Calvert Stephenson Family Tomb Marker - Undercliffe Cemetery - Bradford, UK
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This obelisk marks the Calvert Stephenson family tomb in Undercliffe Cemetery.
Waymark Code: WMTRTW
Location: Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 01/04/2017
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Undercliffe cemetery is a large Victorian cemetery, one of the first created after The Burial Acts of 1852-1857 enabled Burial Boards to be set up either as separate bodies or as part of the Borough Councils. This one was set up as a private company after rapid population explosion during the industrial revolution led to existing church cemeteries running out of room.
It is now run as a charity and although still used has restricted burials.
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The cemetery has a range of different styles of grave markers, with a group of larger ones arranged alongside an east to west promenade. This obelisk is towards the eastern end of the promenade.
In
Loving Memory
of
REUBEN CALVERT STEPHENSON,
OF ASHGROVE BRADFORD
WHO DIED DEC 26th 1885
AGED 52 YEARS
ALSO OF ISABELLA,
HIS WIFE
WHO DIED JUNE 14th 1899,
AGED 65 YEARS.