Discover your ancestors who were buried in the Greater London area between 1399 and 1992. The Greater London burial index may reveal your relative’s name, age, occupation, religious denomination and where they were buried. Included in these records are those of George Wombwell, the famous Victorian menagerie exhibitor, who was buried in Highgate Cemetery in 1850. The Greater London Burial Index is a collection of the Middlesex Burials & Memorial Inscriptions, South London Burials Index 1545-1905 and City of London Burials 1754-1855.
The supplied year range represent the minimum and maximum years available. However, for some parishes, there may be gaps within the provided range.
Greater London Burial Index parish list
Parish | Year from | Year to | Number of records | New |
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Acton | 1542 | 1978 | 12,270 | |
All Hallows Barking | 1726 | 1861 | 7,798 | |
All Hallows Bread Street | 1538 | 1851 | 3,656 | |
All Hallows Honey Lane | 1538 | 1851 | 675 | |
All Hallows Lombard Street | 1550 | 1853 | 3,012 | |
All Hallows London Wall | 1754 | 1849 | 2,443 | |
All Hallows Staining | 1653 | 1853 | 2,986 | |
All Hallows the Great | 1667 | 1754 | 4,660 | |
All Hallows the Great (including All Hallows the Less) | 1754 | 1853 | 2,177 | |
All Hallows the Less | 1558 | 1812 | 6,484 | |
Ashford | 1699 | 1870 | 664 | |
Ashford, St Matthew | 1813 | 1837 | 162 | New |
Austin Friars Dutch Church | 1813 | 1853 | 57 | |
Barking | 1813 | 1851 | 4,609 | |
Battersea, St George the Martyr | 1830 | 1969 | 19 | |
Bedfont, St Mary | 1678 | 1838 | 1607 | New |
Bermondsey, St James | 1829 | 1879 | 7,633 | |
Bermondsey, St Mary Magdalen | 1549 | 1932 | 107,723 | |
Bethnal Green, St James the Great | 1846 | 1854 | 56 | |
Bethnal Green, St John | 1847 | 1855 | 15 | |
Bloomsbury Cemetery, Brunswick Square | 1732 | 1859 | 43 | |
Brentford | 1828 | 1852 | 1,594 | |
Brentford, Albany Chapel | 1786 | 1856 | 139 | |
Bridewell Precinct | 1813 | 1844 | 385 | |
Brixton, St Matthew | 1825 | 1889 | 4,454 | |
Brompton Cemetery | 1824 | 1982 | 288 | |
Bunhill Fields | 1788 | 1853 | 47,621 | |
Camberwell, Dulwich College Chapel | 1616 | 1980 | 2,506 | |
Camberwell, St George | 1824 | 1954 | 4,853 | |
Camberwell, St Giles | 1769 | 1812 | 6,240 | |
Camden Town, St Martin's Cemetery | 1812 | 1851 | 11 | |
Charterhouse | 1611 | 1878 | 93 | |
Charterhouse Chapel | 1695 | 1854 | 1,076 | |
Chiswick | 1678 | 1866 | 30,367 | |
Christ Church Newgate Street | 1756 | 1812 | 534 | |
Christ Church Spitalfields | 1813 | 1859 | 18,641 | |
Christchurch Greyfriars | 1639 | 1639 | 97 | |
City of London & Tower Hamlets cemetery | 1939 | 1967 | 43 | |
Clapham, Holy Trinity | 1555 | 1854 | 15,405 | |
Clapham, St James, Clapham Park | 1829 | 1856 | 121 | |
Clerkenwell, St James | 1813 | 1854 | 22,606 | |
Clerkenwell, St John | 1754 | 1853 | 10,621 | |
Cockfosters, Christ Church | 1839 | 1860 | 58 | |
Cowley | 1562 | 1876 | 2,204 | |
Cranford | 1566 | 1866 | 1,501 | |
Croydon, Queen's Road Cemetery | 1961 | 1961 | 1,082 | |
Croydon, Salem Chapel | 1801 | 1843 | 16 | |
Dagenham | 1800 | 1841 | 1,324 | |
Deptford, Brockley Cemetery | 1959 | 1965 | 751 | |
Ealing | 1612 | 1931 | 31,664 | |
East Bedfont | 1629 | 1955 | 2,618 | |
East Ham | 1813 | 1929 | 876 | |
East Tilbury | 1799 | 1880 | 572 | |
Edgware | 1717 | 1867 | 2,436 | |
Edmonton | 1557 | 1676 | 8,926 | |
Edmonton and Tottenham Congregational Chapel | 1792 | 1826 | 58 | |
Edmonton, Weld Chapel | 1695 | 1903 | 1,348 | |
Enfield | 1665 | 1812 | 18,938 | |
Enfield, St Andrew | 1813 | 1866 | 6,710 | |
Enfield, St James | 1834 | 1866 | 1,841 | |
Feltham | 1634 | 1866 | 4,572 | |
Feltham, Prison Burial Ground | 1870 | 1945 | 159 | New |
Fetter Lane Elim Chapel | 1791 | 1837 | 1,889 | |
Fetter Lane Independent | 1786 | 1801 | 19 | |
Fetter Lane Moravian | 1745 | 1949 | 1857 | New |
Finchley | 1560 | 1867 | 10,118 | |
Finchley, Holy Trinity | 1849 | 1866 | 407 | |
Finsbury, St Barnabas | 1842 | 1854 | 165 | |
Finsbury, Worship Street Baptist Church | 1785 | 1837 | 692 | |
Foundling Hospital Chapel | 1751 | 1871 | 50 | |
Friern Barnet | 1674 | 1865 | 3,411 | |
Fulham | 1675 | 1863 | 25,163 | |
Fulham, St Mary North End | 1836 | 1866 | 1,956 | |
Golden Lane Cemetery | 1833 | 1853 | 17,854 | |
Grays | 1813 | 1822 | 170 | |
Great Queen Street Wesleyan Chapel | 1828 | 1836 | 34 | |
Great Stanmore | 1600 | 1895 | 4,874 | |
Greenford | 1538 | 1867 | 2,740 | |
Hackney, Unitarian Church Cemetery | 1813 | 1974 | 131 | |
Hamburg German Lutheran Church at Holy Trinity The Less | 1813 | 1847 | 35 | |
Hammersmith | 1680 | 1869 | 23,614 | |
Hammersmith, Ebenezer Chapel | 1786 | 1787 | 4 | New |
Hammersmith, Old Cemetery | 1815 | 1998 | 3,868 | |
Hammersmith, St Paul | 1666 | 1837 | 19113 | New |
Hammersmith, St Peter | 1832 | 1869 | 629 | |
Hammersmith, Trinity Chapel, West End | 1784 | 1837 | 1041 | New |
Hammersmith, Wesleyan Chapel, Waterloo Street | 1814 | 1854 | 507 | New |
Hampstead | 1722 | 1850 | 135 | |
Hampton | 1554 | 1866 | 16,585 | |
Hampton Hill, St James | 1864 | 1867 | 80 | |
Hanwell | 1570 | 1967 | 4,178 | |
Hanwell | 1813 | 1855 | 1,088 | |
Hanworth | 1731 | 1865 | 2,816 | |
Harefield | 1538 | 1895 | 10,921 | |
Harlington | 1540 | 1866 | 5,715 | |
Harlington, St Peter & St Paul | 1540 | 1837 | 2323 | New |
Harmondsworth | 1629 | 1866 | 6,774 | |
Harmondsworth, St Mary | 1629 | 1837 | 2971 | New |
Harrow | 1558 | 1889 | 2,495 | |
Harrow, St Mary | 1653 | 1840 | 10,352 | |
Hayes | 1661 | 1844 | 36 | |
Hendon | 1650 | 1932 | 9,307 | |
Hendon, Cemetery | 1818 | 1977 | 3,849 | |
Heston | 1559 | 1866 | 3,646 | |
Highgate | 1628 | 1903 | 3,147 | |
Highgate Cemetery | 1793 | 1879 | 592 | |
Highgate, St Michael | 1637 | 1860 | 55 | |
Hillingdon | 1550 | 1865 | 13,395 | |
Hillingdon, St John | 1813 | 1838 | 1601 | New |
Holy Trinity In The Minories | 1754 | 1852 | 1,607 | |
Holy Trinity The Less | 1754 | 1852 | 1,069 | |
Hornsey | 1653 | 1866 | 14,079 | |
Hounslow | 1721 | 1866 | 2,812 | |
Hounslow, Ship Lane Chapel | 1829 | 1833 | 6 | New |
Ickenham | 1539 | 1892 | 2,272 | |
Isleworth | 1470 | 1992 | 1,735 | |
Isleworth | 1813 | 1853 | 4,661 | |
Isleworth, All Saints | 1566 | 1838 | 19683 | New |
Islington, Holy Trinity | 1829 | 1854 | 178 | |
Islington, St John | 1829 | 1854 | 103 | |
Kennington, St Mark | 1825 | 1842 | 5,209 | |
Kensington | 1450 | 1965 | 1,262 | |
Kensington, St Barnabas | 1849 | 1853 | 10 | |
Kingsbury | 1669 | 1918 | 1,695 | |
Laleham | 1538 | 1889 | 5,186 | |
Laleham, All Saints | 1813 | 1838 | 235 | New |
Lambeth Cemetery | 1829 | 1984 | 798 | |
Lambeth, St John The Evangelist, Waterloo | 1825 | 1894 | 17,163 | |
Limehouse | 1733 | 1877 | 14 | |
Lincoln's Inn Fields Wesleyan Chapel Great Queen Street | 1828 | 1836 | 34 | |
Little Stanmore | 1558 | 1866 | 4,264 | |
Littleton | 1561 | 1988 | 1,354 | |
Littleton, St Mary Magdalene | 1813 | 1837 | 79 | New |
Longford & Uxbridge, Society of Friends (Quakers) | 1672 | 1699 | 100 | New |
Longford, Society of Friends (Quakers) | 1700 | 1746 | 115 | New |
Manor Park, City of London Cemetery | 1958 | 1959 | 599 | |
Mayfair Christ Church Down Street | 1862 | 1925 | 18 | |
Mercers' Hall | 1814 | 1833 | 7 | |
Merton, Congregational Chapel | 1811 | 1953 | 8 | |
Mill Hill, St Paul | 1842 | 1866 | 306 | |
Mitcham, Western Road | 1988 | 1988 | 8 | |
Monken Hadley | 1619 | 1866 | 6,175 | |
Myddelton Square, St Mark | 1830 | 1856 | 160 | |
New Brentford | 1570 | 1812 | 12,235 | |
Newington, St Mary | 1620 | 1878 | 102,966 | |
Northolt | 1583 | 1866 | 3,067 | |
Northwood, Holy Trinity | 1854 | 1867 | 144 | |
Norwood | 1813 | 1868 | 1,360 | |
Norwood Green | 1654 | 1812 | 2,503 | |
Norwood, St Mary the Virgin | 1783 | 1812 | 551 | |
Old Brentford, St George | 1828 | 1867 | 3,930 | |
Paddington, St John | 1833 | 1854 | 82 | |
Perivale | 1706 | 1900 | 641 | |
Pinner | 1580 | 1933 | 4,230 | |
Potters Bar, St John the Baptist | 1835 | 1860 | 293 | |
Putney | 1799 | 1817 | 874 | |
Rotherhithe | 1813 | 1888 | 21,168 | |
Rotherhithe, All Saints | 1545 | 1957 | 2,589 | |
Rotherhithe, Christ Church | 1840 | 1877 | 73 | |
Roxeth, Christ Church | 1864 | 1866 | 24 | |
Ruislip | 1634 | 1931 | 4,189 | |
Shepperton | 1574 | 1866 | 2,917 | |
Shoreditch, St James | 1841 | 1857 | 132 | |
Somerset House | 1720 | 1770 | 28 | |
South Mimms | 1558 | 1866 | 8,656 | |
Southall, St Bernard's Hospital Burial Ground | 1883 | 1884 | 559 | |
Southall, St John | 1860 | 1866 | 792 | |
Southwark Independent Chapel | 1813 | 1837 | 4,603 | |
Southwark, Dr Rogers Chapel | 1783 | 1792 | 507 | |
Southwark, St George The Martyr | 1784 | 1874 | 36,302 | |
Southwark, St John, Horsleydown | 1733 | 1865 | 34,684 | |
Southwark, St Olave | 1778 | 1866 | 33,017 | |
Southwark, St Saviour | 1722 | 1856 | 59,186 | |
Southwark, St Thomas | 1614 | 1854 | 20,918 | |
Spa Fields Burial Ground | 1778 | 1849 | 91,232 | |
St Alban, Wood Street | 1783 | 1844 | 12 | |
St Alban, Wood Street (including St Olave, Silver Street) | 1754 | 1851 | 1,833 | |
St Aloysius' Chapel, Somers Town | 1806 | 1855 | 3 | |
St Alphage, London Wall | 1754 | 1851 | 1,974 | |
St Andrew By The Wardrobe | 1726 | 1852 | 4,426 | |
St Andrew Holborn | 1726 | 1929 | 104,685 | |
St Andrew Hubbard | 1639 | 1836 | 112 | |
St Andrew Undershaft | 1808 | 1849 | 2,042 | |
St Andrew's Cemetery, Gray's Inn Road | 1755 | 1855 | 21 | |
St Ann, Blackfriars | 1726 | 1849 | 11,858 | |
St Anne & St Agnes | 1813 | 1853 | 569 | |
St Antholin, Budge Row (inclding St John The Baptist On Walbrook) | 1748 | 1876 | 784 | |
St Augustine, Watling Street | 1754 | 1853 | 808 | |
St Bartholomew by the Royal Exchange | 1754 | 1852 | 666 | |
St Bartholomew The Great | 1754 | 1853 | 5,350 | |
St Bartholomew The Less | 1547 | 1848 | 8,633 | |
St Benet Fink | 1539 | 1845 | 3,467 | |
St Benet Gracechurch | 1558 | 1730 | 2,106 | |
St Benet Gracechurch (including St Leonard Eastcheap) | 1754 | 1853 | 689 | |
St Benet Paul's Wharf | 1619 | 1853 | 10,046 | |
St Benet Sherehog | 1629 | 1671 | 22 | |
St Botolph Billingsgate | 1629 | 1845 | 1,164 | |
St Botolph Without Aldersgate | 1726 | 1853 | 33,556 | |
St Botolph Without Aldgate | 1767 | 1853 | 22,168 | |
St Botolph Without Bishopsgate | 1753 | 1855 | 28,323 | |
St Bride, Fleet Street | 1754 | 1854 | 15,189 | |
St Christopher Le Stocks (see also St Margaret, Lothbury) | 1754 | 1781 | 173 | |
St Clement Dane | 1754 | 1890 | 31,882 | |
St Clement, Eastcheap (including St Martin Orgar) | 1754 | 1853 | 952 | |
St Dionis Backchurch | 1538 | 1869 | 8,063 | |
St Dunstan in the East | 1558 | 1853 | 17,474 | |
St Dunstan in the West | 1726 | 1856 | 16,752 | |
St Edmund the King and Martyr | 1670 | 1851 | 4,171 | |
St Ethelburga, Bishopsgate | 1672 | 1849 | 3,423 | |
St Faith under St Paul's | 1645 | 1853 | 4,366 | |
St Gabriel Fenchurch | 1754 | 1851 | 659 | |
St George Botolph Lane | 1397 | 1848 | 848 | |
St George Hanover Square, Bayswater Burial Ground | 1768 | 1969 | 607 | |
St George The Martyr | 1762 | 1855 | 17,318 | |
St George The Martyr Cemetery, Brunswick Square | 1714 | 1851 | 107 | |
St Giles' Cemetery, King's Road | 1810 | 1859 | 30 | |
St Giles Without Cripplegate | 1754 | 1853 | 51,571 | |
St Gregory By St Paul's | 1726 | 1821 | 5,498 | |
St Helen, Bishopsgate | 1754 | 1853 | 1,581 | |
St James Duke's Place | 1747 | 1853 | 784 | |
St James Garlickhythe | 1754 | 1853 | 2,033 | |
St James, Clerkenwell | 1754 | 1881 | 35,438 | |
St John the Baptist, Walbrook | 1629 | 1812 | 2,192 | |
St John the Evangelist Friday Street | 1653 | 1849 | 576 | |
St John Zachary | 1665 | 1849 | 925 | |
St John, Westminster | 1756 | 1852 | 183 | |
St John's Wood Chapel | 1788 | 1879 | 78 | |
St Katharine By The Tower | 1399 | 1854 | 9,371 | |
St Katherine Coleman | 1813 | 1853 | 694 | |
St Katherine Creechurch | 1639 | 1853 | 3,272 | |
St Lawrence Jewry (including St Mary Magdalen, Milk Street) | 1754 | 1853 | 1,399 | |
St Lawrence Pountney | 1538 | 1850 | 6,322 | |
St Leonard Eastcheap | 1538 | 1812 | 2,792 | |
St Leonard Foster Lane | 1639 | 1808 | 202 | |
St Leonard Foster Lane & Christ Church Newgate Street | 1813 | 1836 | 1,431 | |
St Luke, Old Street | 1800 | 1854 | 33,570 | |
St Magnus The Martyr (including St Margaret, Fish Street Hill) | 1754 | 1853 | 1,152 | |
St Margaret Lothbury (including St Christopher Le Stocks) | 1754 | 1853 | 635 | |
St Margaret Moses, Friday Street | 1558 | 1850 | 2,028 | |
St Margaret New Fish Street | 1629 | 1640 | 104 | |
St Margaret Pattens | 1754 | 1853 | 444 | |
St Martin Ironmonger Lane | 1539 | 1755 | 1,232 | |
St Martin Ludgate | 1726 | 1848 | 2,072 | |
St Martin Orgar | 1625 | 1812 | 2,853 | |
St Martin Outwich | 1754 | 1852 | 495 | |
St Martin Pomeroy, Ironmonger Lane | 1754 | 1847 | 518 | |
St Martin Vintry | 1629 | 1850 | 1,415 | |
St Mary Abchurch | 1754 | 1851 | 712 | |
St Mary Aldermanbury | 1754 | 1856 | 1,627 | |
St Mary At Hill | 1754 | 1854 | 2,292 | |
St Mary Bothaw | 1537 | 1653 | 1,125 | |
St Mary Colechurch | 1559 | 1666 | 812 | |
St Mary Le Bow | 1754 | 1852 | 937 | |
St Mary Magdalen Old Fish Street | 1540 | 1853 | 5,289 | |
St Mary Mounthaw | 1568 | 1849 | 2,497 | |
St Mary Somerset | 1558 | 1968 | 10,434 | |
St Mary Staining | 1629 | 1631 | 10 | |
St Mary Woolchurch Haw | 1813 | 1848 | 101 | |
St Mary Woolnoth | 1813 | 1852 | 369 | |
St Mary Woolnoth & St Mary Woolchurch Haw | 1754 | 1812 | 980 | |
St Marylebone, East Finchley Cemetery | 1856 | 1979 | 655 | |
St Matthew Friday Street | 1538 | 1846 | 3,054 | |
St Michael Bassishaw | 1538 | 1886 | 7,136 | |
St Michael Cornhill | 1754 | 1853 | 6,845 | |
St Michael Crooked Lane | 1754 | 1851 | 1,533 | |
St Michael Le Querne | 1629 | 1849 | 436 | |
St Michael Paternoster Royal | 1754 | 1850 | 716 | |
St Michael Queenhithe | 1639 | 1969 | 1,496 | |
St Michael Wood Street (including St Mary Staining) | 1813 | 1820 | 923 | |
St Mildred Bread Street | 1629 | 1853 | 1,712 | |
St Mildred Poultry (including St Mary Colechurch) | 1754 | 1852 | 627 | |
St Nicholas Acons | 1540 | 1848 | 2,148 | |
St Nicholas Cole Abbey | 1754 | 1851 | 558 | |
St Nicholas Olave | 1704 | 1852 | 1,612 | |
St Olave Hart Street | 1754 | 1853 | 2,441 | |
St Olave Old Jewry | 1754 | 1850 | 1,098 | |
St Olave Silver Street (see also St Alban Wood Street) | 1754 | 1812 | 591 | |
St Olave's (Southwark) | 1583 | 1665 | 29,117 | |
St Pancras Soper Lane | 1538 | 1849 | 1,172 | |
St Pancras, Camley Street Cemetery | 1702 | 2003 | 391 | |
St Pancras, Euston Road | 1803 | 1856 | 29 | |
St Paul's Cathedral | 1766 | 1853 | 238 | |
St Peter Cornhill | 1540 | 1774 | 6,877 | |
St Peter Le Poer | 1754 | 1853 | 679 | |
St Peter Paul's Wharf | 1726 | 1849 | 956 | |
St Peter Upon Cornhill | 1813 | 1853 | 361 | |
St Peter Westcheap | 1629 | 1846 | 93 | |
St Sepulchre without Newgate | 1754 | 1904 | 56,829 | |
St Stephen Walbrook | 1557 | 1757 | 2,995 | |
St Stephen, Coleman Street | 1754 | 1853 | 4,418 | |
St Stephen, Walbrook (including St Benet Sherehog) | 1754 | 1860 | 1,038 | |
St Swithin London Stone | 1754 | 1812 | 904 | |
St Swithin London Stone (including St Mary Bothaw) | 1804 | 1853 | 519 | |
St Thomas Charterhouse | 1800 | 1854 | 948 | |
St Thomas the Apostle | 1558 | 1849 | 4,695 | |
St Vedast Foster Lane | 1754 | 1853 | 947 | |
Staines | 1538 | 1982 | 16,483 | |
Staines, Quaker Burial Ground | 1833 | 1973 | 140 | |
Staines, Society of Friends (Quakers), Church St | 1757 | 1842 | 107 | New |
Staines, Society of Friends (Quakers), High St | 1833 | 1949 | 83 | New |
Staines, St Mary | 1878 | 1899 | 1791 | New |
Stanmore | 1740 | 1845 | 42 | |
Stanwell | 1632 | 1866 | 6,884 | |
Stanwell, Poyle Chapel | 1826 | 1835 | 21 | New |
Stepney | 1813 | 1837 | 15,233 | |
Streatham Cemetery | 1835 | 1973 | 515 | |
Streatham Hill, Union Chapel | 1834 | 1856 | 811 | |
Sunbury | 1565 | 1866 | 12,406 | |
Teddington | 1558 | 1959 | 6,783 | |
Temple | 1629 | 1853 | 2,572 | |
Tottenham | 1558 | 1911 | 18,557 | |
Tower Hamlets | 1841 | 1852 | 7,598 | |
Twickenham | 1443 | 1982 | 17,313 | |
Twickenham, Holy Trinity | 1848 | 1866 | 857 | |
Uxbridge | 1538 | 1866 | 13,457 | |
Uxbridge Moor, St John the Evangelist | 1839 | 1866 | 978 | |
Uxbridge, Providence Chapel | 1812 | 1837 | 119 | New |
Uxbridge, Providence Church | 1800 | 1969 | 365 | |
Walham Green, St John | 1836 | 1853 | 530 | |
Walworth, St Peter | 1825 | 1896 | 12,046 | |
Wandsworth | 1555 | 1950 | 29,083 | |
Wandsworth, St Anne | 1850 | 1863 | 7 | |
Wapping | 1741 | 1884 | 200 | |
Wembley | 1846 | 1866 | 232 | |
West Drayton | 1570 | 1866 | 3,615 | |
West Ham | 1813 | 1835 | 3,733 | |
West Norwood Cemetery | 1837 | 1865 | 25,625 | |
West Norwood, St Luke | 1825 | 1894 | 1,384 | |
West of London Cemetery | 1844 | 1881 | 83 | |
West Tilbury | 1813 | 1880 | 574 | |
West Twyford | 1722 | 1879 | 66 | |
Whetstone, St John | 1835 | 1922 | 24 | |
Whitechapel, St Mary | 1813 | 1857 | 19,779 | |
Whitton, St Philip and St James | 1862 | 1866 | 32 | |
Willesden | 1572 | 1905 | 7,755 | |