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Hyde Park Cemetery and The Sand House
Around a mile away, Hyde Park cemetery was built overlooking Doncaster Carr in January 1856. It is the final resting place of over 56,000 people including:
Sir Patrick Stirling, Locomotive Engineer at the Plant Works. It is said that he chose his grave location on higher ground because he could keep an eye on his employees from there.
William Henry Pickering, Chief Inspector of Mines for Yorkshire and North Midlands. He was killed leading the second rescue party to free trapped miners caught in an explosion at Cadeby Colliery, 9 July 1912.
The first burial took place on the 29 December 1855 of Mary Ellis, aged 74.
Near to Hyde Park, the St James Street area sits on the site of one of Doncaster’s most noted landmarks - The Sand House, created by William and Henry Senior
The house was carved out of a sandstone seam. The walls were nine feet thick and had four rooms, later ten, including a ballroom and a stable. Dances were held there, with the guests being able to visit the sunken garden and sandstone tunnels.
Henry Senior commissioned sand carvings in these tunnels, the most famous one being The Elephant and Mahout.
After Henry’s death, the house was bought by Doncaster Corporation and was used as a base for refuse collections. By the 1930s it was no longer needed and filled in.
Question
What type of birds can you see on the lake?
Answer:
Coots, Ducks, Swans, Grebes, Gulls, Moorhens