Leeds Burial Ground blue plaque

This blue commemorative plaque records: Leeds Burial Ground. Huge population growth led Leeds Town Council to pioneer the English municipal cemetery here at Beckett Street. Anglicans and Dissenters had their own chapels and halves of the cemetery. The 27,000 graves, including many 'guinea graves,' contain 180,000 interments. Opened 1845. Recorded plaque organisation: Leeds Civic Trust.

Leeds Burial Ground was a pioneering municipal cemetery established in 1845 to address the burial crisis caused by Leeds's rapid population growth, featuring separate sections for Anglicans and Dissenters and accommodating over 180,000 interments.