The top of an ornate gravestone of grey stone. The top part is profusely decorated with carved flowers, foliage and fruit. The first name recorded is William Henry Denton, husband of Susannah.

#31DaysofGraves day 1 #flower #WardsendCem #Sheffield UK.
William Henry Denton was a file striker and a beerhouse keeper - working men often combined their work in the Sheffield trades with selling alcohol. This ornate grave is part of what I think of as 'Publicans' Row'. #SheffieldBurialGrounds

Part of a fallen memorial stone cross with a chrysanthemum and a pigeon carved in relief.

I photograph from a newspaper, in a circular frame, showing a smiling, elderly man with a bushy moustache and a Derby style hat tipped back on his head.

A memorial on a grave made from grey stone. There is an inscribed pedestal with three levels. A cross has fallen from the top of the pedestal and has been placed neatly within the kerb stones. There is a large empty stone vase.

#31DaysOfGraves day 1 #flower. As well as being a #Sheffield grinder and a publican, Jimmy Harrison was a renowned grower (and judge) of incurved varieties of chrysanthemums He also raced pigeons. #WalkleyCemetery #SheffieldBurialGrounds

A newspaper report of a hearing at Sheffield Magistrates' Court describing the allegations against George Raynes, tailor. He was said to have acquired money by false pretences from undertakers when claiming to be arranging a funeral for his wife. He then borrowed small sums from the undertakers but did not return.

1899-10-14 Sheffield & Rotherham Independent
Defrauding Undertakers.

Raynes was later sentenced at the Assizes to 5 months imprisonment with hard labour (image from British Newspaper Archive via FMP)

A habitual crminal.

#cemeteries
#Sheffield
#SheffieldBurialGrounds
#Undertakers

These may or may not be part of the grave I am looking for @wardsendcemetery.bsky.social The tree may or may not be responsible for its destruction (I know there are pieces of gravestone somewhere under my feet) #Sheffield #cemeteries #sheffieldburialgrounds (glove for scale)