade II) (1247232)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 23 April 2015.
7. ^ Historic England. "Crematorium and adjoining chapels at City Road Cemetery (Grade II) (1247246)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 23 April 2015.
8. ^ Historic England. "Roman Catholic mortuary chapel at City Road Cemetery (Grade II) (1247250)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 23 April 2015.
9. ^ Historic England. "North West Lodge, gateway and boundary wall at City Road Cemetery (Grade II) (1247249)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 23 April 2015.
10. ^ Historic England. "The Blitz Grave 200 metres east of the crematorium at City Road Cemetery (Grade II) (1247247)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 23 April 2015.
11. ^ Historic England. "War Memorial 80 metres north east of crematorium at City Road Cemetery (Grade II) (1247248)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 23 April 2015.
12. ^ [1] Burial locations of VC Holders, South Yorkshire.

## External links

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