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Parish Records Collection

  1. Parish Registers
  2. National Burial Index
  3. City of London Burials
  4. Other Burials
  5. Marriages
  6. Baptisms

Parish registers

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Parish registers – an introduction

Parish records are by far the most important source for family historians before 1837. Else Churchill of the Society of Genealogists explains how to get the best from them...

After working through the civil records of birth, marriage and death and looking at the Victorian censuses, the next step is to use church records. By this we mean the parish registers of the established church recording baptisms, marriages and burials.

These records survive for most parishes and form the basis of family research back (if you are lucky) to the 16th century in England and Wales and to the 17th century in Scotland.

Most of the original copies of registers for nearly 12,000 parishes in the United Kingdom have been deposited in record offices. Since its foundation in 1911 the Society of Genealogists has been collecting copies or transcripts of these records and there are many indexes or finding aids that can be used to help find the information you want within them.

It’s useful to have some idea of the historical context that affects how registers were used. It would be nice to say that all parish registers date back to 1538 when they were introduced in England and Wales, but in fact only about 800 survive from then.

A further enactment decreed that the registers, originally written on loose sheets of paper should be copied up into parchment books but many vicars only recorded the registers from the beginning of the reign of Elizabeth I in 1559. From 1598 copies of the registers were to be sent each year to the Bishop. These copies, usually known as bishops’ transcripts (BTs) or sometimes register bills were stored in the Bishop’s registry. 

Civil wars can of course be disastrous for the keeping of records and there are often gaps in the registers in the period leading up to and shortly after the Civil War and the Interregnum (especially from about 1645-1660).

Information in earlier registers can differ with some recording baptisms, marriages and burials together on the page, some keeping them separate. Some can be more informative than others, depending almost at whim on what the vicar chose to note down. In 1753 Hardwick's Marriage Act for the "preventing of Clandestine Marriages" sought to prevent abuses of the marriage system and to regularise the recording of legal marriages.

It introduced the keeping of a separate marriage registers and ensured that marriages occurred only in an authorised Anglican church or chapel, after the calling of banns or the issuing of a licence permitting marriage. Banns were to be recorded either in the register or a separate book, so separate marriage registers begin on 25 March 1754.

As Quakers and Jews were found to be very particular in recording marriages, they were exempt from the act but Catholics and Protestant nonconformists were no longer permitted to marry in their own churches or chapels. Rose's Act of 1812 “for the better regulating and preserving of parish and other registers of births, baptisms, marriages and burials” established that separate registers should be provided to record baptisms and burials and prescribed the minimum information that should be recorded for the event.

As a consequence, all registers will start again from 1813, usually on pre-printed and numbered forms so as to avoid the possibility of fraudulent alterations. At certain times stamp duties and taxes were levied on entries in registers that undoubtedly caused people to avoid the costs of these important ceremonies. This means that you might not find an entry you are seeking especially during the period 1694-1706 or 1784-94. So, how do you start?

Identify the parish

Generally researchers turn to parish registers to look for a baptism, marriage or burial in a particular place having gained a clue to the parish concerned from other sources such as the census. The first thing to establish is whether or not that place was a parish in its own right or was in fact a township or hamlet in another parish.

As the population of the country increased rapidly at the beginning of the 19th century, many new ecclesiastical parishes were created from older ancient parishes. A good contemporary gazetteer should help. The Phillimore Atlas and Index of Parish Registers (Cecil Humphery-Smith, Phillimore, 2003) includes maps and lists all of the ancient parishes within English and Welsh counties together with similar information for Scotland.

It will give brief notes on the coverage of the registers and says where the original records are held. The Society of Genealogists produces a series of more informative guides to registers known as the National Index of Parish Registers, arranged county by county. All record offices produce guides to the registers they hold and nearly all have useful websites that include this information.

Printed registers

Before you dive straight into trying to decipher the handwriting in old registers, it is worth checking whether anyone has transcribed the registers.

It is usually easier to read a transcript than an early original, especially when the baptisms, marriages and burials may be recorded together, or baptisms were at the front of the register and burials recorded upside down at the back.

A list of all the Society’s copies can be found on its website and small booklets listing the various county sources in the library can be purchased.

Usually parish registers have been microfilmed or microfiched to preserve the originals and it is rare today to handle the old documents.

Whether you are looking at microform copies or printed transcripts it is important to keep careful notes of what years you have searched and note all relevant entries.

It might be difficult to remember much later whether you confined your search to one individual or whether you abstracted all entries of a given surname for a certain period. Make notes of what you searched for.

Marriages

Marriage Parish Register Photo


As marriage records were often important documents for the couple it is suggested that when a marriage is recorded the information is usually quite accurate. That doesn't mean that all couples married according the rules of the church or at the appropriate time or place.

As we have seen above, Hardwick's Act was introduced to tighten up abuses that had been happening. It is always worth checking how the marriage took place, as extra information might be useful.

The banns book might record where either party were living if not of that parish. You will often see the abbreviation "otp" meaning of this parish noted in registers.

If the marriage was by licence, the allegation (a sworn statement by the couple alleging there be no impediment to the marriage) might give indication of age or parents if one of the parties was a minor (under 21).

Remember that until 1929 boys could marry at the age of 14 and girls at 12, provided permission was received from the parents.

Parents are seldom recorded in marriage registers but after 1754 witnesses must be noted and they may be family members and hence useful clues. Usually the marital status and place of residence of the bride and groom will only be noted after 1812. 

Burials

Death Parish Register Photo


Always remember to kill off your ancestor!

You haven't proved a relationship until you are sure that your candidate didn't die in childhood thus making it impossible for him to father children later on. In earlier registers often only the name of the person buried is entered which can make it difficult to identify a specific individual.

In very early registers the only indication that it is a child who was buried rather than an adult might be a reference to ‘chrisom’ child, an infant who has died shortly after baptism.

It's only after 1812 that all registers noted the name, age and abode, so making the registers much more useful to genealogists. In 1801 it was noted that, while very good, burial registers could be deficient because of the following causes:

  • Many Nonconformist congregations built their own burial grounds after the Toleration Act of 1689, as did Jews and Catholics in London
  • Some persons interred their dead without ceremony, perhaps to avoid fees or taxes
  • Children who died before they were christened may not have been buried
  • Ministers may have been negligent.

Baptisms

Baptism Parish Register Photo


Remember the baptism entry is not the same as the birthday and the first term should not be used when you mean the latter.

Usually the baptism occurs quite soon after the birth: a matter of days or weeks depending on the period involved and custom of the area.

If a child is sickly it may be baptised privately at home, possibly by the midwife who was licensed to christen the child if needed. After its recovery the infant might be received into the church and this may be what is noted in the registers.

Occasionally families avoided the church, perhaps from conviction or a wish to avoid paying money but there might come a time that the church catches up with them, perhaps when the eldest daughter comes to marry.

That can be an instance when you might find indication of adult baptisms or a group of children being baptised together at a much later age than usual.

Although Nonconformists had to marry according to the rights of the established church from 1754, they certainly did not have to get their children baptised and you might well have to look much further a field.

Parish records - indexes and aids

Don't panic if you are faced with a large register with many entries to plough through or don't have any idea when someone might have been baptised or married.

One of the delights of family history is that so many people have collaborated to make records easier to use, and this is largely by creating name indexes to a large number of registers.

The biggest database of entries from registers is of course the International Genealogical Index or IGI.

Remember - as good historians you must check the entry in the original record whenever you find a useful entry in the index. The index is probably abbreviated in some way and will probably not include all that can be found in the register. You might miss vital clues if you only use the indexes, but using them will of course save you valuable time.

Boyd's marriage index (England) 1538 - c1837 at Society of Genealogists and online. This is an index to English marriages taken from parish marriage registers, marriage licences and Bishop´s Transcripts.

The Pallot marriage index for London and some other counties 1780 -1837, to be found at the Institute of Heraldic & Genealogical Studies or online.

County Marriage indexes are listed in Marriage and Census Indexes for Family Historians, Jeremy Gibson and Elizabeth Hamson, Federation of Family History Societies, 2000

The National Burial Index is a finding aid to baptisms and marriages containing information from parish, non-conformist and cemetery burial registers. The entries come from different types of sources, for example, parish registers, bishop's transcripts, earlier transcripts or printed registers.

Scottish Old Parochial Registers indexes for births (or baptisms), marriages (or banns), deaths and burials from 1553 - 1854. 

Clandestine marriages

Marriages that took place clandestinely or irregularly, flouting church rules, are more difficult to track down.

Some parishes such as St James Dukes Place and Holy Trinity Minories in London or Dale Abbey in Derbyshire were notorious as irregular marrying places, either because the vicar behaved incorrectly, permitting marriages without banns or licence for example, or the area was exempt from ecclesiastical law.

The area around the Fleet Prison was infamous for disreputable parsons, often prisoners themselves, performing marriages of sorts. Some of these priests kept rough memoranda or notes on the ceremonies they performed and some 350,000 couples are recorded into the Fleet Registers now held in series RG7 (on film at the Family Record Centre).

Between 1653 and 1660 an attempt was made by Parliament to allow magistrates to perform marriages as a local 'register' or registrar. These marriages may only be recorded in the parish register much later after the restoration of the monarchy when this unpopular measure was withdrawn.  

Parish registers – vicars’ notes.

Parish Register Vicar Notes
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The notes occasionally made by vicars can be quite illuminating

Here's a page from St Weonards Baptismal Registers for 1826, demonstrating how illegitimate children are typically noted. Sometimes the vicar makes comments about the morality of families.
In the case of the entry for Elizabeth daughter of Susan Smith, evidence of such abuse would be shocking to our modern eyes but this is one of the rare occasions when we can guess what the village gossips would be talking about.
This entry was happened across accidentally as I was looking for one of my ancestors born in the same parish. [Entry reads: ‘Elizabeth daughter of Susan Smith, illegitimate. The father supposed to be either her own brother or (more probably) the wanton preacher who was lodging in the family!!! A wolf in sheep's clothing!!!!’]

Dates in registers

Julian and Gregorian calendars

Note that the church's year hasn't always started in January. In 1752 the use of the old style calendar known as the Julian Calendar was abandoned in favour of the new style Gregorian Calendar.
Under the old style dating system the year began on 25 March and continued through to the 24 March following.
However much of the rest of Europe had changed to the new style and often the dates noted in registers between 31 December and 24 March would be recorded in what was known as double dating using both the old and new style, for example 16 January 1746/7 or perhaps 16 January 1746 "OS" (old style) and 1747 ‘NS’ (new style).
If you see a date in an index, for example in the IGI, between 1 January and 24 March and before 1752 you must make sure that the double dating problem has been taken into account. If you can't find the entry in the original entry in the year you are expecting, look a year either side.

Data and dates at the Society of Genealogists

The Society of Genealogists has been collecting copies and transcripts of records. Here’s a guide to what you’ll find

1538 Loose papers
1558 Books copied up from Elizabeth I
1598 Bishops Transcripts
1645 - 1660 Civil War/ Commonwealth gap
1694-1706 Tax on registration
1753 Hardwick's Marriage Act (separate registers from 1754)
1812 Rose’s Act (dedicated christening and burial registers)

Locating registers

Most older registers have been deposited in a record office

English parish registers are held in local County or Metropolitan Record Offices 
Welsh registers are at the National Library of Wales or Welsh County Record Offices
Scottish registers before 1855 are held at General Register Office for Scotland.

Frank opinions

Frank's Opinions
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This is the first page of the baptism registers for Spilsby in Lincolnshire in 1813. The new printed forms gave a space for the vicar to record the occupation of the father and mother.

In this case the Reverend Trollope is more than frank in his opinions on Liddy Day and Mary Wynne writing that her occupation was "Whore".

Presumably he caught up with Liddy and insisted it was about time she get both her children baptised. Because the date of this register is so removed from our generation the entries are both interesting and amusing (though of course it would not have been so funny at the time!)

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2. National Burial Index

Putting parish burial registers online

The project of creating the National Burial Index began in 1994 and was first published in 2001 and contained 5.4 million records. The burial records, derived from parish registers, bishops' transcripts, earlier transcripts or printed registers by local family history society volunteers have continued to grow, so much so that a second edition, containing 13 million records, was published in 2004.

Pre-1837 records

The majority of the records cover the period from 1813 - 1850 but the index does extend significantly in both directions from these dates. 

Find parish burial records

The National Burial Index (NBI) for England and Wales assists family historians in finding burial records and, in doing so, complements the International Genealogical Index (IGI) which is mainly a finding aid to baptisms and marriages. The NBI is becoming a national archive, giving worldwide access to sources held by those local repositories and family history societies and groups participating in the project.
Read more about the Federation of Family History Societies’ National Burial Index project here
See a list of contributing Family History Societies:

Burial registers, memorial transcriptions and grave images

The first phase of the project is to put the NBI online at findmypast. This will then be supplemented with full burial register transcriptions, memorial inscriptions and even images of the graves where these are available from member societies.

Church of England, Catholic and Non-Conformist burial records

There are traditionally three types of Christian in England:

Church of England

The majority of burials recorded in the National Burial Index are for members of The Church of England, the Established Church in the UK.

The Church of England, or Anglican Church, grew out of the Protestant Reformation and as such does not recognise Papal Authority.

The highest authority in the Church of England is the British Monarch, to whom an oath of allegiance is sworn by all Anglican clergy.

A Church of England parish usually consists of one church and a single community of worshippers, although sizes can vary depending upon the density of a local population. As can be seen from the City of London Burial Indexes, the ‘Square Mile’ of London alone was home to 98 churches at one time.

Some larger parishes had outlying chapels attached to a mother church, in order to allow more remote or affluent parishioners the ability to worship away from the community. These chapels would not have registered births, marriages or deaths however; this responsibility would have remained with the mother church.

Each parish kept its own burial register, a copy of which was then in turn sent to the headquarters of the relevant Diocese. A Diocese refers to all of the parishes which fall under the jurisdiction of any one diocesan Bishop.

This copy, The Bishops’ Transcript, was not always complete or forthcoming, and in many cases may be less full than the parish register. Illegitimate children and comments on parishioners were usually excluded from the Bishops’ Transcript. The originals remained with their respective parishes until recently; many have now been deposited with County Record Offices.

Roman Catholic

Organised along a similar line to the Anglican Church, with regard to hierarchy, a Catholic parish church refers to one building, serving one spiritual community. Unlike the Protestant Church, however, the highest authority for British Catholics is the Pope, and not the British Monarch.

The Catholic Church in Britain was the subject of persecution following Henry VIII’s move to separate worship from Rome. In the three hundred years following this, Catholicism in Britain was suppressed and outlawed, to the point of near-extinction.

Following the Napoleonic War, Britain’s relationship with Catholic countries, and the faith itself, improved. Prior to this, under the terms of the Test and Corporation Acts, Catholics and Non-Conformists were subject to religious testing in order to serve in public office – anyone professing beliefs other than that of the Established Church was banned from office. The 1829 Catholic Emancipation Act restored Catholics to full public life.

As a result of the prolonged repression of Catholicism, many areas would not have a Roman Catholic Church. In rural areas, Catholicism was mainly the preserve of the landed gentry, who tended to have their own private chapels.

Non-Conformist

Non-Conformists are Protestant Christians who worship outside of the Established Church of England, due to differing views on hierarchy and religious freedom.

These were the Dissenters – break-away sects who thought that the Church of England was not observant or devout enough and/or only catered for the propertied classes.

Non-Conformist groups included:

  • Baptists
  • Congregationalists
  • Methodists
  • Presbyterians
  • Puritans
  • Quakers (Society of Friends)
  • Unitarians

Quakers and Jews were allowed to keep their own birth, marriage and death registers, due in part to the differences in their ceremonies to that of the Established Church, and also their aptitude for keeping records. None of the other denominations of Non-Conformists were exempted, for this reason many of them married in Church of England ceremonies following the 1754 Hardwicke Act.

These Christians felt that the Reformation and subsequent establishment of the Church of England didn’t go far enough, and were hostile towards the involvement of the monarchy in the Church. Oliver Cromwell’s rule was based on puritanical, dissenting values.

They worshipped in (usually plain-looking) chapels or, in the case, of Quakers, in Meeting Houses.

In many localities, for a long time the Anglican churchyard was the only available place of burial, so Non-Conformists tended to be buried there and to appear in the parish burial registers even though they were not members of the Church of England.

Non-denominational and Atheist burials

A non-denominational burial ground is one that’s available for the deceased of any religious community, or atheists.  

Atheists were also buried in Church of England burial grounds, usually in the main consecrated area despite their wish not to, or in the specially laid-aside non-consecrated area.

This was often where those who had committed suicide, ladies of ill repute and murderers found their final resting place.

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3. City of London Burials

Introduction by John Hanson

Searching for burials in London is never easy and the problem is worse in the City of London itself, where there were 98 churches within the so-called "Square Mile", or historic core of the city. Add to this the fact that the General Register Office (GRO) death indexes from their start in 1837 to 1865 do not display the age at death and the problem is exacerbated.

Parish registers include the age at death from at least 1813, but this is no help if you have no idea where within the area a person was buried. However, burials in the City ceased in 1853 and in fact in many of its parishes had slowed down well before then, with fresh interments moving to the new burial grounds outside the city.

The original City of London Burial Index was created by Cliff Webb and produced by the West Surrey Family History Society in 1991 and re-issued in 1997. This index has now been added to findmypast.com and contains details from 75 of the 98 churches within the City of London (the so-called “square mile”).

Having realised the shortfall, Monnica Stevens calculated that, as there were 38,000 entries in Cliff Webb’s original index, there should be only about 10,000 in the remainder, and decided to transcribe the burial registers of the outstanding 23 churches. After a couple of parishes, however, Monnica discovered that the missing churches were mainly the large ones and, in all, these produced nearly 80,000 burials.

Burial records for one church in the City are excluded from the index. This is St Peter ad Vincula, the chapel in the Tower of London, records for which are still in the Tower. Despite repeated requests for access to index the register, to date permission has not been granted.

It was then decided to expand the index, including burial grounds (such as Bunhill Fields and Spa Fields) and the ring of parishes on the fringe of the city, including those south of the River Thames. Burial grounds such as Spa Fields catered mostly but by no means exclusively for Non-Conformist rather than Anglican burials.

Below you will find a detailed alphabetical list of the churches and burial grounds, including the range of dates for each.

Having completed that project, we are now going back in time and indexing the period from 1754 to 1812.

The database now contains 349,373 entries. Each entry of Monnica Stevens’s is a complete abstract of the record – please note that there is no additional information in the original register.

In this sense, then, the database is not so much an index, or finding aid, but a full transcription.

However, the original City of London Burial Index created by Cliff Webb is more of an index, and is not a full transcription: in most cases, the month and address fields have not been transcribed.

Each record on Find My Past is attributed to one or the other source, so you will be able to determine whether there may be additional details in the original burial register.

All entries within the burial registers in question have been transcribed, with the exception of those which were for the unidentified and unidentifiable (for example, "a drowned man"). Entries which were forename-only, or surname-only, are included.

For further information on London burials, we recommend the 2005 7th edition of Greater London Cemeteries and Crematoria by Patricia Wolfston and revised by Cliff Webb, published by The Society of Genealogists.

The list below will give you more information about each church – the dates for which we have burial records, the number of burials in the database, the location and any other interesting snippets. The churches that have been recently added as part of the Cliff Webb Index can be found by scrolling to the bottom.

Churches and burial grounds featured in the City of London Burials database

All Hallows, Barking
Burial records coverage: 1813 - 1861
Number of records: 1,620
All Hallows, otherwise known as All-Hallows by the Tower, is located on Byward Street, EC3. Samuel Pepys watched The Great Fire of London from the Tower of All Hallows 'and there saw the saddest sight of desolation that I ever saw. Everywhere great flames.'The Church is still open for worship, concerts and exhibitions – to find out more, visit http://www.allhallowsbythetower.org.uk/index.htm

Austin Friars Dutch Church
Burial records coverage: 1813 - 1853
Number of records: 57
This Dutch Church, located in Austin Friars EC2, traces its origins to Edward VI allowing Dutch Protestant refugees to make use of the nave of a church belonging to the Austin Friars (Augustine Monks). The Church was destroyed in 1940 by German bombs in the Blitz, then rebuilt 10 years later. An engraving from 1815 can be seen at http://www.londonancestor.com/views/dutch-church.htm.
For more information, see http://www.dutchchurch.org.uk/indexeng.htm

Bridewell Precinct
Burial records coverage: 1813 - 1844
Number of records: 385
This precinct, or area surrounding a place of worship, contained the Bridewell Chapel and Bridewell Royal Hospital. Bridewell Chapel was united with St Bride, Fleet Street in 1864.

Bunhill Fields
Burial records coverage: 1788 – 1853
Number of records: 47,622
Bunhill Fields is located on City Road, Islington. It was primarily, although not exclusively, a cemetery for Nonconformists: Christians who did not belong to the Church of England. The Nonconformists buried at Bunhill Fields include amongst their number John Bunyan, Daniel Defoe and William Blake; the last of whom is contained in our searchable records. The Poet Robert Southey called Bunhill Fields 'the Campo Santo of the Dissenters,' (Campo Santo being an Italian or Spanish term for cemetery, literally meaning 'Holy Field'). More information can be found at http://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/Corporation/living_environment/open_spaces/bunhill.htm

Fetter Lane, Independent
Burial records coverage: 1786 - 1801
Number of records covered: 19
The Fetter Lane Independent Chapel was founded in 1660 and was rebuilt in 1732.  John Wesley preached in this new chapel in 1737. Thomas Goodwin, one-time chaplain to Oliver Cromwell, was a pastor at the Church. John Spurgeon, the father of Charles Haddon Spurgeon, known as ‘The Prince of Preachers’ was another of its pastors. 

Fetter Lane, Moravian
Burial records coverage: 1742 - 1837
Number of records covered: 801
The Fetter Lane Moravian Church was born out of the Society of the same name, linked inextricably to John Wesley, the founder of Methodism, in its early days. The Church was destroyed in the Second World War but is now reopened in Chelsea. Visit the Church’s website.

Golden Lane
Burial records coverage: 1833 – 1853
Number of records: 17,856
The site of Golden Lane, in the Borough of Islington, has been subject to a number of developments since it stopped accepting burials in 1853. It is presently being converted into an educational and sports facility

Hamburg German Lutheran at Holy Trinity The Less
Burial records coverage: 1813 – 1847
Number of records: 35
The first Lutheran Church in Britain was named Trinity Lutheran Church – built on the site of Holy Trinity the Less, an Anglican Church destroyed in The Great Fire of London. It became known as Hamburg Lutheran Church due to the Hamburg merchants' involvement in funding the construction. The Church was taken back by the City in 1873 and used in the building of Mansion House Station.

Independent Chapel, Southwark
Burial records coverage: 1813 – 1837
Number of records covered: 4603
The burial ground at Deadman’s Place in Southwark was initially used for the mass interment of a huge number of plague victims. It eventually became the graveyard for the Independent Chapel which adjoined the grounds, and was used for the burial of ministers, serving in some ways as a South London version of Bunhill Fields. The site is now in the yard of a brewery.

Mercers' Hall
Burial records coverage: 1814 – 1833
Number of records: 7
Located on Ironmonger Lane, EC2 Mercers' Hall is home to the Mercers' Company, which administers charitable trusts and grants. Two public sermons are still preached in the Chapel of Mercers' Hall, one at Advent and one at Lent. For information on organised tours of the Hall, visit http://www.mercers.co.uk

Spa Fields Burial Ground
Burial records coverage: 1810 – 1849
Number of records: 60,636
Located on Northampton Road, EC1, opposite the London Metropolitan Archives, Spa Fields is now a public garden. In December 1816 Spa Fields witnessed a riot involving a group of revolutionary Spenceans (followers of Thomas Spence) who hoped to seize control of the government.

St Andrew, Holborn
Burial records coverage: 1813 – 1856
Number of records: 24,972
Located on Holborn Circus, EC4, St Andrew's is still open for services and concerts. Sir Christopher Wren rebuilt the Church after The Great Fire of London; it had survived but was in a dilapidated state. The tower of St Andrew's is referred to in Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens. For more information, visit
http://www.standrewholborn.org.uk/

St Andrew's by the Wardrobe
Burial records coverage: 1813 – 1850
Number of records: 839
St Andrew's by the Wardrobe stands at Queen Victoria Street, EC4. The 'Wardrobe' of the name refers to the Church's proximity to the Royal Wardrobe, relocated from the Tower of London by Edward III, until both the Church and Wardrobe were destroyed in the Great Fire. The rebuilt Church contains a memorial to its most famous parishioner, William Shakespeare, who worked and lived nearby during his time at the Blackfriars Theatre. For more information, see http://www.hiddenlondon.com/st_andward.htm

St Ann, Blackfriars
Burial records coverage: 1813 – 1849
Number of records: 2,595
St Ann's, located in EC2, was destroyed in the Great Fire in 1666 and never rebuilt – the parish was united with nearby St Andrew by the Wardrobe. The burial ground did survive, however.

St Bartholomew the Great
Burial records coverage: 1813 – 1853
Number of records: 1,904
St Bartholomew the Great, or Great St Bart's, is still open for services and concerts. Situated in West Smithfield, EC1 it was founded by a courtier of Henry I and in recent years has been used as a location in films such as Shakespeare in Love, Four Weddings and a Funeral and The End of the Affair. For more information, visit http://www.greatstbarts.com/default.htm

St Botolph, Aldgate
Burial records coverage: 1813 - 1853
Number of records: 7,203
St Botolph's still stands on Aldgate High Street, EC3. It is open for services and is said to house the oldest organ in the UK, which has recently been restored. For more information, visit
http://www.stbotolphs.org.uk/index.php

St Botolph, Aldersgate
Burial records coverage: 1813 - 1853
Number of records: 5,219
St Botolph's stands on Aldersgate Street, EC1 and is now a mid-week Church, holding meetings on Tuesdays and Thursdays. It is located at the north east end of Postman's Park. The Park was the idea of G.F. Watts, a Victorian Artist, who wanted to create a memorial to working class people who had died helping others. Some of the commemorative Doulton tiles from the Park can be viewed here and include 'John Clinton aged 10 who was drowned near London Bridge in trying to save a companion younger than himself'. For more information, see http://www.stbotolphsaldersgate.org.uk/index.htm

St Botolph, Bishopsgate
Burial records coverage: 1813 – 1855
Number of records: 8,633
St Botolph's is still functioning in Bishopsgate, EC2 and open to the public during the week. John Keats was baptised at the church in 1795.

St Bride, Fleet St
Burial records coverage: 1813 - 1854
Number of records: 5,504
St Bride's off Fleet St, EC4 is one of the most ancient churches in England and is named for the sixth century Irish Saint, Bridget. It was rebuilt by Wren after the great fire and has a long-standing association with the press and printing industry. It is also claimed that the steeple of St Bride's is the inspiration for modern multi-tiered wedding cakes. For more information, visit http://www.stbrides.com/index.htm

St Clement Dane
Burial records coverage: 1813 – 1890
Number of records: 13,201
St Clement Danes stands on the Strand, WC2. The Church was rebuilt by Wren after the Great Fire and in 1958 restored once more with funds raised by the Royal Air Force. It is now the Central Church of the RAF. Both St Clement Danes and St Clement Eastcheap claim to have inspired the nursery rhyme '"Oranges and lemons", say the bells of St. Clement's.' or more information, visit http://www.st-clement-danes.co.uk/

St Dunstan in the West
Burial records coverage: 1813 – 1856
Number of records: 4,619
Standing on Fleet Street EC4, St Dunstan in the West is still open for services and recitals. It has a large chiming clock depicting two giants striking the bell with clubs. St Dunstan's is also home to the Romanian Orthodox Church in London. To find out more, visit http://www.stdunstaninthewest.org/homepage.htm

St Ethelburga, Bishopsgate
Burial records coverage: 1813 – 1849
Number of records: 433
Located in Bishopsgate, EC2 St Ethelburga's is now a centre for reconciliation and peace, organising events and inter-faith dialogues. The church suffered in the Second World War and was nearly destroyed in 1993 by an IRA bomb. For more on the church, visit http://www.stethelburgas.org/index.htm

St Giles, Cripplegate
Burial records coverage: 1813 – 1853
Number of records: 8,726
St Giles is situated in Barbican; EC2 and is still open for services. Despite St Giles being the patron saint of cripples, the word Cripplegate in fact refers to a 'cruplegate', or covered walkway, sections of which can still be seen. Both John Milton and Ben Jonson are buried in the church. To find out more, go to http://www.stgilescripplegate.org.uk/index.htm

St James, Clerkenwell
Burial records coverage: 1813 – 1854
Number of records: 22,607
St James's stands on Clerkenwell Close, EC1 and is still open for services and community groups. For more information, visit http://www.jc-church.org/welcome.htm

St John, Clerkenwell
Burial records coverage: 1813 – 1853
Number of records: 3,177
St John's was located in Benjamin Street, EC1, and was consecrated for burials in 1775. The findmypast.com offices now overlook the site, which was converted into a public park in 1887. A plaque in the park states that 'John Michele Esq., second son of Simon Michele Esq. of Saint John Clerkenwell, gave this ground as a place of burial to the Parish of Saint John Clerkenwell by a Grant dated May 1 1714'.

St John Horsleydown
Burial records coverage: 1800 – 1853
Number of records covered: 15709

The tower of St John Horsleydown was designed by Nicholas Hawksmoor, and it stood on the South Bank of the Thames, near the Tower of London. The church was destroyed in the Second World War. The lower part of the church was incorporated into an office building which now stands on the site.

St Katherine by the Tower
Burial records coverage: 1813 – 1854
Number of records: 836
St Katherine's was demolished following the Act to establish St Katherine's Docks. The last service at the church took place on 30 October 1825; however, burials continued to be accepted until 1854.

St Katherine, Creechurch
Burial records coverage: 1813 – 1853
Number of records: 1,097
St Katherine's still stands on Leadenhall Street, EC3. Henry Purcell and George Frederic Handel have both played the church's organ. It is now one of the City's Guild Churches. The London Guild Church Act led to 16 of the Parish Churches of the Square Mile closing on Sundays and instead opening on weekdays, focusing on lunch hours, with an emphasis on being used by city workers.

St Luke, Old Street

Burial records coverage: 1813-1854
Number of records: 26,782

St Luke was built in Old Street as part of a drive to increase the number of churches in London, reflecting the growing population in the 18th century. Its spire was created by Hawksmoor, whilst its architect, George Dance the Elder, is buried in the churchyard. St Luke is now a working concert hall, operated by the London Symphony Orchestra.

St Martin, Ludgate
Burial records coverage: 1813 – 1848
Number of records: 656
St Martin's is situated on Ludgate Hill, EC4 and is still home to services and music.

St Mary, Whitechapel
Burial records coverage: 1813 – 1857
Number of records: 19,779
Also known as St Mary's Matfelon, the site of the church is now called Altab Ali Park. Altab Ali was a Bengali garment worker murdered in 1978. The name Whitechapel refers to the white-coloured chapel of St. Mary's itself.

St Olave, Hart St
Burial records coverage: 1813 – 1853
Number of records: 610
Situated in Hart St, EC3, St Olave's was named for St. Olaf, the patron saint of Norway. Samuel Pepys and his wife were regular worshippers at the church and both are buried in the nave.

St Paul's Cathedral
Burial records coverage: 1814 – 1853
Number of records: 115
St Paul's Cathedral is the seat of the Bishop of London and is situated on Ludgate Hill, EC4. After The Great Fire of London, Christopher Wren designed the new structure with a dome inspired by St Peter's Basilica in Rome. Lord Nelson and The Duke of Wellington are amongst the people interred in St. Paul's. Wellington's burial record is contained within our records. For more information, visit www.stpauls.co.uk

St Peter Le Poer
Burial records coverage: 1813 – 1853
Number of records: 263
St Peter Le Poer, literally 'Peter the poor man', was situated on Old Broad Street, EC2. The church was demolished in 1907.

St Saviour, Southwark
Burial records coverage: 1813 – 1856
Number or records: 17,276
The parish took its name from the defunct St Saviour Abbey in Bermondsey – the church was designated as Southwark Cathedral in 1905. William Shakespeare's brother Edmund was buried in the church and Thomas Becket preached there before his murder. For more information, visit http://www.southwark.anglican.org/cathedral/

St Stephen, Coleman St
Burial records coverage: 1813 – 1853
Number of records: 1,548
St Stephen's was situated on Coleman Street, EC2. Already rebuilt after The Great Fire of London, the church was irrevocably destroyed during the Second World War. The church was a bastion of Puritanism in the 17th century. Offices now stand on the site.

St Thomas, Southwark
Burial records coverage: 1813 – 1854
Number of records: 3,348
St Thomas's had long standing links with the hospital of the same name, and was initially part of it. The church merged with St Saviour's in 1899, which became Southwark Cathedral in 1905.Having been used as a Chapter House for the Cathedral and more recently as an office space, the building is now awaiting repair due to damage accidentally sustained during the Jubilee Line extension programme.

Tower Hamlets Burial Ground
Burial records coverage: 1841 – 1852
Number of records: 7,598
Located in E3 Tower Hamlets was one of the 'Magnificent Seven' cemeteries which were set up as a means of solving the problem of overcrowding in urban church burial grounds. The cemetery was divided into consecrated and non-consecrated ground to accommodate both Anglican and non-Anglican burials. Damaged in the Second World War, the cemetery was closed to burials in 1966 and is now a nature reserve. For more information, visit
http://www.towerhamletscemetery.org/

United Parishes of St Leonard & Christchurch
Burial records coverage: 1813 – 1836
Number of records: 1,431
The Parish of Christchurch on Newgate Street, EC1 was united with St Leonard's after the latter burnt down during The Great Fire of London. Christchurch, also known as Christchurch Greyfriars, was destroyed in 1940's Blitz. Its Tower was restored in 1960. For more information, see
http://www.christchurchtower.com/index.html

St Anne & St Agnes
Burial records coverage: 1813 – 1853
Number of records: 571

All Hallows, Bread St
Burial records coverage: 1813 – 1851
Number of records: 128

All Hallows Great (including All Hallows Less)
Burial records coverage: 1813 – 1853
Number of records: 816

All Hallows, Honey Lane
Burial records coverage: 1814 – 1851
Number of records: 51

St Andrew, Hubbard

Burial records coverage: 1813 – 1846
Number of records: 120

St Alban, Wood St (including St Olave, Silver St)
Burial records coverage: 1813 - 1852
Number of records: 921

St Alphage, London Wall
Burial records coverage: 1813 - 1851
Number of records: 679

All Hallows, Lombard St
Burial records coverage: 1813 - 1853
Number of records: 346

All Hallows, London Wall
Burial records coverage: 1813 - 1849
Number of records: 788

St Antholin, Budge Row (including St John the Baptist on Walbrook)
Burial records coverage: 1813 - 1853
Number of records: 461

All Hallows, Staining
Burial records coverage: 1813 - 1853
Number of records: 460

All Hallows Less (see All Hallows Great)

St Augustine, Watling St
Burial records coverage: 1813 - 1853
Number of records: 227

St Andrew, Undershaft
Burial records coverage: 1813 – 1849
Number of records: 633

St Botolph, Billingsgate
Burial records coverage: 1813 – 1845
Number of records: 100

St Bartholomew by Royal Exchange
Burial records coverage: 1813 – 1838
Number of records: 117

St Benet Fink

Burial records coverage: 1813 – 1845

Number of records: 327

St Benet Gracechurch (including St Leonard Eastcheap)
Burial records coverage: 1813 – 1852
Number of records: 321

St Bartholomew The Less
Burial records coverage: 1813 – 1853
Number of records: 262

St Benet Paul's Wharf
Burial records coverage: 1813 -1853
Number of records: 591

St Benet Sherehog (see St Stephen Walbrook)

St Christopher le Stocks (see St Margaret, Lothbury)

St Clement, Eastcheap (including St Martin Orgar)
Burial records coverage: 1813 -1853
Number of records: 485

St Dionis Backchurch
Burial records coverage: 1813 – 1849
Number of records: 669

St Dunstan in the East
Burial records coverage: 1813 -1853
Number of records: 943

St Edmund King and Martyr

Burial records coverage: 1813 – 1850
Number of records: 275

St Faith under St Paul
Burial records coverage: 1813 -1853
Number of records: 667

St Gabriel Fenchurch
Burial records coverage: 1813 – 1851
Number of records: 154

St George, Botolph Lane
Burial records coverage: 1814 – 1848
Number of records: 223

St George, Southwark

Burial records coverage: 1813 – 1868
Number of records: 25,804

St Gregory by St Paul’s
Burial records coverage: 1813 – 1821
Number of records: 339

St Helen, Bishopsgate
Burial records coverage: 1813 -1853
Number of records: 329

Holy Trinity The Less
Burial records coverage: 1813 – 1852
Number of records: 467

Holy Trinity In The Minories
Burial records coverage: 1813 – 1852
Number of records: 467

St John the Baptist on Walbrook (see St Antholin, Budge Row)

St James Duke's Place
Burial records coverage: 1813 -1853
Number of records: 176

St John the Evangelist, Friday St
Burial records coverage: 1813 – 1822
Number of records: 11

St James Garlickhythe
Burial records coverage: 1813 -1853
Number of records: 858

St John Zachary
Burial records coverage: 1813 – 1849
Number of records: 189

St Katherine Coleman
Burial records coverage: 1813 -1853
Number of records: 698

Lamb's Chapel
Burial records coverage:
Number of records: 0

St Leonard Eastcheap (see St Benet, Gracechurch)

St Lawrence Jewry (including St Mary Magdalen, Milk St)

Burial records coverage: 1813 -1853
Number of records: 350

St Lawrence Pountney
Burial records coverage: 1813 -1853
Number of records: 163

St Mary Abchurch
Burial records coverage: 1813 -1853
Number of records: 198

St Magnus the Martyr (including St Margaret, Fish Street Hill)
Burial records coverage: 1813 -1853
Number of records: 338

St Mary At Hill
Burial records coverage: 1813 – 1850
Number of records: 558

St Mary the Virgin Aldermanbury
Burial records coverage: 1813 – 1856
Number of records: 310

St Mary Bothaw (see St Swithin London Stone)

St Mildred Bread St
Burial records coverage: 1813 -1853
Number of records: 159

St Michael Crooked Lane
Burial records coverage: 1813 – 1852
Number of records: 414

St Mary Colechurch (see St Mildred Poultry)

St Mary Magdalen Old Fish Street
Burial records coverage: 1813 – 1853
Number of records: 620

St Michael Bassishaw
Burial records coverage: 1813 -1853
Number of records: 333

St Michael Cornhill
Burial records coverage: 1813 -1853
Number of records: 325

St Mildred Poultry (including St Mary Colechurch)
Burial records coverage: 1813 – 1852
Number of records: 22

St Mary Le Bow
Burial records coverage: 1813 – 1852
Number of records: 195

St Margaret Lothbury (including St Christopher le Stocks)
Burial records coverage: 1813 – 1853
Number of records: 291

St Michael Le Querne
Burial records coverage: 1813 – 1849
Number of records: 103

St Mary Magdalen, Milk St (see St Lawrence Jewry)

St Mary Mounthaw
Burial records coverage: 1813 – 1849
Number of records: 255

St Margaret Moses, Friday St
Burial records coverage: 1813 – 1850
Number of records: 50

St Margaret, New Fish Street (see St Magnus the Martyr)

St Martin Orgar (see St Clement, Eastcheap)

St Martin Outwich
Burial records coverage: 1813 – 1852
Number of records: 138

St Margaret Pattens
Burial records coverage: 1813 – 1853
Number of records: 140

St Martin Pomeroy, Ironmonger Lane
Burial records coverage: 1813 – 1848
Number of records: 83

St Michael Paternoster Royal
Burial records coverage: 1813 – 1850
Number of records: 215

St Michael Queenhithe
Burial records coverage: 1813 – 1852
Number of records: 820

St Mary Somerset
Burial records coverage: 1813 – 1853
Number of records: 494

St Mary Staining (see St Michael, Wood Street)

St Matthew, Friday St
Burial records coverage: 1813 – 1846
Number of records: 59

St Mary Aldermanbury
Burial records coverage: 1813 – 1851
Number of records: 456

St Martin Vintry
Burial records coverage: 1813 – 1849
Number of records: 228

St Mary Woolchurch Haw
Burial records coverage: 1813 – 1848
Number of records: 101

St Mary Woolnoth
Burial records coverage: 1813 – 1852
Number of records: 372

St Michael Wood St (including St Mary Staining)
Burial records coverage: 1813 – 1820
Number of records: 77

St Nicholas Acons
Burial records coverage: 1813 – 1848
Number of records: 71

St Nicholas Cole Abbey
Burial records coverage: 1813 – 1851
Number of records: 185

St Nicholas Olave
Burial records coverage: 1813 – 1852
Number of records: 409

St Olave Old Jewry
Burial records coverage: 1813 – 1849
Number of records: 135

St Olave Silver St (see St Alban Wood Street)

St Pancras Soper Lane
Burial records coverage: 1813 – 1849
Number of records: 42

St Peter Ad Vincula
Burial records coverage: N/A
Number of records: N/A

St Peter upon Cornhill
Burial records coverage: 1813 – 1853
Number of records: 360

St Peter Paul's Wharf
Burial records coverage: 1813 – 1849
Number of records: 313

St Peter Westcheap
Burial records coverage: 1813 – 1846
Number of records: 34

St Clement Dane
Burial records coverage: 1813 – 1853
Number of records: NA

St Sepulchre
Burial records coverage: 1813 – 1857
Number of records: 8837

St Stephen, Walbrook (including St Benet Sherehog)
Burial records coverage: 1813 – 1860
Number of records: 339

St Swithin London Stone (including St Mary Bothaw)
Burial records coverage: 1813 – 1853
Number of records: 655

The Temple
Burial records coverage: 1813 – 1853
Number of records: 112

St Thomas Apostle
Burial records coverage: 1813 – 1849
Number of records: 379

St Vedast Foster Lane
Burial records coverage: 1813 – 1853
Number of records: 181

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4. Other Burials


Fields Explained

Abode – where the deceased resided or died.

Age – at death. Inf indicates an infant, generally under one year of age (h = hours, d = days, w = weeks, m = months).

Burial details – who arranged the burial.

Chapelry – some burials took place in chapelries within a parish, but not actually at the parish church itself.

Consecrated – whether buried in consecrated (C) or unconsecrated (U) ground.

Forenames – of deceased (unless otherwise stated).

Minister – officiating minister.

Notes – any supplementary information, for example: occupation, parents, cause of death, or the entry number from register. Sometimes made to qualify a particular piece of information.

Occupation – can be of the relative reporting the death, the deceased’s father, or the deceased themselves.

Place – parish or town where buried.

Plot ref – location in cemetery, if given.

Reg Office – number identifying the Registrar's Office that holds the records.

Register Entry – the reference no. for the entry.

Registry No – the number recorded in the register. In earlier registers, where no numbers exist, a sequential no., starting from 1 has been allocated to help sequencing.

Related – the name of the principal relative mentioned in the register, usually the informant.

Relationship – of any relative mentioned to deceased.

Relative – the name of the principal relative mentioned in the register, usually the informant.

Status – in some records this provides a description of relationship, in others it contains information about the person (for example: 'farmer's wife').

Surname – of deceased (unless otherwise stated).

Union – union for the workhouse.

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Suffolk 'Early' Burial Index


Coverage

The burial index includes 62,280 entries for the period 1538-1909 and covers 34 out of approximately 500 parishes within the county of Suffolk. The emphasis is on the earlier registers, but with many later records included. The years covered for a parish may overlap (sometimes with less detail) with the years covered by the National Burial Index records for Suffolk.
The coverage by parish is shown below:

Parish No. of entries Year range
     
ASHBY 172 1558-1897
BARNINGHAM 576 1633-1809
BECCLES 11848 1586-1812
BLYTHBURGH 230 1781-1812
BRADFIELD COMBUST 381 1538-1812
BRAMFORD 3023 1552-1812
BRANDON 704 1653-1681
CARLTON 534 1540-1812
CHATTISHAM 775 1559-1900
CHILLESFORD 109 1738-1811
CONEY WESTON 249 1624-1812
CORTON 621 1582-1774
CULPHO 321 1649-1774
DARSHAM 1596 1539-1900
DENSTON 999 1561-1812
FRAMLINGHAM 6277 1560-1883
FROSTENDEN 597 1538-1791
GUNTON 223 1735-1900
HENSTEAD 74 1609-1624
HERRINGFLEET 212 1722-1730
HOPTON 269 1784-1812
IPSWICH ST PETER 2001 1701-1801
KERSEY 1655 1563-1738
KESSINGLAND 698 1700-1799
NAYLAND 4934 1558-1812
SAXMUNDHAM 4315 1538-1900
SOTHERTON 598 1558-1812
SOUTHWOLD 5582 1602-1904
STOKE ASH 201 1794-1812
STOWMARKET 4535 1692-1812
THORNHAM MAGNA 1499 1559-1901
UGGESHALL 744 1565-1812
WALSHAM LE WILLOWS 5283 1539-1909
WILLISHAM 445 1705-1871
Total (34) 62280 1538-1909

Contact details

For more information please contact the Suffolk Family History Society.

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Elmton, Derbyshire burials


Coverage

These are transcriptions of burials from the parish of Elmton in Derbyshire between 1598 and 1868.

  • The first unchecked section comes from the parish registers covering the period 1598 to 1680
  • The second checked section comes from the Bishop's transcripts for the period 1673 to 1810
  • The final checked section is also from the Bishop's transcripts and covers the period 1813 - 1868

To allow the information to be combined into a single record set some extra empty fields have been added for the early registers.

Contact details

This information has been provided by Steve Archer.

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Burials of non-residents in north and east Cheshire


Coverage

Apart from the name of the officiating minister, these records contain full details from the parish registers. They are taken from the N Cheshire FHS database of Cheshire burial transcriptions compiled for the National Burial Index (NBI).
Please note: This is an on-going project and is far from complete. North and east Cheshire parishes are about 80% complete, but the rest of Cheshire is very thinly represented.
The transcription consists of 30,082 entries covering the north and east of the county of Cheshire.
Roughly 10% of all entries are for people resident outside Cheshire, most of whom will have been brought back to be buried in family owned graves.
Some are from distant counties, though many are from towns and villages over the county boundary, but within 15 miles of the parish. These places were usually so well known to the parish clerk that it was not thought necessary to include the county with the abode. The counties have been added, by individuals, from local knowledge, so should be regarded as a guide only. Where county is actually given in the register it should appear twice: both before and after the rest of the abode.

County / Country Code No. of entries
     
Anglesey AGY 2
Argyllshire ARL 1
Ayrshire AYR 1
Bedfordshire BDF 4
Buckinghamshire BKM 4
Berkshire BRK 5
Caenarvonshire CAE 9
Cornwall CON 2
Cork COR 1
Cumberland CUL 11
Derbyshire DBY 3,798
Denbighshire DEN 37
Devonshire DEV 20
Dumfriesshire DFS 2
Dorset DOR 4
Durham DUR 7
Essex ESS 6
Fifeshire FIF 1
Flint FLN 30
Glamorganshire GLA 6
Gloucestershire GLS 18
Guernsey GSY 1
Hampshire HAM 16
Herefordshire HEF 4
Hertfordshire HRT 9
Huntingdonshire HUN 1
Ireland IRL 11
Isle of Man IOM 13
Isle of Wight IOW 3
Jersey JSY 2
Kent KEN 11
Lancashire LAN 24,861
Leicestershire LEI 19
Lincolnshire LIN 6
London LND 106
Middlesex MDX 12
Merionethshire MER 3
Montgomeryshire MGY 1
Monmouthshire MON 1
Northumberland NBL 6
Norfolk NFK 3
Northampton NTH 3
Nottinghamshire NTT 16
Oxfordshire OXF 6
Perthshire PER 1
Ross and Cromarty ROC 1
Shropshire SAL 35
Scotland SCT 10
Suffolk SFK 1
Somerset SOM 11
Surrey SRY 17
Sussex SSX 17
Staffordshire STS 590
Wales WLS 14
Warwickshire WAR 37
Westmorland WES 9
Wiltshire WIL 3
Worcestershire WOR 12
West Riding WRY 8
Yorkshire YKS 326

Contact details

For more information please contact the North Cheshire Family History Society.

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Halifax St John’s burial registers


Coverage

The parish of St John's in Halifax in the West Riding of Yorkshire - 11,176 records for people buried between 1813 and 1937.

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Sussex Burials


Coverage

This transcript by the Sussex Family History Group records 497,040 burials from the registers of 237 parishes in the County of Sussex between the years of 1530 and 1995. The following table shows the parishes recorded in the records and the number of burials:
Place No. of entries Year range
Total (237) 497040 1530-1995
ASHBY 22 1581-1896
ALBOURNE 533 1608-1812
ALCISTON 951 1575-1892
ALDINGBOURNE 2573 1600-1870
ALDRINGTON 447 1864-1900
ALFRISTON 2514 1547-1900
AMBERLEY 1239 1615-1886
ANGMERING 4108 1600-1877
APPLEDRAM 566 1595-1877
ARDINGLY 1452 1600-1812
ARLINGTON 2080 1607-1899
ARUNDEL 7436 1560-1837
ASHBURHAM 1594 1813-1953
ASHBURNHAM 1994 1606-1894
ASHINGTON 627 1571-1840
ASHURST 1915 1560-1901
BALCOMBE 1224 1539-1812
BARCOMBE 3137 1580-1899
BARNHAM 509 1675-1897
BATTLE 8842 1654-1890
BECKLEY 2676 1721-1885
BEDDINGHAM 1288 1593-1899
BEPTON 687 1584-1812
BERWICK 905 1611-1922
BEXHILL 9154 1558-1900
BILLINGSHURST 18 1821-1834
BISHOPSTONE 680 1727-1892
BODIAM 1045 1557-1837
BOLNEY 2226 1653-1892
BOSHAM 4927 1557-1899
BOTOLPHS 293 1583-1839
BOXGROVE 2651 1561-1812
BRAMBER 543 1600-1811
BREDE 4500 1559-1900
BRIGHTLING 1630 1560-1879
BRIGHTON 11693 1588-1843
BROADWATER 1712 1593-1731
BURPHAM 1001 1571-1840
BURTON 78 1723-1835
BURWASH 8126 1557-1899
BURWASH WEALD 204 1878-1899
BURY 787 1700-1837
BUXTED 5388 1567-1899
CATSFIELD 1581 1606-1859
CHAILEY 5051 1538-1899
CHALVINGTON 852 1620-1899
CHICHESTER 29399 1556-1893
CHIDDINGLY 3343 1605-1900
CHIDHAM 580 1625-1812
CLAPHAM 705 1573-1837
CLAYTON 1039 1601-1840
CLIMPING 1009 1601-1812
COCKING 1153 1558-1837
COMPTON 114 1813-1839
COPTHORNE 244 1881-1899
COWFOLD 1993 1597-1969
CRAWLEY 598 1611-1839
CROWHURST 1953 1558-1900
CUCKFIELD 7290 1598-1837
DALLINGTON 2467 1598-1889
DANEHILL 632 1851-1899
DENTON 729 1593-1894
DITCHLING 3837 1556-1900
DONNINGTON 1236 1559-1883
DURRINGTON 274 1626-1812
EARNLEY 364 1599-1813
EARTHAM 199 1812-1899
EAST BLATCHINGTON 1033 1563-1894
EAST DEAN ESX 1074 1560-1841
EAST DEAN WSX 767 1654-1840
EAST GRINSTEAD 6955 1599-1900
EAST GULDEFORD 256 1600-1754
EAST LAVANT 697 1653-1810
EAST MARDEN 231 1571-1839
EAST PRESTON 515 1573-1812
EASTBOURNE 14353 1558-1899
EASTERGATE 689 1600-1868
EDBURTON 358 1813-1891
ELSTED 213 1814-1899
ETCHINGHAM 767 1813-1880
EWHURST 2837 1697-1900
FAIRLIGHT 1369 1651-1880
FALMER 947 1607-1886
FINDON 1279 1556-1773
FLETCHING 3907 1611-1935
FOLKINGTON 798 1558-1900
FORD 317 1572-1899
FRAMFIELD 5461 1539-1899
FRANT 3337 1543-1852
FRISTON 271 1547-1845
GLYNDE 117 1813-1840
GORING 1404 1560-1799
GRAFFHAM 801 1655-1846
GUESTLING 886 1686-1812
HAILSHAM 5343 1558-1812
HAMSEY 1205 1583-1812
HANGLETON 93 1728-1811
HARTFIELD 1873 1696-1899
HARTING 2974 1600-1812
HASTINGS 21739 1557-1900
HEATHFIELD 4953 1581-1899
HEENE 309 1595-1812
HELLINGLY 2886 1607-1808
HENFIELD 5966 1586-1876
HERSTMONCEUX 5636 1538-1899
HOLLINGTON 745 1636-1812
HOOE 2006 1609-1898
HORSHAM 4109 1720-1876
HORSTED KEYNES 790 1837-1899
HOUGHTON 615 1560-1837
HOVE 498 1539-1812
HOVE AND PRESTON 101 1742-1785
HUNSTON 728 1584-1875
ICKLESHAM 322 1763-1812
IDEN 1455 1561-1764
IFIELD 3202 1581-1893
IFORD 876 1606-1883
ISFIELD 1172 1570-1838
JEVINGTON 623 1661-1843
KEYMER 1158 1601-1812
KINGSTON BY LEWES 921 1557-1883
KINGSTON BY SEA 214 1593-1838
KIRDFORD 252 1571-1600
LANCING 3097 1559-1876
LAUGHTON 3046 1559-1891
LEWES 14055 1546-1898
LINDFIELD 4004 1600-1812
LITLINGTON 384 1732-1907
LITTLEHAMPTON 1216 1584-1812
LODSWORTH 1206 1557-1737
LULLINGTON 42 1722-1812
LURGASHALL 2216 1559-1840
MADEHURST 491 1572-1899
MARESFIELD 2962 1554-1812
MAYFIELD 1400 1764-1812
MERSTON 349 1593-1892
MID LAVANT 248 1601-1699
MIDDLETON 147 1600-1797
MIDHURST 846 1568-1627
MOUNTFIELD 2576 1558-1899
NEW FISHBOURNE 1049 1589-1881
NEWHAVEN 2710 1555-1852
NEWICK 2385 1558-1872
NEWTIMBER 257 1813-1898
NINFIELD 1412 1599-1877
NORTH MARDEN 84 1633-1840
NORTH MUNDHAM 1842 1557-1812
NORTHCHAPEL 1749 1587-1837
NORTHIAM 3031 1558-1812
NUTHURST 2252 1559-1840
ORE 3933 1558-1895
OVING 2163 1561-1837
OVINGDEAN 178 1606-1840
PARHAM 481 1540-1840
PATCHAM 1212 1558-1840
PATCHING 637 1560-1786
PEASMARSH 2599 1569-1812
PENHURST 297 1599-1812
PETT 582 1606-1811
PEVENSEY 1412 1569-1891
PIDDINGHOE 1369 1592-1884
PLAYDEN 1237 1651-1900
PLUMPTON 803 1558-1811
PORTSLADE 1804 1608-1878
POYNINGS 339 1813-1890
PRESTON 1312 1539-1840
PYECOMBE 381 1813-1899
RINGMER 2536 1770-1900
RIPE 1830 1538-1892
RODMELL 418 1813-1893
ROGATE 2899 1558-1837
ROTHERFIELD 4009 1539-1738
ROTTINGDEAN 1636 1558-1840
RUDGWICK 1425 1538-1812
RUMBOLDSWHYKE 1222 1613-1879
RUSTINGTON 1297 1600-1837
RYE 4991 1538-1836
SALEHURST 2483 1575-1836
SEAFORD 1538 1813-1892
SEDLESCOMBE 1714 1559-1812
SELHAM 203 1565-1840
SELMESTON 480 1667-1893
SELSEY 1194 1625-1782
SHIPLEY 4261 1584-1876
SHOREHAM BY SEA 4346 1566-1837
SLAUGHAM 334 1606-1665
SLINDON 535 1600-1699
SLINFOLD 932 1600-1884
SOMPTING 1498 1600-1813
SOUTH HEIGHTON 289 1542-1833
SOUTH MALLING 1536 1629-1875
SOUTH STOKE 681 1553-1881
SOUTHEASE 747 1557-1893
ST.LEONARDS 11 1842-1855
STANMER 325 1550-1703
STEYNING 2376 1565-1821
STORRINGTON 3077 1549-1837
STOUGHTON 1249 1571-1840
STREAT 686 1561-1908
SULLINGTON 822 1601-1840
TARRING NEVILLE 746 1571-1894
TELSCOMBE 217 1697-1840
TICEHURST 8001 1559-1900
TWINEHAM 584 1606-1812
UCKFIELD 2924 1530-1837
UDIMORE 2455 1559-1893
UPPER BEEDING 2654 1602-1891
UPPER DICKER 148 1845-1893
UPWALTHAM 51 1613-1790
WADHURST 437 1797-1836
WALBERTON 445 1761-1812
WALDRON 3975 1564-1995
WARBLETON 3847 1557-1834
WARMINGHURST 52 1560-1708
WARNHAM 3064 1558-1840
WARTLING 2867 1540-1812
WEST CHILTINGTON 2739 1558-1910
WEST DEAN ESX 555 1607-1894
WEST DEAN WSX 1515 1584-1812
WEST FIRLE 1925 1606-1894
WEST GRINSTEAD 3219 1600-1710
WEST HOATHLY 4038 1606-1899
WEST TARRING 2236 1540-1743
WESTFIELD 1244 1540-1727
WESTHAM 3198 1571-1879
WESTHAMPNETT 1454 1584-1880
WESTMESTON 1055 1587-1837
WHATLINGTON 1093 1558-1900
WILLINGDON 2955 1560-1894
WILMINGTON 1901 1538-1890
WINCHELSEA 799 1700-1787
WISTON 476 1682-1839
WITHYHAM 797 1760-1812
WIVELSFIELD 1859 1559-1837
WOODMANCOTE 1509 1582-1899
WORTH 3610 1559-1802
Z 1 1705

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Bradford Parish Church Burials


Coverage

These records cover the parish church of Bradford.
This transcript by the Bradford Family History Society records 36,804 burials from the registers of the Parish Church of Bradford, Yorkshire. In this transcription of the burials from 1681 to 1837 only the details of the clergyman performing the ceremony have not been transcribed.
However, the burial registers held at the Parish Church, now the cathedral, do not exactly match the copies of the registers known as ‘Bishop’s transcripts’ and researchers are recommended to compare entries in both these forms of transcription, as differences do exist.

Contact details

For more information please contact the Bradford Family History Society.

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Lincolnshire cemetery registers


Coverage

These records contain 63,985 entries compiled from the cemetery registers of Lincolnshire between the years of 1854 and 1999. The records are an abstract of all available information which could reasonably be included - it is not in all cases a full transcription. In approximately 50% of the entries, identified by ‘M’ in the ‘Extra’ column, more information is available in the cemetery records.

Further cemetery registers are being transcribed, as cemeteries are identified and the registers located. Details from the following cemeteries are included in these records:

Cemetery No. of entries Year range
     
Cemetery No. of entries Year range
ALFORD 952 1882-1906
BOSTON CHAPEL 930 1896-1900
GAINSBOROUGH NORTH WARREN 1859 1890-1979
HOLBEACH 1905 1854-1875
LINCOLN, CANWICK RD ST SWITHINS 9740 1894-1981
LINCOLN, CANWICK ROAD 39015 1856-1951
LINCOLN, ST JOHN & ST NICHOLAS 7283 1856-1928
LINCOLN, ST PETER IN EASTGATE 1993 1856-1999
SUTTERTON 308 1877-1900
Total (9) 63985 1854-1999

Contact details

For more information about the Lincolnshire Family History Society please see the web site www.lincolnshirefhs.org.uk.

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Lincolnshire Workhouse Deaths


Coverage

These records consist of 10,222 entries compiled from all the available information on deaths recorded in the Union Workhouse records for the whole of Lincolnshire.

There are 18 records where the total amount of information could not be contained in the records - these entries are identified with a plus (+), and researchers should seek further information from the source document.

The records are almost complete (Bourne 1837 - 1890 to be added) and contains transcriptions from the registers at Boston, Bourne, Gainsborough, Holbeach, Lincoln and Louth.

Contact details

For more information please contact the Lincolnshire Family History Society.

Parish No. of entries Year range
     
Union No. of entries Year range
BOSTON 3493 1866-1941
BOURNE 343 1890-1919
GAINSBOROUGH 1661 1866-1936
HOLBEACH 564 1914-1936
LINCOLN 3722 1911-1944
LOUTH 439 1914-1930
Total (6) 10222 1866-1944

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Elland St. Mary’s Burial Registers (1714-1843)


Coverage

These records contain 32,966 burials between 1558 and 1843.

These records cover the parish and chapelries of Elland St Mary as follows:

Chapelry No. of entries Year range
     
Eal - Elland 801 1758-1766
Ela - Elland 2 1732-1748
Ell - Elland 28420 1558-1843
Ras - Rastrick 1184 1800-1825
Rib - Ripponden 29 1707
Rip - Ripponden 2529 1698-1766
Ris - Rishworth 1 1671
Total (7) 32966 1558-1843

Contact details

For more information please contact the Calderdale Family History Society.

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Dorset Burial Index


Coverage

These records contain 100,448 burial entries from the registers of 234 parishes in Dorset.

The current index includes the following parishes:

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Parish No. of entries Year range
     
ABBOTSBURY 1584 1659-1982
AFFPUDDLE 896 1722-1837
ALLINGTON 478 1746-1839
ALMER 355 1731-1893
ALTON PANCRAS 271 1731-1812
ASHMORE 75 1813-1837
ASKERSWELL 288 1722-1812
ATHELHAMPTON 147 1692-1837
BATCOMBE 62 1814-1837
BEAMINSTER 4654 1736-1937
BEER HACKETT 87 1773-1835
BELCHALWELL 10 1822
BERE REGIS 4327 1531-1837
BETTISCOMBE 206 1746-1837
BINCOMBE 358 1658-1812
BISHOPS CAUNDLE 512 1737-1837
BLANDFORD FORUM 387 1813-1830
BLANDFORD ST MARY 494 1730-1837
BLOXWORTH 348 1730-1837
BOTHENHAMPTON 376 1725-1812
BOURTON 293 1626-1837
BRADFORD ABBAS 1261 1728-1837
BRADFORD PEVERELL 308 1748-1837
BRADPOLE 1153 1686-1837
BRIDPORT 2794 1813-1916
BROADMAYNE 110 1813-1837
BROADWAY 160 1813-1837
BROADWINDSOR 540 1813-1837
BRYANSTON 287 1598-1841
BUCKHORN WESTON 411 1087-1881
BUCKLAND NEWTON 766 1737-1837
BUCKLAND RIPERS 18 1814-1836
BURSTOCK 824 1695-1837
BURTON BRADSTOCK 1150 1740-1837
BURTON WITH SHIPTON 23 1740-1782