Spring has sprung at Undercliffe this morning with an appearance of English Bluebells. Ground volunteers flat out with cutting and strimming!

Welcome to our Uncovering Undercliffe event. Fancy a job as a gravedigger? Or perhaps you'd like to try your hand at the ancient craft of stonemasonry? Meet our incredible and entertaining special guests and learn all about the workings of our historic Cemetery into the bargain.

Great taking part in Undercliffe Cemetery (QAVS) tours today - glad I brought the brolly ☂️

Having a wander around Undercliffe Cemetery (QAVS) while Holly takes photos of Emma for her photography degree work University of Portsmouth Can’t help but read these inscriptions:

I wonder what Colonel Thomas Atchinson would think to us flying over Undercliffe Cemetery. Looking forward to presenting all the data to those that now care for the cemetery and those interred there.

A beautifully carved ornament adorning one of the memorials at Undercliffe, can you spot the ladybird? They seem to be everywhere at the moment.

Great to meet the team from Bradford Archaeology and Forensics at Undercliffe today. Surveying the whole cemetery by drones. The footage will be pieced together and the resultant films will be made available to the Cemetery to share. A tremendous effort. Watch this space!

Ladybirds making themselves at home at Undercliffe.

We’re off! Discover the highlights of Undercliffe Cemetery with our experienced tour guides. Revealing some fascinating facts and some of the most magnificent monuments in the cemetery. Tour includes some of the surprising discoveries by our team who are digitising the records.

Some photos (Sep 2001) from my Undercliffe Cemetery blog post that I posted on Sunday. You can see all the photos and read my story here: …esfromthebraziersgrotto.wordpress.com/2024/03/10/und….

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Delighted that our touring exhibition for Barnsley Museums ‘Resurrecting Ancient Egypt: A Monumental Yorkshire Journey’ has now arrived at the Holding Space Gallery in Saltaire, combining our research on #AncientEgyptYorks with images Undercliffe Cemetery (QAVS) etc. by @KytePhotography

Following an architects plan from the 1980s we are recreating a seating area close to where the old chapels were. The benches have been donated by Rawdon Crematorium, we will be refurb them soon. A new raised flower bed and planting area will provide colour and attract wildlife.

Some signs of early spring awakening from our trees at Undercliffe Cemetery. Wych Elm, Goat Willow and Alder.

At 10am on 6th March we will launch our weekly flora and fauna group. Our aim to improve the flora and fauna throughout the cemetery creating new planting areas, planting wildlife, bird, bee and butterfly friendly plants and shrubs. We will meet every Wednesday morning.

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All the team here at Undercliffe are excited at the prospect of Bradford as City of Culture in 2025 - If you are an artist, writer, musician or creative person or organisation interested in working with us on a site specific project, join us for an intro event. Details on poster.

We are delighted to have been invited to have a stand at the Blaise Festival at Bradford Industrial Museum this Sunday 4 February. Come and meet the team! A fabulous, informative and very enjoyable event. Hope to see you there😁

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Miserable Winter’s day but still plenty to catch your eye at Undercliffe Cemetery. Granite memorial to John Worsnop, artist/photographer (by Royal Appointment to Prince & Princess of Wales - awarded in 1882) looks superb whatever the weather and noticed a rare burial in New York!

Mortiferous Muse magazine, Issue IV. Not only edited by one of our amazing trustees Aoife Sutton-Butler👩🏻‍🦰☠️ but featuring a superb article about Victorian Bradford’s infant mortality by another trustee, John Jackson. Free to view or download. Well worth a read. pathologicalbodiesproject.home.blog/mortiferous-mu…