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City Road Cemetery Roman Catholic Chapel, 1899-1900.
By C & CM Hadfield.
Funded by Henry Fitzalan-Howard, 15th Duke of Norfolk.

From The Sheffield City Council

The Catholic Chapel
The chapel was donated to Sheffield City Council by the Duke of Norfolk (himself a Catholic) for the use at burial services. Many of the 'Little Sisters of the Poor', who nursed at the Shrewsbury Hospital (Almshouses) are buried here. The area in front of the chapel, known as the Priest Vaults, was not originally designated as land for burial. However, a special resolution was passed by the Burial Board, that enabled the Catholic Diocese to bury their Priests and Canons in a vault on the land. The chapel closed in 1980 due to lack of funds and use.

It is now in a state of severe disrepair and what is worse is that no-one is bothered about it, and have not been for the last 30 years