British Cemetery and Cremation Records from Deceased Online

This week, Deceased Online expands its Nottingham Collection with the addition of records from the early Victorian cemetery, Nottingham General. Enter Nottingham's General Cemetery from Canning Terrace and be prepared to step back in time to the late 19th century. Like many of the Victorian cemeteries in the Deceased Online collections, Nottingham General was designed to take the burden from parish churches whose graveyards had become overcrowded. Also, like many other Victorian cemeteries, this was administered by a newly-formed body, the Nottingham General Cemetery Company (1836) . The Grade II listed gatehouse , the chapel and the adjacent almshouses were built between 1836 and 1838 by S. S. Rawlinson . Burial registers were kept from the opening date of cemetery in 1838. Concerns were raised in the 1920s that this municipal cemetery was now overcrowded and from 1929 the cemetery was closed to new burials other than those who owned burial rights. Headstones in ...

D eceased Online is excited to launch an important collection for the significant English Midlands city of Nottingham. The city has a rich history stretching from the legendary Robin Hood to lacemakers and a pioneering chain of pharmacies.  View across the city from Nottingham's Southern Cemetery, Wilford Hill This latest collection of burial and cremation records, dating back to the 19th century, has been digitized in partnership with Nottingham City Council. This week, the first phase of the collection sees records from the following cemeteries and crematorium uploaded to the database : Northern Cemetery (Bulwell), opened 1903   Southern Cemetery (Wilford Hill), opened 1919   Wilford Hill Crematorium, opened 1931   High Wood Cemetery, opened 2006  The collection covers a wide range of records, such as details of those in each grave , cemetery section/ ashes scattering maps , and, of course, scans of the burial and cremation regis...