A MAN tends a grave in Utley Cemetery a century or more ago, in front of a chapel since demolished.
Utley Cemetery was consecrated in 1857 by the Lord Bishop of Ripon, the Keighley parish churchyard being no longer adequate for a growing population.
In those days Keighley had no public parks, so people took pleasure in “walking round the cemetery” – which remains indeed one of the town’s under-appreciated gems, virtually both a sculpture park and an arboretum.
The prominent structure towards the right background is the mausoleum of the Butterfield family of Cliffe Castle, while the white obelisk at the far right commemorates worsted spinner and manufacturer James Lund, of Malsis Hall.
The photograph, from a postcard produced by local newsagent AH Tatham, has been supplied by Mr Kevin Seaton, of Shann Lane, Keighley.
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