Exley Lane. Aka Elland-cum-Greetland Cemetery. Begun on 20th June 1860.
It was consecrated on the 30th November 1863 by the Bishop of Ripon on the first visit to Elland by a bishop since before 1688.
There is an Anglican Chapel and a Nonconformist Chapel.
The roof of the Anglican Chapel was badly damaged by gales [February 1949].
When the new Cross Hills Methodist Church, Greetland was built [2013], much of the Graveyuard was sold for housing. The remains were exhumed and reburied in a grave at Elland Cemetery
The following people, and/or members of their family, were buried and/or have memorials here:
See John Eastwood and St Mary the Virgin, Elland: Graveyard
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Malcolm Bull 2017 /
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