University of Leeds records relating to the Leeds General Cemetery Company Ltd
Details
Type of record: Archive
Title: University of Leeds records relating to the Leeds General Cemetery Company Ltd
Classmark: MS 421/6
Date(s): 1917-1992
Size and medium: 100 folders, 2 card index boxes, 1 volume
Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/482812
Collection group(s): Leeds General Cemetery
Description
Papers produced or kept by the University of Leeds Busar's Office relating to the acquisition and later management of the Leeds General Cemetery. The records mainly cover the process of passing the University of Leeds Act 1965 which gave the University powers to landscape the Cemetery, and following this, correspondence with claimants to burial rights from 1964 onwards.
System of arrangement
This sub-collection has been split into two series and a separate file:
MS 421/6/1: Records relating to the acquisition and management of the Leeds General Cemetery Company
MS 421/6/2: Correspondence and papers relating to claimants of an interest in a burial plot at the Leeds General Cemetery
MS 421/6/3: Typescript list of persons buried at the Leeds General Cemetery in alphabetical order [previously MS 222].
Access and usage
Reproduction
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On our website
Collection guide: Administrative and Business Records
Guide to the administrative and business records in the Leeds General Cemetery Company Ltd Archive.