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.