in what appears to be a family grave in Burngreave (plot H6 43) since 1869, there happens to be 3 non-family members from the Sheffield Union (Workhouse?) buried over 5 days in Feb 1895
I believe that Burngreave probably has the same rules re burials as does City Road. If not Christine will certainly set us straight.
City Road Cemetery. Clasification of grave types.
Purchased"
Normally all the burials in this type of grave were related to or at least known to, the grave owner as they had they had the say of who was buried there and as a result you are more likely to find a memorial on this type of grave.
"Common"
One purchased this type of grave for a specified number of burials (so husband and wife could be buried together for example) then after the agreed amount of burials had taken place the grave was then re-sold to other (usually unrelated) families until the graves capacity was reached. It is quite rare for this type of grave to have a memorial.
"Margin"
These were usually (but not always) reserved for stillborn and neo-natal deaths; as a result, the number of burials in this classification of grave can be quite staggering. These can be hard to locate as they run at 90 degrees to the standard plot lay-out and they rarely have any kind of memorial.
All three classifications can usually be found in all sections.