St John's, Haverton Hill, Cleveland

Another interesting find. Haverton Hill, near Middlesbrough once had a 19th century church in its own grounds, with a lychgate and cemetery. The church was demolished in the 1970's (?) but the cemetery and the lychgate, minus gates, still remain. We found out that the church was declared redundant on the 22nd October 1975. (www.cofe.anglican.org)

When you go under the lychgate (or Corpse entrance) you can walk the path upto the point where the church door once stood. All that remains of the building are some low level corner stones to the East of the path.
The graves have suffered from subsidence and there are a number of unmarked plots. Right behind the grounds is the current recycling/community tip for the area.

A rather remote place for memorials but a nice reminder of a lost community.