British Cemetery and Cremation Records from Deceased Online

This week, the blog looks closer at the burial records of renowned architect George Skipper in Earlham Cemetery, Norwich. Founded in 1771, the  Norfolk and Norwich Hospital  cared for the city's poor and sick. It closed in 2003 after services were moved to the  Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital  (Image b y Katy Walters, CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=9205540)  Earlham Cemetery opened in Norwich in 1856. Laid out in an informal garden style with winding paths, the cemetery became a significant location for burying the city's dead. By the late 1920s, the cemetery had been extended across Farrow Road. Earlham Cemetery is the final resting place of the eminent Victorian and Edwardian architect, George Skipper. His burial details can be seen on the Deceased Online website as follows: George Skipper was born in Norfolk in 1856 and died in the county 93 years later. He became celebrated as the most significant architect of the ca...

Continuing our coverage of cemeteries in Norwich City, this week we focus on Earlham Grave of Erminio William Louis Marchesi in Earlham Cemetery (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_grave_of_Louis_Marchesi.JPG)  One of the most well-known names in Earlham Cemetery's burial registers is that of  Erminio William Louis Marchesi  (19 January 1898 – 10 December 1968) .  Born in Norfolk on 19 January 1898, Marchesi was named after his father, Swiss immigrant, Erminio Marchesi, but was known by his third forename of Louis. The young Louis grew up in Norwich, where his father had run the city's first Swiss restaurant in Prince of Wales Road since 1896. Louis' mother was of Irish heritage. After serving in the First World War, Louis returned to life in Norwich. There he became a member of the Rotary Club. In  1926, a fter hearing a radio speech by the Prince of Wales urging young Britons to "sit round table (Round Table) adopt an idea, adapt it and impro...

Burial records for Rosary and Earlham Cemeteries, both owned and run by  Norwich City Council , have just been published on  www.deceasedonline.com . Above: Both Norwich cemeteries contain many beautiful and historic memorials. Rosary Cemetery was established by non-conformist minister Thomas Drummond in 1819, and was the UK's first non-denominational burial ground. In 2010, this beautiful, historic cemetery was granted Grade II* listed status. Train driver, John Prior , and fireman, James Light , are both buried in Rosary Cemetery after being killed in the 1874 Thorpe rail accident at Thorpe St Andrew in Norfolk, in which the 20:40 mail train from Yarmouth and the 17:00 express from London collided head-on whilst travelling on a single-track line between Norwich and Brundall. In total the driver and firemen of both trains and 21 passengers were killed, and many more seriously injured. After the horrific accident, as a preventative measure, engineer Edward Tyler de...