Gildersome cemetery - John Holliday's memorial
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The photograph on this page of Gildersome cemetery - John Holliday's memorial by Stephen Craven as part of the Geograph project.
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Image: © Stephen Craven Taken: 21 Mar 2021
This was originally the churchyard of St Peter's church, from c.1796. This memorial is to "John Holliday, Colliery owner of Gildersome" who died in 1862, aged 50. A genealogical site explains that "Messrs John Holliday Bros...were at one time the largest colliery proprietors. They sunk the Quarry pit in Street Lane (now called the Old Pit) in 1844 and Gildersome colliery near the Railway Station (GNR) in 1855."
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