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In Loving Memory: The Story of Undercliffe Cemetery
In Loving Memory The Story of Undercliffe Cemetery Author:Colin Clark, Reuben Davison Undercliffe Cemetery was opened in 1854 by the Bradford Cemetery Company. The 26-acre site, high above the city, contains many grand nineteenth-century monuments: tombs fit for Pharaohs, finely decorated obelisks, extravagant mausoleums and huge columns abound. It has been described as one of the most striking achievements of Victorian funerary ... more »design. Many of the rich, famous and notable inhabitants of Bradford have been buried there, along with veterans of famous conflicts such as Waterloo, the Crimea and the Indian Mutiny, and many ordinary but no less interesting citizens. After the original Cemetery Company folded in 1975, the cemetery became very neglected. Local people began a campaign which led to Bradford Council compulsorily purchasing it from its private owner, declaring it a conservation area, and then sponsoring a two-year restoration programme. The cemetery, which is still in use for burials, is now in the care of the Undercliffe Cemetery Charity, a voluntary group which maintains and promotes the site as a valuable educational resource and monument to Bradford's Victorian heritage. This well-researched and comprehensive new book tells the rollercoaster story of Under« less