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A Stroll around the Cemetery

Our online stroll round the cemetery celebrates the lives and tells the stories of some of Rotherham’s Iron and Steel Barons along with reports of heroism, tragedies and life in the workhouse.

James Newey Samuel Oldfield The River Don Rescue Baker & Bessemer The story of Albert Bibbs Aizlewoods John Guest - Historian Sir Charles Stoddard Henry Albiston Public Graves Public Graves The Tragedy of the Runaway Motor Wagon Habershons Baker & Bessemer George Gummer Workhouse Hospital Beatson Clark Guest & Chrimes Yates and Haywood Sir Charles Stoddard The story of Albert Bibbs Rev William Newton The River Don Rescue The Tragedy of the Runaway Motor Wagon

Yates and Haywood
Guest and Chrimes
Gummers
Habershons
Beatson Clark
Baker and Bessemer
Rev William Newton
Samuel Oldfield
John Guest
Albert Bibbs (Rotherham’s Golden Balls)
Sir Charles Stoddard
The Rotherham Workhouse
A Young Hero
Runaway Motor Wagon
A deathbed wish - James Newey

 

Please click on the map symbols or follow the links to read the individual stories.

 

 

 

We are adding new stories over the next few weeks.

If you have a story to tell, please contact the secretary

 

 




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