After viewing a very interesting Video I became interested in finding this place, so - using Google Earth and a few pointers in the vid, I located it! I went down today for a closer look and was quite appalled by what I had to see; Forgotten is very much the word here as there must be generations still alive who are linked to the interred.
Known as Barton-upon-Irwell Roman Catholic Cemetery - It was opened in 1820 on land which Squire Thomas Trafford donated, it was also attached to the All Saints Mission in Trafford Park.
People were more religious and life spans were short back in those days, hence so many graveyards were built
Burials continued up until 1948, a total of 276 were laid to rest here. Some privately owned family ones and unmarked Pauper graves.
It's decline started when Peel Green Municipal Cemetery opened a Catholic section so it fell out of use.
Today there is a high wall circling it and it's still a mystery as to who owns and should be maintaining it.
It's a shame because I don't think our dead should be just forgotten like this. But it was still a fascinating walk round.
Known as Barton-upon-Irwell Roman Catholic Cemetery - It was opened in 1820 on land which Squire Thomas Trafford donated, it was also attached to the All Saints Mission in Trafford Park.
People were more religious and life spans were short back in those days, hence so many graveyards were built
Burials continued up until 1948, a total of 276 were laid to rest here. Some privately owned family ones and unmarked Pauper graves.
It's decline started when Peel Green Municipal Cemetery opened a Catholic section so it fell out of use.
Today there is a high wall circling it and it's still a mystery as to who owns and should be maintaining it.
It's a shame because I don't think our dead should be just forgotten like this. But it was still a fascinating walk round.