Chapel Bell

Thank you so much to Adrian Welch Glass & Glazing for sharing this wonderful video of the original chapel bell being tested out as part of the restoration and repurposing....

November Work Morning

Thank you to our volunteer Richard for this report on the November work morning:   Nick and I replaced two Tree Trail posts that had rotted and re-erected two Heritage Circuit posts that were loose.   Helen cleared leaves from paths and weeded the shrub bed alongside...

New Grave Appeal: Len Goodson

Len Goodson was a Doncaster Rovers star in the early 1900s. When the team joined the Football League in the 1901-02 season, Len scored their first ever goals in that league. His sale to Middlesborough for a substantial sum helped to pay for a new stand at the team’s...

Remembrance 2022

As well as laying our usual wreath on the cemetery Cross of Sacrifice, we were also delighted to welcome Major Adrian Hunt, Deputy Lieutenant of South Yorkshire to the cemetery today for Remembrance Sunday. We shared some of the fascinating war stories of those buried...

Royal Connections Walk – 12 June 2022

We had a great turn out for our first walk of 2022, ‘Royal Connections’. We learnt about jewellers, pub landlords, Royal Train drivers and more. And the sun even made an appearance! Thank you also for your kind donations towards our work in the cemetery....

Great British Spring Clean

Our Work Morning on Saturday the 9th of April will be part of The Great British Spring Clean! We will, as usual, be litter picking around the cemetery. If you’d like to join us we meet at the Cross of Sacrifice at the Carr Lane entrance of the cemetery for a...