St. Paul's Churchyard
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St. Paul's Churchyard

Halifax, Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale, West Yorkshire, England

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    Halifax, Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale, West Yorkshire HX1 3JP England
    Coordinates: 53.71481, -1.88272
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A church dedicated to St Paul was built on this site in 1847. With rapid industrialization, the area population grew to the point that a larger church building was needed to replace the original 1847 building. The new parish church opened in 1912 a short distance away on Queen Road. The old church was left standing in the graveyard but most of the building was demolished after a fire in 1930. The spire was left in the churchyard and the additional room created by the building demolition meant more room for burials. The last burial in the churchyard took place in about 1969. Shortly thereafter, the monuments were cleared away and the churchyard was turned into a public green space. A few monuments were used as paving stones or placed around the perimeter of the churchyard. There were 1,737 graves in the the churchyard at the time it was turned into a rest garden.

Eight burials of servicemen from the First World War and Second World War are remembered on a special plaque in the churchyard. Their individual graves are not marked.

A church dedicated to St Paul was built on this site in 1847. With rapid industrialization, the area population grew to the point that a larger church building was needed to replace the original 1847 building. The new parish church opened in 1912 a short distance away on Queen Road. The old church was left standing in the graveyard but most of the building was demolished after a fire in 1930. The spire was left in the churchyard and the additional room created by the building demolition meant more room for burials. The last burial in the churchyard took place in about 1969. Shortly thereafter, the monuments were cleared away and the churchyard was turned into a public green space. A few monuments were used as paving stones or placed around the perimeter of the churchyard. There were 1,737 graves in the the churchyard at the time it was turned into a rest garden.

Eight burials of servicemen from the First World War and Second World War are remembered on a special plaque in the churchyard. Their individual graves are not marked.

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  • Added: 13 Jan 2016
  • Find a Grave Cemetery ID: 2600632