First Ossett Baptist Cemetery
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First Ossett Baptist Cemetery

Ossett, Metropolitan Borough of Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England

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    Ossett, Metropolitan Borough of Wakefield, West Yorkshire WF5 0HD England
    Coordinates: 53.67410, -1.55369
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This cemetery was associated with the First Ossett Baptist Church. The church buildings were located on the west side of the cemetery along Baptist Lane. These were demolished in the 1970s. In 2002, the adjoining cemetery was destroyed when machinery was brought in to break apart the headstones and level the ground. A few weeks later, it was revealed that few of the houses recently built on Roundwood Lane were actually located within the confines of the cemetery and that at least two homes had multiple burials in their backyards. The 2002 demolition of the cemetery was apparently sanctioned by the vicar of the South Ossett Baptist Church and newspaper accounts reported considerable consternation among local residents whose ancestors were buried in the cemetery. The last burial had been carried out at the site in 1972.

The graveyard still remains but with broken monuments and scattered headstones.

Memorial inscriptions were recorded in 1974 and a copy of these is held at the Yorkshire Archaeological Society, Leeds.



This cemetery was associated with the First Ossett Baptist Church. The church buildings were located on the west side of the cemetery along Baptist Lane. These were demolished in the 1970s. In 2002, the adjoining cemetery was destroyed when machinery was brought in to break apart the headstones and level the ground. A few weeks later, it was revealed that few of the houses recently built on Roundwood Lane were actually located within the confines of the cemetery and that at least two homes had multiple burials in their backyards. The 2002 demolition of the cemetery was apparently sanctioned by the vicar of the South Ossett Baptist Church and newspaper accounts reported considerable consternation among local residents whose ancestors were buried in the cemetery. The last burial had been carried out at the site in 1972.

The graveyard still remains but with broken monuments and scattered headstones.

Memorial inscriptions were recorded in 1974 and a copy of these is held at the Yorkshire Archaeological Society, Leeds.



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  • Added: 6 Oct 2017
  • Find a Grave Cemetery ID: 2652529