Vicar's Croft Burial Ground
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Vicar's Croft Burial Ground

Wakefield, Metropolitan Borough of Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England

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  • Get directions The Springs at Vicarage Street
    Wakefield, Metropolitan Borough of Wakefield, West Yorkshire WF1 1QA England
    Coordinates: 53.68338, -1.49437
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Vicars Croft Burial Ground was situated between Westmoreland Street, The Springs and Zetland Street, with The Vicarage itself adjacent. The burial ground was surrounded by a high stone wall. Opened in 1747, but not formally consecrated until Feb. 3 1815 by the Archbisphop of York, Vicars Croft was one of the primary burial grounds for the surrounding areas. By the late 1850s, more than 47,500 people had been interred here including over 150 victims of a cholera epidemic . The burial ground was used for internments until 1888 and after was left in an abandoned and overgrown state. In the mid 1950s, the cemetery was earmarked as part of the regeneration programme for Wakefield city centre. In April 1954, the City of Wakefield published notice that the site would be cleared of human remains and headstones, and redeveloped for commercial use. A list of the individuals who were disinterred was made and provided to the General Register Office; the list is now available at the National Archives of Great Britain. The whole area was eventually bulldozed to make way for a new road layout and shopping area. The entire Vicars Croft burial ground was dug up and dumped in mass waste pits situated at Windhill Brick Works at Eastmoor and Manygates Pond nr Sandal.

From: WENDA1972 and Kew, Richmond, Surrey, TW9 4DU

Vicars Croft Burial Ground was situated between Westmoreland Street, The Springs and Zetland Street, with The Vicarage itself adjacent. The burial ground was surrounded by a high stone wall. Opened in 1747, but not formally consecrated until Feb. 3 1815 by the Archbisphop of York, Vicars Croft was one of the primary burial grounds for the surrounding areas. By the late 1850s, more than 47,500 people had been interred here including over 150 victims of a cholera epidemic . The burial ground was used for internments until 1888 and after was left in an abandoned and overgrown state. In the mid 1950s, the cemetery was earmarked as part of the regeneration programme for Wakefield city centre. In April 1954, the City of Wakefield published notice that the site would be cleared of human remains and headstones, and redeveloped for commercial use. A list of the individuals who were disinterred was made and provided to the General Register Office; the list is now available at the National Archives of Great Britain. The whole area was eventually bulldozed to make way for a new road layout and shopping area. The entire Vicars Croft burial ground was dug up and dumped in mass waste pits situated at Windhill Brick Works at Eastmoor and Manygates Pond nr Sandal.

From: WENDA1972 and Kew, Richmond, Surrey, TW9 4DU

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