Tinsley Park Cemetery
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Sheffield
Sheffield is a city and metropolitan borough of South Yorkshire, England. Its name derives from the River Sheaf, which runs through the city. Historically a part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, and with some of its southern suburbs annexed from Derbyshire, the city has grown from its largely...
's many cemeteries
Cemetery
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. It was opened in 1882, and covers 19 acres (76,890.3 m²). The cemetery is still open to burials, and since the first burial on 2 June 1882 over 59,000 burials have taken place.
Gothic architecture
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chapels, where services can be held prior to the burial. Other listed structures in the cemetery include the lodge, gateway and boundary wall and a war memorial, 250m east of the chapel.