Martin Nicholson's Cemetery Project
Barnsley Cemetery, Barnsley, South Yorkshire
We visited this cemetery because of
family links to Barnsley, and were very pleased with how well the whole of the
very large cemetery was kept. We were shocked at how dangerous the mining
industry used to be.
There was a small area of the cemetery
set aside for stillborn and neonatal babies. The whole area reflects great
credit on all involved in the project.
"Missing somewhere in
France".
Killed during a National Service
demonstration in 1939.
Drowned in the Mediterranean Sea
during the Great War.
Aged 103.
Aged 102.
Aged 102.
Aged 101.
Aged 103.
Killed at the Penistone Steel Works
in 1922.
We like memorials that give the
professions of the different family members - in this case Engine Driver,
Headmaster and Schoolteacher.
Robert and Ann Ellam lost three
children in 1884.
Charles and Catherine Dunk lost one
child in the Oaks Colliery explosion of 1866 and four grandchildren didn't
reach their 5th birthdays.
Drowned aged 12.
John and Bridget Levins lost four
children in their infancy and their married daughter Teresa died aged 20. None
of Teresa's three children survived to see their fourth
birthday.
Frank Cutts died of Malaria in
Sunderland in 1918.
Richard Collins died on his way to
Australia and was "buried in the Indian Ocean".
Accidentally killed at Monk Bretton
Station in 1909.
"Died from enemy action on the
Clyde".
Harry Watson Robinson died from
Enteric Fever in 1916.
Harry Atkinson died of Pneumonia in
Bulgaria in 1918.
It looks as if the monumental mason
had to re-engrave the surname Musgrave.
Barzillai is a Christian name I
haven't seen before.
Henry Howarth was "killed by the
dreadful explosion at a fireworks manufactory at Barnsley ..."
The grave of an old soldier that gives
details of his military service.
George Haigh was "accidentally gassed
at the Barrow Chemical Works".
Harold Treece was killed at the Beevor
Bobbin Works in 1939. He was aged 15.
Winifred Cousins was killed "in the Public Hall
disaster" of January 1908. She was aged 7.
Charlotte Norton (6) died in the same
disaster. A total of 16 children, all under the age of 10, were
killed.
The beloved mother of 16
children.
Fred Darby was killed by an aeroplane
in Barnsley in May 1918. He was aged 8.
COLLIERY EXPLOSIONS
Barnsley Main Colliery Explosions
of 1942 and 1947
George Martin, aged 54.
William Peake, aged 46.
Oaks Colliery Explosion of
1866
George Addy, aged 33.
Thomas Schofield, aged 19.
John Smith who was a member of the
rescue party after the explosion. He was aged 36.
Four members of the same extended
family were killed in the explosion. Matthew (14), Matthew (16), William (17)
and Robert (36).
William Wright, aged 60.
Thomas Barker, aged 26.
David Simpson, aged 37.
Five brothers, aged between 17 and 32,
who died in the explosion.
John Coughlan, aged 22.
Swaithe Main Colliery Explosion of
1875
143 men and boys were killed in this
explosion
George Slater, aged 21.
William Buckley, aged 33 and George
Phillipson, aged 30
James Timperley, aged 64.
Thomas Beevers (Underground Deputy),
aged 47.
James Denton, aged 32.
Wharncliffe Carlton Colliery
Explosion of 1883 and the Wharncliffe Woodmoor Colliery Explosion of
1936
Twenty maintenance men working on the
night-shift died in the 1883 gas explosion.
Henry Fisher, aged 50.
William Fisher, aged 46.
George Thompson, aged 63.
The 1936 disaster was caused by an
explosion of gas from the Lidgett Seam on the morning of 6 August. A total of
58 people died
Arthur Bird, aged 36.
COLLIERY DEATHS
Wharncliffe Woodmoor Colliery -
1936
Wharncliffe Woodmoor Colliery -
1927
Wharncliffe Woodmoor Colliery -
1936
Haigh Colliery - 1960
Barnsley Main Colliery - 1960
Wharncliffe Woodmoor Colliery -
1936
Barnsley Main Colliery -
1947
Wharncliffe Woodmoor Colliery - 1936
Barrow Colliery - 1932 and Woolley
Colliery - 1935
Kendal Green Colliery -
1914
Grimethorpe Colliery -
1911
Barnsley Main Colliery -
1903
Barrow Colliery - 1909
Church Lane Colliery - 1935
Barnsley Main Colliery -
1947
Barnsley Main Colliery -
1913
Wharncliffe Carlton Colliery -
1883
Darton Colliery - 1941
Old Silkstone Colliery -
1908
Woolley Colliery - 1932
Monk Bretton Colliery -
1901
Carlton Main Colliery -
1900
Monk Bretton Colliery -
1901
Silkstone Colliery -
1936
Woolley Colliery - 1929
Wharncliffe Woodmoor Colliery -
1936
OCCUPATIONS
Assistant Inspector of Weights and
Measures.
Basket Maker.
Shuttle Maker.
Painter and Decorator.
Registrar of Births and
Deaths.
Salt Merchant.
Painter and Gilder.
The Burial Board of the Barnsley
Cemetery.
Sanitary Inspector.
Barnsley Gas Company.
Sculptor.
General and Corresponding Secretary of
the Yorkshire Miners Association.
Leather Dresser.
A member of the committee that
selected the site for the cemetery.
Veterinary Surgeon.
Confectioner.
Water Rate Collector.
Monumental Mason.
Iron Founder.
Journalist.
Certified Colliery
Manager.
Glass Manufacturer.
Roper.
Cabinet Maker.
Linen Manufacturer.
Martin Nicholson - Shropshire, United
Kingdom.
This page was last updated on August 1st
2014.
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