Whilst carrying out some recent research, my curiosity was aroused in connection with this church.
Looking at the Sheffield Church Yard Burials Alphabetic Index CD, there are an awful lot of burials relating to St James.
The church was demolished after the 1940 Blitz damage.
There are photos on the Picture Sheffield site of both the church and the graveyard which doesn't look all that large. You can relate the position of the graveyard to present day Sheffield. After the burial services in this church, were some of the deceased buried in the Cathedral church yard ?

Googling St James shows nothing of use.

Where were the interments in there moved to ?

Hi Roger,

Quoting from the booklet "The Small Guide to the Parishes of Sheffield" by S&DFHS.


Burials 1813-1855.
For earlier years see the Cathedral Records.

Remains were removed to Wardsend Cemetery where there is a small marker.

Elaine in Ottawa.

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Hi Elaine and thanks !

A significant number of the burials at St James' were in vaults in the crypt. I recently found an article from 1924 describing these vaults in some detail. The article says this was the only church in Sheffield which had a crypt.

Hugh

Hi Hugh and thanks for the follow up on my thread !