The graveyard of Lightcliffe Old Church stands at the junction of Till Carr Lane and Wakefield Road.
The Church was licensed for burials in 1668.
Till Carr House stood in the grounds of the graveyard. Evan Sutherland-Walker moved the house to its present position, further down Till Carr Lane, in 1865.
In 1865, the graveyard was extended.
| People buried / remembered here |
The following people are/were listed here:
- The Walker family of Lightcliffe
- Joseph Aspinall [1776-1833]
- James Bancroft [17??-1???]
- Philemon Bancroft [1808-1873]
- Grace Baxendale [1795-1830]
- John Raymond Berry [1896-1918]
- William Berry [1812-1855]
- Fred Booth [1860-1934]
- Fred Booth [1892-1916]
- Joseph Lumb Brook [1893-1918]
- George Percy S. Brown [1887-1917]
- Rev Thomas Cox [1823-1887]
- Abraham Drake [1821-1911]
- Thomas Elliot [1819-1879]
- George Henry Elliott [1860-1927]
- Hannah Greenwood [1836-1877]
- Mary Guest [1640-1729]
- Rev William Gurney [1796-1869]
- May Hartley [1888-1916]
- William Holland [1735-1803]
- Joseph Alfred Holt [1888-1915]
- Charles Henry Hoyle [1847-1928]
- Timothy Hoyle [1811-1886]
- John Hutchinson [1784-1833]
- Christopher Joshua Kershaw [1802-1880]
- Sarah Ann Leeming
- James Longbottom [1795-1880]
- Joseph Longbottom [1830-1887]
- William Longbottom [1824-1862]
- Hugh Mallinson [1718-1790]
- Jane, wife of John Mallinson
- William Mallinson [1750-1798]
- Fred Mitchell [1871-1915]
- John Naylor [1764-1859]
- Joseph Naylor [1823-1901]
- Samuel Naylor [1791-1867]
- Frank Newsome [1883-1914]
- William Nichols [1823-1869]
- George Edward Potter [1876-1948]
- Herbert Pybus [1893-1918]
- Walter Pybus [1887-1916]
- William Pybus [1852-1919]
- Abraham Radcliffe [1696-1759]
- Charles Radcliffe [1739-1817]
- William Radcliffe [1733-1778]
- William Towne Radcliffe [1789-1862]
- Dr Middleton Scales [1859-1922]
- Henry Senior [1847-1899]
- Samuel Sharp [1822-1854]
- Joseph William Shaw [1891-1916]
- Family of John Shillito
- John Smith [1832-1881]
- Joshua Smith [1687-1750]
- Sammy Smith [1735-1777]
- Reginald John Sowerby [1854-1922]
- Frederick Clarkson, son of John William Standeven
- Leonard Sucksmith [1897-1920]
- Rev Richard Sutcliffe [1723-1782]
- Captain George Mackay Sutherland [1798-1847]
- John Sykes [17??-1816]
- James Tate [1660-1720]
- Matilda Tate [1796-1881]
- William Tate [1713-1806]
- Ann Walker [1757-1847]
- James Walker [1773-1827]
- John Walker [1753-1823]
- Samuel Lord Watkinson [1874-1915]
- John Wheelhouse [1827-1913]
- Wilhelmina Whitfield [1900-1921]
- ELSIE VICTORIA WOLFENDEN
The Friends of St Matthew's Churchyard, Lightcliffe have done an an excellent job of clearing the overgrown ground, and of recording the graves at Lightcliffe Church.
See St Matthew's Churchyard Burial Records
See Brighouse Cemetery / Friends of St Matthew's Churchyard, Lightcliffe / In the Shadow of Lightcliffe's Old Tower / People of interest in Lightcliffe Churchyard
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