St Mary's Roman Catholic Cemetery, Wardley Explained

St Mary's Roman Catholic Cemetery
Native Name:Wardley Cemetery
Map Type:Greater Manchester
Established:1935
Closed:-->
Location:Salford, Greater Manchester
Country:England
Coordinates:53.515°N -2.364°W
Owner:Roman Catholic Diocese of Salford
Findagraveid:2428190

St Mary's Roman Catholic Cemetery or Wardley Cemetery is a cemetery in Wardley, a suburban area of the City of Salford, in Greater Manchester, England. It is close to Swinton, Worsley, and Walkden. It is one of two large cemeteries in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Salford.[1] [2]

Wardley Hall, a grade II listed medieval manor house next to the cemetery, is the official residence of the Roman Catholic bishop of Salford.[3] The cemetery is locally listed as a heritage asset by Salford City Council and the Greater Manchester Local Heritage List.[4] [5]

History

The land for the cemetery was purchased by the Catholic church in 1930. The previous owner, Captain Thomas Nuttall, was eager to sell after plans were drawn up for the construction of the large new East Lancashire Road through his estate. The purchase was agreed with Bishop Thomas Henshaw for £7,500, and Wardley Hall and its surrounding land were gifted with the sale.[6] Burials began in 1935.[7]

Facilities and services

The cemetery has a chapel for conducting services, which dates from 1932.[8] An annual mass is held at the cemetery on the August Bank Holiday.[9] A nearby building outside the gates contains the cemetery office, house and visitor toilets. At the centre of the site is a large circular fountain structure, which is closed .

Transport

The A580 "East Lancashire Road" runs along the south end of the cemetery.[10] The M60 motorway and A6 road also pass nearby. Moorside railway station is approximately one mile away on foot.

Notable interments

Second World War graves

The cemetery contains the graves of 15 identified service personnel who died during the Second World War.[15]

Five of the 14 nurses killed in an air raid on Salford Royal Hospital during the Manchester Blitz, four of whom were Irish, were buried together on the cemetery.[16] [17]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: SALFORD ROMAN CATHOLIC DIOCESAN TRUSTEES REGISTERED CHARITY NO: 250037 . register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk . The Charity Commission . 19 June 2024.
  2. Web site: Lupton . Gerard . Greater Manchester's Roman Catholic Cemeteries . Alberti, Lupton & Co., Ltd . 19 June 2024 . 30 September 2021 . 6 February 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230206231831/https://www.albertilupton.com/7339-2/ . live .
  3. Web site: Wardley Hall . Roman Catholic Diocese of Salford . 19 June 2024 . en . 19 June 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240619223848/https://dioceseofsalford.org.uk/diocese/visiting-us/wardley-hall/ . live .
  4. Web site: Interactive maps (IHM Local List) . map.salford.gov.uk . . 28 June 2024 . en . 28 June 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240628215620/https://map.salford.gov.uk/?lyrs=IHM_LOCALLIST#16/53.5137/-2.3660 . live .
  5. Web site: St Mary's Roman Catholic Cemetery . Greater Manchester Local Heritage List . 28 June 2024 . 28 June 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240628215620/https://local-heritage-list.org.uk/greater-manchester/asset/7047 . live .
  6. Web site: Plumb . Brian . A Biographical Dictionary of the Catholic Bishops of England and Wales (Deceased) 1623–2000 . North West Catholic History Society . 28 June 2024 . 2006 . 30 March 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240330193853/http://nwcatholichistory.org.uk/assets/Uploads/A-ZBishops-23Oct2006.pdf . live .
  7. Book: Edge . Geoff . BURIAL GROUNDS OF MANCHESTER & SALFORD . . 2014.
  8. Web site: Additional sites proposed for inclusion on Salford's revised Local List of Heritage Assets following public consultation – pro-formas . . 28 June 2024.
  9. News: Bank Holiday Mass at St Mary's Cemetery, Wardley . 26 June 2024 . St Joseph's Church, Reddish – Newsletter . Feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary . 14 August 2022.
  10. Web site: GMA30 – 4 Port Salford Heritage Assessment all sites . . 28 June 2024 . February 2019 . 28 August 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240828092515/http://www.greatermanchester-ca.gov.uk/GMCAFiles/PFE/Supporting%20documents/10.07%20Site%20Allocations%20-%20Salford/JPA29%20Port%20Salford%20Extension/10.07.53%20-%20JPA29%20-%20Port%20Salford%20Heritage%20Assessment%20all%20sites.pdf . live .
  11. Web site: Bishop Geoffrey Ignatius Burke [Catholic-Hierarchy] ]. catholic-hierarchy.org . 26 June 2024 . 26 June 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240626223114/https://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bburkeg.html . live .
  12. Web site: The Grave Of Joe Gladwin – St.Marys cemetery Wardley . YouTube . Tales Beyond The Grave . 1 July 2024 . 7 January 2024 . 11:41 . This is the grave of Joe Gladwin, Salford born, famous for his role as Stan in Nearest and Dearest, as Fred Jackson in Coronation Street, and finally remembered as Wally Batty in Last of the Summer Wine..
  13. Book: Debrett, J. . Debrett's Peerage, Baronetage, Knightage, and Companionage . Kelly's Directories . 1973 . 7 November 2024 . 1675. Sir GEOFFREY ALAN HULTON, 4th Baronet; born Jan. 21st, 1920.
  14. Web site: Shute . Joe . Who will save the historical treasures that inspired Downton Abbey? . The Telegraph . 1 November 2014 . 7 November 2024.
  15. Wardley (St. Mary's) Roman Catholic Cemetery Cemetery Details . CWGC . 19 June 2024 . en .
  16. Web site: Clare in WW2 / The Emergency Individual Profiles . clarelibrary.ie . 19 June 2024.
  17. Web site: Graffin . Seán . Biographical Dictionary of Nurses from Ireland in Service on the Home Front and on Allied Battle Fronts during the Second World War, 1939–1945 . . 19 June 2024 . 25 May 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240525150048/https://www.nidirect.gov.uk/system/files/secure_attachment/Final%20version%20-%20Irish%20Nurses%20During%20Second%20World%20War%20-%20PRONI%20website%20resource%20RCN%20NI.PDF . live .

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