Christ Church Churchyard
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Christ Church Churchyard

Also known as Christ Church Pitsmoor Churchyard

Sheffield, Metropolitan Borough of Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England

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    Sheffield, Metropolitan Borough of Sheffield, South Yorkshire England
    Coordinates: 53.39697, -1.46734
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Christ Church, Pitsmoor, was consecrated in 1850. It occupies a site on sloping ground at the top of Pye Bank hill beside what was then the turnpike road to Barnsley. The church was built in the neo-Gothic style, beloved of Victorians, on land provided by the incumbent vicar, Rev. Henry Barlow, at a cost of £2,311.6d. raised by public subscription and grants. It had seating for 618 adults and 224 children. The parishioners were an eclectic mix of professional and managerial families, and working folk, many of whom followed traditional occupations in the cutlery industry for which Sheffield was historically famous. The church was surrounded by a small churchyard in which 1,318 people were interred between 1850 and 1931. 1,078 of these burials took place in the 1850s and 1860s, and many of the extant gravestones begin with an inscription to a death in the 1850s. Few gravestones remain in their original position. A community centre was built next to the south side of the church in the 1970s which required the removal of several gravestones. A number of these were preserved in the pathway and paved area beside the community centre at the south west corner of the churchyard. The majority of the gravestones were upright headstones that were laid flat for safety reasons. Those on the north side of the churchyard were moved down the slope and placed in a row alongside the wall that abuts Pitsmoor Road. Most of the inscriptions on the surviving gravestones are legible.
Christ Church, Pitsmoor, was consecrated in 1850. It occupies a site on sloping ground at the top of Pye Bank hill beside what was then the turnpike road to Barnsley. The church was built in the neo-Gothic style, beloved of Victorians, on land provided by the incumbent vicar, Rev. Henry Barlow, at a cost of £2,311.6d. raised by public subscription and grants. It had seating for 618 adults and 224 children. The parishioners were an eclectic mix of professional and managerial families, and working folk, many of whom followed traditional occupations in the cutlery industry for which Sheffield was historically famous. The church was surrounded by a small churchyard in which 1,318 people were interred between 1850 and 1931. 1,078 of these burials took place in the 1850s and 1860s, and many of the extant gravestones begin with an inscription to a death in the 1850s. Few gravestones remain in their original position. A community centre was built next to the south side of the church in the 1970s which required the removal of several gravestones. A number of these were preserved in the pathway and paved area beside the community centre at the south west corner of the churchyard. The majority of the gravestones were upright headstones that were laid flat for safety reasons. Those on the north side of the churchyard were moved down the slope and placed in a row alongside the wall that abuts Pitsmoor Road. Most of the inscriptions on the surviving gravestones are legible.

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  • Added: 3 Nov 2018
  • Find a Grave Cemetery ID: 2675545