Our Leeds City Council Ranger arranged this event to observe moths and small mammals living in the cemetery. Two wood mice and a shrew were found in the cosy humane…
Moths and Small Mammals at Lawnswood Cemetery
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Ethel Preston on the BBC
Broadcast on BBC Radio Leeds 27th June 2024. Ann Lightman tells Story of Ethel Preston.
‘The Friend of Poor Children’: Dr William Hall 1834-1923
Born in Greenside, Wortley, William Hall was the son of a surgeon, Matthew Hall. Following the death of his father died in 1848, he was apprenticed to Dr Radcliffe of…
Remembrance Sunday 2023
Victor Hugo Watson 1878-1943
One Friday evening in 1935, at home in Horsforth, Victor Watson suggested to his son Norman that he should try out a new board game from the USA called Monopoly.…
Members Tea Party (July 2015)
March 2021 up-date for volunteers
To all our volunteers: March 2021 Hello to all our volunteers. I hope you are safe and well, and feeling more optimistic with the signs of lockdown lifting ahead. It…
Charles Barker Howdill 1863-1941
The first child ever cremated at Lawnswood was Dorothy Howdill who died of scarlet fever in 1905: she was the daughter of local architect and photographer Charles B. Howdill and…
Action Day December 2020
ACTION DAY DECEMBER 2020 The December Action Day took place on 5th December and was for existing volunteers only, to make sure we were able to control the numbers attending. It…
Action Day Volunteers Up-Date November 2020
Action Day Volunteers November up-date September saw the return of our volunteering activity at the cemetery and we were delighted to be back at work and able to see everyone…