Friends of Wombwell Cemetery
Creating a cleaner, greener, safer place for the community
Heritage Open Days
Every year, the Friends participate in the Heritage Open Days event. This is a free history event which encourages sites to open and share information. Every year, the HODs team pick a theme to inspire research which we quite often go with to make our events interesting and explore areas of Wombwell we might not have before!
If you didn't manage to catch our events, we've uploaded some of the key information we shared from each year. They are mainly tailored for printing and cutting out for the displays, so they may not always be set out in the best way.
If you would like any of the information sending to you, let us know!
Past Events
A food themed events which delves into foody funeral traditions and even made headlines!
Exploring the names of streets and local transport, such as buses, trams, and trains.
Uncovering the genius minds of Wombwell
Detailing how Wombwell Cemetery came to be, with the theme of architecture
Architects, artists, dancers and dramatics, musicians, poets, photographers and more!
2026: TBC
Theme and event to be confirmed.
2021: CemeTreats & Funeral Feasts
Amongst history displays and a Victorian picnic display on the grass verge outside the chapel, we included a timeline of funerary foody traditions. Browse the gallery below, click to open larger image.
Event information and Title Page
Event information and Title Page
2022: Inventors Uncovered
This event was themed around inventors and their inventions. We uncovered some genius minds in Wombwell and shared information about the individuals we discovered, and their inventions. See below, click to expand.
2023: Creativity Unwrapped
What talent we discovered with this theme! Artists, musicians, poets, writers... the list goes on. We also shared a brief history of funerary art, and symbolism regularly found on headstones, carved by extremely talented stonemasons.
Creative People of Wombwell
A History of Funerary Art & Headstone Symbolism
2024: Making Connections
Where did our street names come from? We decided that transport and connection also linked to street names and who inspired them! We also looked into Wombwell's forgotten trams, and trains and buses.
What's in a Name: Street name connections
Buses, Trains and Trams. A brief look into the transport of Wombwell.
2025: How to Build a Cemetery
The theme was mainly focused on architecture for this one, so we decided to do a full step-by-step guide on how the cemetery was built, from start to finish. A lot of this information in particular was set out in a way to cut out and display, but we've tried to make it look a little better for viewing here in places.
