Summary
IN a recent edition of Bygones, at the end of a story about Henry "Harry" Vassall, a former master at Repton School and a pioneer of modern rugby union, you asked if readers had knowledge of other famous people buried in local graveyards.
While searching Uttoxeter New Road Cemetery for the graves of some of my ancestors, I came across a substantial monument containing the re-mainof an early Derby locomotive engineer, Matthew Kirtley.See the full content of this document
Extract
A Pioneer of Locomotives
He was buried with hi...
See the full content of this document
Sponsored links
