The Burial Research Team at Sheffield General Cemetery have been uncovering stories of the fascinating people buried in our site for over 30 years. Alongside project research work, our historians can also help you to find graves and research your family history.
Here is a small collection of Buried Stories for you to enjoy.
Burial Search & Burial Research Team
For a more personal approach to researching your family history, the volunteer Burial Research Team, based at the Gatehouse office, will carry out a burial search for you. The team use a database of the 87,000 burials and memorial inscription records compiled from original archives by many Cemetery volunteers over 20 years. Over many years of research and enquiries from the public, the team have built up what are called “People Files” containing high quality information on some of the Cemetery’s residents. These contain such items as newspaper cuttings, photographs and notes derived from previous research. If you wish to engage the search team in research work we accept donations for their efforts and to help cover running costs. The suggested minimum donation for this service is :
- £15 which includes monument inscription (if there is one), burial record, photograph of the monument (if one exists) and map showing the location of the burial.
- Clearing the area of interest of vegetation from £20.00, depending on the amount of work required. Please note, grave access is not always possible.
- No donation is expected if we are unable to find any information regarding your query.
The team offer a high quality service, based on many years of experience in helping enquirers with their family history research. We believe the fees we levy are very modest for the service offered – all income generated goes back into supporting the running of the Trust and the work of the volunteers.
You can make your donation for this service by cheque or with a credit or debit card through PayPal by visiting our donation page. Details on how to contact the research team can be found on the Contact Us page.
We now sell an index CD containing the names, dates of death, dates of burial and ages of all 87,000 burials at the General Cemetery. The data is in Microsoft Excel format and the disc contains Microsoft Excel reader software, if you don’t have Microsoft Office.
Please Note – The data does not include the burial plot locations. Our search team are more than happy to provide individual plot locations on request, free of charge, to customers who purchase a CD – please go to the Contact us page.
If you’d like to purchase a copy you can do so with your debit or credit card by clicking the “Add to Cart” button below.
Price £12.00 including VAT + P+P
You can also purchase the CD by sending a cheque for £13.05 (£12.00 including VAT + £1.05 P+P) payable to Sheffield General Cemetery Trust to:
Sheffield General Cemetery Trust,
The Gatehouse
Cemetery Avenue,
Sheffield S11 8NT.
All the original documents relating to the running of the Cemetery from 1836 to its closure in 1978/80 are lodged at the Sheffield Archives, 52 Shoreham Street, Sheffield S1 4SP. Telephone 0114 2039395.
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The Use of Holly by Robert Marnock
The use of holly by Robert Marnock at Sheffield General Cemetery; its beauty and symbolism The landscape at Sheffield General...
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Sweet Remembrance – The Confectioners of Sheffield General Cemetery
Today, we tend to think of a confectioner as someone who sells or makes chocolates and sweets. This was not...
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Sweet Remembrance – Young Makers Project
The Art of Confectionery Young Makers project was a collaboration between Sheffield General Cemetery Trust and Sheffield Museums. The...
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The Great Sheffield Flood
The 11th of March sees the anniversary of the Great Sheffield Flood of 1864 an event which still echoes down...
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Torrent: Sheffield Flood Documentary
‘TORRENT’ – A look at flooding throughout Sheffield and the region, featuring a history of the Great Sheffield Flood through...
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Inspirational Women
Burial records are kept on everyone in the cemetery – name, age, date of death, date of burial, address, and,...
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Your Cemetery Memories
Tell us your stories of Sheffield General Cemetery. More to come!
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Buried Stories – William Jumbo
Metal Worker. Buried in Plot GG 2 Nonconformist. William Jumbo was a man living on the Wicker in the mid-1800s...
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Mini Histories
William Jumbo Metal Worker. Buried in Plot GG 2 Nonconformist. William Jumbo was a man living on the Wicker in...
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The General Cemetery Company- EXTRACTS FROM THE COMPANY MINUTES 1834 – 1949
The Sheffield General Cemetery was one of Britain’s first commercial cemeteries and was originally established and run as a profit-making...
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WWI Fallen
The following names are those of men who died as a result of injury or illness sustained as a result...
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Buried Stories – Emma May
Emma May Emma May died aged 48 in 1895, and is buried in plot W2 55 in the Anglican section....
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Buried Stories – William Oliver
William Oliver is not buried in the cemetery, but his death, in the airship R 38, on August 24, 1921,...
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Buried Stories – George Myers
George Myer’s stone, moved by the council in the 1970s, is now lying flat on top of the catacombs, and...
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Buried Stories – James Barber
Obituaries were a staple of the Sheffield newspapers in the second half of the 19th century. Every local man who...
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Buried Stories – John & Ann
This rather lovely photograph, taken by Laurie Manton, shows a broken tree – a symbol often used on gravestones to...
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Buried Stories – Joshua Dyson
With no television, cinema, internet or smartphones, what family entertainment was available in the late nineteenth century? Part of the...
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Buried Stories – Samuel Holberry
The Chartist movement demanded the vote for the working man. The 1832 Reform Act had been a great disappointment, giving...
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Buried Stories – Samuel Morgan Smith
Samuel Morgan Smith The researchers here at Sheffield General Cemetery have been doing work to uncover the stories of the...
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Buried Stories – The Shore Sisters
Buried in HH 115 in the Nonconformist section are three of the daughters of Samuel Shore of Norton. Samuel came...
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Buried Stories – William Flockton
William Flockton 1804 – 1864 by Joan Flett. First published in Undertakings Jan 2002 (Issue 20) Nether Edge Hospital, now...
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WW1 Service Stories
Service Stories Here is a collection of photographs and brief stories of WW1 Servicemen buried or commemorated at Sheffield General...
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Astounding Inventions & Innovative Minds
Our Burial Research Team have been uncovering the stories of inventors and innovative thinkers buried here at Sheffield General Cemetery....