1.0The Victorian Societyhttps://www.victoriansociety.org.uknigel.slack.uk@gmail.comhttps://www.victoriansociety.org.uk/author/nigel-slack-ukgmail-com/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="udWzI68iqp"><a href="https://www.victoriansociety.org.uk/regional-group-events/a-walking-tour-of-city-road-cemetery-sheffield-with-graham-hague/">A Walking Tour of City Road Cemetery, Sheffield with Graham Hague.</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.victoriansociety.org.uk/regional-group-events/a-walking-tour-of-city-road-cemetery-sheffield-with-graham-hague/embed/#?secret=udWzI68iqp" width="600" height="338" title="“A Walking Tour of City Road Cemetery, Sheffield with Graham Hague.” — The Victorian Society" data-secret="udWzI68iqp" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); /* ]]> */ </script> https://www.victoriansociety.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/The-Victorian-Society-default.jpg1200675The walk will take about 2 hours. It starts with a short climb from the gatehouse to the crematorium and is then mainly flat. The City Road Cemetery was laid out on land purchased in 1878, by the Sheffield Burials Board from the Duke of Norfolk, the country’s premier Catholic peer and a major landowner (as the Norfolk family remains) in Sheffield. M E Hadfield and Sons designed the structures in the Cemetery – Church of England and Nonconformist chapels, gateways, lodges and housing for officials, and later the crematorium – all in late Perpendicular style and using local stone.