All Saints Church Newton Heath. Any photos of the graveyard -Orford Rd?

[tillyann]

Hi Everyone,
I'm wondering if anyone has any old photos of what the All Saints Graveyard (Orford Rd) looked like prior to the headstone removal.
If anyone does would you please share with me what it was like as I have several ancestors buried in there.
Many thanks for any help,
TillyAnn

[bbart]

Hi Tillyann,

If you go to the site https://www.allsaintsnh-pri.manchester.sch.uk/church-history
and scroll down about 2/3 of the way, you will see:

All Saints Graveyards

In the 1850s, the graveyard next to the church (now the school’s KS2 playground) was full and a new graveyard was started in Orford Road which would be used for around 100 years.

In the 1960s, the bodies were reinterred in Philips Park Cemetery and became Orford Road Community Park. The pictures below show the All Saints Orford Road Cemetery before it was removed.

Immediately under this is a slideshow of the cemetery..... quite depressing to watch;  it would appear it had no maintenance for many years.

As it states the bodies were removed to Philips Park, maybe you can find your relatives at Findagrave:
https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/638759/philips-park-cemetery  or contact them to see if the burial records were sent to them.

[tillyann]

Hi Bbart,
Thank you so much for providing this information for me.
I am grateful for the historical context it gives me as well as showing how dilapidated the graveyard was.
Much appreciated,
TillyAnn