Joseph Rowntree's Funeral

After Joseph Rowntree died on Tuesday 24th February 1925, his passing was marked by five memorial and funerary events across the weekend of 28th February to 1st March 1925.  These took place at Rowntree’s Cocoa Works factory, Friargate Friends Meeting House, the Quaker burial ground at the Retreat and New Earswick Folk Hall.  Across the weekend, thousands of people attended, over 50 organisations were represented, and the streets of York were lined with people paying their respects.  The scale of the funeral shows how influential and well-regarded he was in York, and nationally his importance was demonstrated by coverage in the Daily Mirror.