From March to November 1968 contractors removed the headstones and memorials, some of which were subsequently collected by Leeds City Museum, some retained and the rest covered with soil which was then grassed over and landscaped.

[3] Notable surviving monuments include those of circus proprietor Pablo Fanque (1796-1871), who was mentioned in the Beatles song "Being for the Benefit of Mr.

Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band and his wife Susannah Darby, and the 1892 Leeds Fire Brigade Memorial.

Other notable people who were buried in the cemetery include Leeds artist Atkinson Grimshaw (1836-1893), Victoria Cross holder Charles Hull (1890-1953), Ann Carr (1783-1841) who led the Female Revivalist Society,[4] and Wilson Armistead, abolitionist and founder of the Leeds Anti-Slavery Association.

[6] The cemetery lodge,[7] the Leeds Fire Brigade Memorial[8] and several groups of monuments[9][10][11] are also grade II listed.