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Canary Girls at work

Burngreave Cemetery North Chapel, Melrose Road, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, S3 9DN

  • Multiple dates available
  • | In person
  • | Pre-booking not required
  • | Exhibition

WWI changed the lives of many people, including Maud Bretherick who became a Shell Filler in a munitions factory, and died as a result of her job. Maud is buried with other war victims, both civilian and military, in Burngreave Cemetery.

Baptism Register

Baptism Register

Maud L L Bretherick

Friends of Burngreave Cemetery

Friends of Burngreave Cemetery

Ambrose Langley Memorial

Other Exhibitions feature the working lives of local people. Many occupations are represented by those buried in the cemetery. The cemetery itself generated employment including keeper of the Burial Registers who lived in the Registrar's Lodge, the Sexton who lived in the Sexton's Lodge and organised the Grave Diggers and the Head Gardener who lived in the Lodge on Scott Road.
Muitions workers, Stone Masons, Sculptors, Architects, Industrialists, Footballers, a British Home Child, Painters and Clock Repairers are some of those depicted on our Story Boards.
We have War-time exhibitions including The Sheffield Blitz, WW1 Zeppelin Raid, Waterloo Veterans, Embroidered Postcards from the Great War, Regimental Lists and Common War Graves lists, both military and civilian.
We invite you to explore your Family Heritage with our two experts, Ken and Steve. If you are looking for the grave of a family member, please contact us through our website contact page if possible.
Our Artist in Residence, Vicki Smith, is displaying her work.
Our various publications include Victims of the Great War, The Burngreave Cemetery Grave Digger, Digging Deep in Burngreave Cemetery, Burngreave Voices. Embroidered Post Cards, William Flockton and Sons and World Burial Practices our most popular book.
Visits to the Clock Tower are also available.

Timings

Saturday 12 September:
1200-1500
Sunday 13 September:
1100-1600
Wednesday 16 September:
1100-1500
Saturday 19 September:
1200-1500
Sunday 20 September:
1200-1500

Location & directions

Burngreave Cemetery North Chapel, Melrose Road, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, S3 9DN

Directions:
Buses stop on Burngreave Road. Drive in as parking is free.
Contact on day:
Christine Steers
Telephone number:
+441142816950

Booking information

Pre-booking requirement:
Pre-booking not required

Accessibility details

Toilet is partially accessible for wheelchairs.

Additional information

If you require family research, notifying us in advance will help. See our website - Friends of Burngreave Cemetery & Chapels.

Max number of people:
60
Estimated duration:
1 hour(s) 20 minute(s)

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