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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
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
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
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.
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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
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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!)
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.
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.
The dropdown list on the search page will show you the churches and burial grounds available on findmypast, with the newly added Cliff Webb Index included. Below you will find a more 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 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 – 1850Number 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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 |
Contact details
For more information please contact the Sussex Family History Group.
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.
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.
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 |
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.
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:
| 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 |
| CANFORD MAGNA | 329 | 1813-1837 |
| CANN | 401 | 1742-1837 |
| CASTLETON | 651 | 1715-1837 |
| CATTISTOCK | 983 | 1700-1838 |
| CAUNDLE MARSH | 105 | 1602-1837 |
| CERNE ABBAS | 511 | 1813-1837 |
| CHALBURY | 308 | 1716-1836 |
| CHALDON HERRING | 95 | 1813-1837 |
| CHARDSTOCK | 629 | 1813-1840 |
| CHARLTON MARSHALL | 708 | 1705-1838 |
| CHARMINSTER | 737 | 1747-1837 |
| CHARMOUTH | 223 | 1813-1840 |
| CHEDDINGTON | 58 | 1813-1837 |
| CHESELBOURNE | 545 | 1745-1894 |
| CHETNOLE | 72 | 1827-1847 |
| CHICKERELL | 512 | 1723-1838 |
| CHIDEOCK | 317 | 1813-1837 |
| CHILCOMBE | 34 | 1819-1990 |
| CHILD OKEFORD | 276 | 1813-1837 |
| CHILFROME | 471 | 1709-1995 |
| CHURCH KNOWLE | 158 | 1813-1837 |
| COMBE KEYNES | 170 | 1714-1839 |
| COMPTON ABBAS | 174 | 1813-1837 |
| COMPTON VALENCE | 24 | 1814-1837 |
| CORFE CASTLE | 707 | 1813-1837 |
| CORFE MULLEN | 214 | 1813-1837 |
| CORSCOMBE | 262 | 1813-1837 |
| DEWLISH | 192 | 1813-1837 |
| DORCHESTER ALL SAINTS | 391 | 1813-1837 |
| DORCHESTER HOLY TRINITY | 472 | 1813-1837 |
| DORCHESTER ST PETER | 361 | 1813-1837 |
| DURWESTON | 229 | 1813-1842 |
| EAST HOLME | 135 | 1868-1990 |
| EAST LULWORTH | 141 | 1813-1837 |
| EAST STOKE | 564 | 1744-1848</ |