Disused Mortuary Chapel at Agecroft Cemetery
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Disused Mortuary Chapel at Agecroft Cemetery
Image: © David Dixon Taken: 5 Feb 2016
Agecroft is the newest of the city's cemeteries. It was opened (as Salford Northern Cemetery) in June, 1903 to accommodate additional new grave space due to the full utilisation of Weaste Cemetery. Built in 1903 by Sharpe & Foster, the large, disused mortuary chapel with a clock tower lies near the main entrance to the cemetery. Closed and effectively abandoned in the 1980s, the chapel is listed as a heritage building at risk by the Victorian Society http://www.victoriansociety.org.uk/news/agecroft-cemetery-chapel-salford/ . Now derelict, it is hidden by the trees for most of the year when they are in leaf.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.510094
Longitude
-2.292941