Summarised extracts from the Cemetery Company Minutes 1834-1949

Part of Cover of Minute Book. Source: Sheffield Archives.

The Sheffield General Cemetery was one of Britain’s first commercial cemeteries and was originally established and run as a profit-making company. The Company minute books which are held in the Sheffield City Archives provide detailed information about the construction and management of the site. Volunteers have studied and transcribed extracts from these books to illuminate the Cemetery’s history. 

View the summarised extracts here.