Podcast, 28 mins
Hidden Histories
Stories from Sheffield General Cemetery
Part of From the Archive, Off the Shelf
17 Sep 2020 13:00
An exploration of Sheffield General Cemetery, a Grade II listed site where 87,000 people are buried. Historian Laura Alston reveals some of these hidden histories including Chartist Mary Cooper, Kai Akosia from the Asante Empire and the Appleby family who died in the Great Sheffield Flood.
Credits
Research
- Laura Alston, Department of History
Curation
- Off the Shelf Festival of Words in association with Festival of the Mind 2020
