by FoHPC | Oct 10, 2016 | 2016
The Commonwealth War Grave Commission is responsible for the upkeep of 108 war graves at Hyde Park Cemetery. 82 of them date from WW1 and 26 from WW2. In order to discharge their responsibilities, CWGC makes regular visits to the cemetery. Today was one such...
by FoHPC | Oct 6, 2016 | 2016
Today has been quite a day. As a result of an extremely generous donation by a Doncaster couple who wish to remain anonymous, the Friends are in a position to start installing new railings in to New Street boundary. You may recall that the wall along this boundary has...
by FoHPC | Sep 26, 2016 | 2016
The Friends of Hyde Park Cemetery had a steady stream of visitors to their stand at last Saturday’s Family & Local History Fair, organised by the Doncaster & District Family History Society. Our Secretary, Helen, and Treasurer, Margaret were on hand to...
by FoHPC | Sep 12, 2016 | 2016
Yesterday’s Guided Walk, entitled “Doncaster’s Great & Good” was one of our most successful ever. Held in association with Heritage Open Days and the St Leger Festival, the walk attracted about 30 visitors. Many of them had never visited...
by FoHPC | Sep 11, 2016 | 2016
We have just added a large number of images to the Gallery page of this website. We hope you like them. By clicking on any image it will be enlarged. You can then scroll through all images at the larger size. Please let us know if you would like to see images of other...
by FoHPC | Aug 22, 2016 | 2016
On the evening of Sunday 21 August, a pendant was found in the cemetery, near to one of the benches. If you have lost such item and you think that this may be yours, please contact us with a brief description of the pendant. All being well we shall be able to re-unite...
