grouchomarx Posted October 31, 2009 Share Posted October 31, 2009 anyone been through the cemetery recently ? is it still overgrown ? did hear there were plans to get work started on sprucing the place up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
naomi2009 Posted October 31, 2009 Share Posted October 31, 2009 the bridge has been repaired and it is still overgrown nothing been done once again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Entropy Posted October 31, 2009 Share Posted October 31, 2009 I walk my dog through Wardsend about once a week, and it's still pretty overgrown. Although it's starting to die back exposing more of the grave sites. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Locksley Posted October 31, 2009 Share Posted October 31, 2009 Me and my dad went up there a month or so back, never even knew the place existed lol. Got some great photos though. Photos here http://www.derelictplaces.co.uk/main/showthread.php?t=12490 if anybody's interested. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grouchomarx Posted October 31, 2009 Share Posted October 31, 2009 great photos you have got there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minimo Posted October 31, 2009 Share Posted October 31, 2009 Me and my dad went up there a month or so back, never even knew the place existed lol. Got some great photos though. Photos here http://www.derelictplaces.co.uk/main/showthread.php?t=12490 if anybody's interested. That's a great link, and the photos are very good. I didn't know there was a railway running through it, which came first I wonder? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gracie Posted October 31, 2009 Share Posted October 31, 2009 Why cant the authorities let the people doing community service work on it ?. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grouchomarx Posted November 25, 2009 Share Posted November 25, 2009 had a walk through wardsend on saturday that place is a disgrace Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ballie Posted November 26, 2009 Share Posted November 26, 2009 locksley brill photos I'm in there regular with my two dogs, not a deal of wildlife in there, perhaps the odd rabbit or two, used to go in there with mates with air guns, years before Coopers was there, brings back memories of ill spent youth, caught many a couple at it in there by accident. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HughW Posted November 26, 2009 Share Posted November 26, 2009 That's a great link, and the photos are very good. I didn't know there was a railway running through it, which came first I wonder? The railway was there when the older part of the cemetery was opened in 1857, between the railway and the river. The extension on the other, uphill, side of of the railway was opened in 1900. ...and just to clarify the questions about ownership from earlier messages: Wardsend is a church cemetery. It was the burial ground for St Philip's and when that church closed it was 'inherited' by St Stephen's. It was managed for a time by the Friends as part of the Hillsborough Trust(?), which is now defunct. Recently, attempts have been made to persuade the council to take it over. Hugh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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