In a message dated 20/01/2007 08:27:18 GMT Standard Time, Stanmapstone@aol.com writes: What is the name of the church and cemetery on Burdon Lane in Ryhope that goes out to the southwest. The cemetery is on the south or east side of the road. _____________________________________________________ It is St Matthew's Churchyard _________________________________________________________ Sorry my mistake, (I cut and pasted the wrong bit) it is certainly not St. Matthew's, there is/was a church at the junction of Burdon Lane and Smith Street, I think it was the St. Patrick's Roman Catholic Church, built 1897. Regards Stan Mapstone