Beckett Street Cemetery (formerly Burmantoffs Cemetery) is the Second oldest public funded graveyard in the UK, and the oldest in Leeds.
Burials began in 1845, and the grave now has 24'000 headstones, and 180'000 burials, a great number of these being in 'guinea graves', where poor people from the workhouse were placed in mass graves but at least got a name in a headstone.
The graveyard is also separated into Anglican and Dissident burials. At one point, plans were made to demolish the cemetery entirely but now it is kept and looked after be a dedicated team.
There is even a gravestone for a sergeant major who took part in the 'Charge of the Light Brigade'.
An interesting and historic location.
Негізгі бет A Walk through Beckett Street Cemetery. The Second Oldest Municipal Graveyard. Harehills. Leeds.
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