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Coal Hill Lane graveyard

Posted: Wed 24 Aug, 2016 12:02 am
by Pidge
Hi all,

Driving past Coal Hill Lane I noticed some large gravestones in what seems to be an overgrown graveyard. Does anyone have any info on the past of this site and if there are plans for the future.

Also, is the field behind this that runs behind the houses of Coal Hill Lane what is known as the cowie? If so, who owns this?

It's such an imposing wall I'm sure there's some secrets behind it!

Re: Coal Hill Lane graveyard

Posted: Wed 24 Aug, 2016 8:48 am
by LS1
Was this the graveyard to the Rehoboth Chapel on Bagley Lane? http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/4835986

Re: Coal Hill Lane graveyard

Posted: Wed 24 Aug, 2016 9:17 am
by hyperion3
Farsley Baptist Cemetery. http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/346171

Re: Coal Hill Lane graveyard

Posted: Wed 24 Aug, 2016 1:34 pm
by Pidge
hyperion3 wrote:Farsley Baptist Cemetery. http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/346171
Aye that's the one. Why has it fallen into such disrepair? Seems a shame.

Re: Coal Hill Lane graveyard

Posted: Wed 24 Aug, 2016 4:00 pm
by buffaloskinner
Here is a list of other closed graveyards in Leeds

CLOSED CHURCHYARDS & ADDRESSES

Hall Tower (All Saints) Main Street, Barwick in Elmet, Leeds, LS15 4JF
Holy Trinity Church Street, Rothwell, Leeds, LS26 0QL
St James St James Approach, Seacroft, Leeds, LS14 6JJ
St Marys Church Lane, Garforth, Leeds, LS25 1NR
St Marys Church Lane, Kippax, Leeds, LS25 7HF
St Hildas Cross Green Lane, Cross Green, Leeds, LS9 0DG
St Saviors 26 Ellerby Road, Cross Green, Leeds, LS9 8LD
St Marks St Marks Road, Woodhouse, Leeds, LS2
St Michaels St Michaels Road, Headingley, Leeds, LS6 3AW
St Matthews Wood Lane, Chapel Allerton, Leeds, LS7 3QF
St Matthews St Matthews Street, Holbeck, Leeds, LS11 5QG
St Johns (Town Centre) 23 New Briggate, Leeds, LS2 8JD
St Johns New Street, Farsley, Leeds, LS28 5DN
St Johns Barcroft Grove, Yeadon, Leeds, LS19 7XZ
St Stephens Morris Lane, Kirkstall, Leeds, LS5 3JD
St Lawrence 8 Church Lane, Pudsey, Leeds, LS28 7BD
St Bartholomews Wesley Road, Armley, Leeds, LS12 1SR
St Oswalds The Green, Guiseley, Leeds, LS20 9BB
St Margarets Hall Park Avenue, Horsforth, Leeds, LS18 5LY
St Peters 8 Hough Lane, Bramley, Leeds, LS13 3JF
Chapel Hill (Burial Grd) Chapel Hill, Morley, Leeds, LS27
Zion Baptist Church Wesley St. Behind Shopping Precinct, Morley, Leeds, LS27
Sunfield (Burial Grd) Sunfield, Stanningley Bottom, Farsley, Leeds
Leeds Parish (Minster) Church 2-6 KIrkgate, Leeds, LS2 7DJ
Otley Parish Church Kirkgate, Otley, Leeds, LS21 3HW
Yeadon Burial Ground Town Street, Yeadon, Leeds, LS19

Re: Coal Hill Lane graveyard

Posted: Wed 24 Aug, 2016 9:52 pm
by harrym1byt
St Marys Church Lane, Garforth, Leeds, LS25 1NR

Only the section at the front is no longer open, but it has been extended massively towards the rear of the church and is very much in current use..