WhereCanWeGo Logo

Back

This is a Past Event and has been archived.

Click Here for Current Events in this Area.

Wardsend Cemetery Heritage Park Guided Tour and Grave-Finding

Heritage Open Day: Explore once forgotten stories of past Sheffield locals on a guided tour of Wardsend Cemetery. Interested in learning more about potential relatives buried at Wardsend? Committee member Hugh Waterhouse will be on hand to help throughout the day. Who took up arms and marched through the night believing the French were invading?
Who wrote letters to Queen Victoria from the Workhouse?
Who broke all the windows of the Sexton's house and threw his carpets in the river?

Hear these stories and many more on a guided tour of our historic cemetery.

Do you have relatives buried at Wardsend and interested in learning more? After our tour we will do our best to help find graves.
event dateSunday 14 September
venue addressWardsend Cemetery Heritage Park, Club Mill Road, Sheffield, South Yorkshire S6 2ET
event timesSun 14 Sep:1030-1500, Tour 1100, Family history research from 1230; Free Entry.
Spread the word
This is a Past Event and has been archived.

Click Here for Current Events in this Area.

Similar Current Events

St Mary’s Church Walkley
Tomorrow Howard Road, Walkley, Sheffield
Walkley Ebenezer Methodist Church
Tomorrow Greenhow Street, Sheffield
Walkley Carnegie Library
Tomorrow South Road, Sheffield
A Taste of the Rivelin
Tomorrow Rivelin Park Cafe, Rivelin Park Road, Sheffield
The changing life of the former St Mary’s School, South Road, Walkley
Tomorrow SNU Spiritualist Church South Road, Walkley, Sheffield