Norton Cemetery
Norton Cemetery is one of the city of Sheffield's many cemeteries. It was opened on 6 June 1869, and covers 6 acres. Norton is a smaller cemetery running along two alleys spanning to the right and the left from the two gate houses.Photo: Captain Scarlet, CC BY 2.5.
Photo: Captain Scarlet, CC BY 2.5.
- Type: Cemetery
- Description: cemetery in Yorkshire, England
- Also known as: “Norton Cemetery, Sheffield” and “Sheffield (Norton) Cemetery”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Bishops’ House and Meersbrook Park.
Bishops’ House
Museum
Photo: Chemical Engineer, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Bishops' House is a half-timbered house in Norton Lees, a suburban area of Sheffield, England. It was built c. 1500 and is located on the southern tip of Meersbrook Park. Bishops’ House is situated 1,900 feet northeast of Norton Cemetery.
Meersbrook Park
Park
Photo: Windeh, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Meersbrook Park is set on a steep hillside in Meersbrook, Sheffield, England, offering panoramic views over central Sheffield to the north. Within the park are two historic buildings: Bishops' House and Meersbrook Hall. Meersbrook Park is situated 2,500 feet north of Norton Cemetery.
Graves Park
Park
Photo: Captain Scarlet, CC BY 2.5.
Graves Park is a large parkland area in the South of Sheffield, between the districts of Norton, Woodseats and Meadowhead. The park was developed by Alderman J. Graves Park is situated 4,100 feet south of Norton Cemetery.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Norton Lees and Woodseats.
Norton Lees
Suburb
Norton Lees is a residential suburb in the Graves Park ward of the City of Sheffield, England located to the east of Woodseats.
Woodseats
Suburb
Photo: Captain Scarlet, CC BY 2.5.
Woodseats is a district of Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England in the Graves Park ward. Historically, Norton Woodseats was a village that straddled Derbyshire Lane running from Four Lane Ends to Bolehill, originally in Derbyshire but, since 1901, part of the City of Sheffield.
Meersbrook
Suburb
Meersbrook is a neighbourhood of the Heeley area in the south-west of Sheffield, England, 2 miles south of the city centre and bordered by Norton Lees to the south and the Meersbrook allotment site to the east.
Norton Cemetery
- Category: burial
- Location: Sheffield, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
53.34689° or 53° 20′ 49″ northLongitude
-1.47518° or 1° 28′ 31″ westOpen location code
9C5W8GWF+QWOpenStreetMap ID
way 32215082OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=cemeteryWikidata ID
Q7060596
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