Illingworth Mausoleum Sphinxes – Bradford, UK
Posted by: 
dtrebilc
N 53° 48.264 W 001° 44.207
30U E 583188 N 5962500
This two male sphinxes flank the entrance to a mausoleum in the first cemetery in Bradford run by a Burial Board rather than a church graveyard.
Waymark Code: WMGQ23
Location: Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 03/30/2013
Views: 3
The cemetery was opened in 1854 after the Burials Act of 1852 – 1857 allowed Burial Boards to be set up either as separate bodies or as part of the Borough Councils. This was in response to rapid expansion of the population in cities during the Industrial Revolution. Local church graveyards could no longer cope with the growth in the number of the burials.
The layout of the cemetery in many ways reflects society in Bradford at the time. It houses all levels of society including so called company graves that held multiple internments of paupers who could not afford their own plot. The graves were located on the edge of the cemetery. Moving out from the edge there are many graves with memorials of various sizes reflecting the wealth of the individual families.
Alfred Illingworth (1827-1907) was the founder of Wheley Mills, the largest spinning mill in Bradford. He was MP for Knaresborough from 1868 to 1874 and for Bradford from 1880 to 1895.
His mausoleum is a grey granite mausoleum in the style of an Egyptian mastaba, with lotus leaf columns, and sphinxes either side of the doorway.
The cemetery is open during daylight hours.
Style: Egyptian
Medium: Granite
Head Type: Man
Website: [Web Link]
Street Address:
Undercliffe Cemetery
127 Undercliffe Lane
Bradford, West Yorkshire United Kingdom
BD3 0QD
Statue Name: Not listed
Specify Other Head: Not listed
Head Namesake: Not listed
|
Visit Instructions:Post a picture of your GPS (time stamp), and maybe another of the statue.
Please update any changes in the status of the statue or it's surroundings.
Recent Visits/Logs:
| There are no logs for this waymark yet. |
|
|
|